[kde-linux] Installing KDE-3.5.2 from source on Debian - no working libxext

[Andrew Walbran]

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:28 am, Nils Brodersen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> When running 'configure' in the kdelibs-3.5.2-directory, it ends up with
> the error message
> checking for libXext... no
> configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure
> can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't find
> them either.
>
> I am using a system based on Debian sarge/etch, XFree86 4.3.0.1. libxext.a
> libxext.so
> libxext.so.6
> libxext.so.6.4
> are located in /usr/X11R6/lib and I can't find a hint what to do...
Is the package libxext-dev installed?

By the way, kde 3.5.2 is in Debian Sid.


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