[dundee] Compiling GTK+ libX11 not found.. Argh!

[azmodie]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 1:03 AM, christopher wyllie
<cgwyllie at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a somewhat annoying problem when trying to compile GTK+2.14.5 from
> source. I've satisfied all its dependencies from source too and installed
> all the -dev packages that I can find for X. However, during the configure
> step, I get the following problem:
>
> $ ./configure --preifx=/opt/gtk --x-libraries=/usr/lib
> $ ...
> $ checking for XOpenDisplay... no
> $ configure: error: *** libX11 not found. Check 'config.log' for more
> details.
>
> I have checked, the libX11.so is definitely in the /usr/lib directory along
> with a couple of symlinks to itself under slightly different names (.so.6,
> .so.6.2.0).
>
> Has anyone seen this problem before and found a solution? It's driving me
> mad that I can't get the latest GIMP and Firefox working without this!
>
> Many thanks to you all and Merry Christmas,
>   Chris :-)
>
>
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sounds like this error
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-applications/57759-gtk-wont-compile-cant-find-xopendisplay.html

try installing libxext-dev

if that doesent help. pls post your config.log into a pastebin and
send us the link.  give more of an idea of error.

azmodie
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