[Glastonbury] KDE 3.2 and rekall (the database frontend, discussedlast week)

Damon Chaplin damon at karuna.uklinux.net
Fri Feb 6 14:37:23 GMT 2004


On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:07, Martin WHEELER wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> 
> > I think this is a case where the product per se is GPL
> 
> It is *now*.  But that's only a very recent event.
> 
> > (and support) still cost - the source is available free (but is
> > difficult to compile??)
> 
> Well, mine wants libXext -- anyone have a clue as to what that is when
> it's at home?  (Branden, why don't you subscribe to this list?)
> 
> (I've got the object library files -- it seems Debian don't do nothing
> with 'em, though.)
> 
> Clues, anyone?

libXext is part of XFree86. I think it contains some add-on 'extensions'
to the original X protocol (like shared memory and shaped windows).

You probably need to install the XFree86-devel package.

Damon





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