[Scottish] Which distro

[Kyle Gordon]

Yes, it'll be the development headers for X. In Ubuntu, try installing the
following.

xlibs-dev
libx11-dev
kdebase-dev

I'm sure it'll be xlibs-dev that provides what you need. The configure
script won't tell you what packages you need, as it's just a generic
source tarball. It isn't tailored to your particular distribution, and
thus can only provide generic error messages.

Is there any reason that you can't install the software from the package
archives? What's the name of the software and why do you need to compile
it from scratch? The average (new-to-Linux) Ubuntu user isn't going to be
wanting to compile software, but instead should rely on the vast
collection of software available in the package repositories.

Regards

Kyle

On Fri, December 29, 2006 3:32 pm, Joseph Kerr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are these dev packages for the X includes or something else? I know
> that I may not have all of the files for the kdeveloper app. I was
> hoping to find out what they are when the ./configure completes.
>
> Joe
>
> On 12/29/06, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:
>> Joseph Kerr wrote:
>> > Stephen,
>> >
>> > Here is the error message,
>> >
>> > 'Checking for X... configure: error. can't find X includes. Please
>> > check your installation and add the correct paths.'
>> >
>> > Since I probably will not hear form you until after the new year have
>> > a nice time at the bells.
>> >
>> > Joe
>> >
>>
>> Have you got the appropriate -dev packages installed?
>>
>> Gordon
>>
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