can not compile kde, some xmkmf problem

James Richard Tyrer tyrerj at acm.org
Wed Jun 23 14:04:53 BST 2004


LeVA wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> After reading the #76360 bug at kde.org, I decided to compile a kdebase 
> snapshot, but during the configure, I get this error:
> 
> [...]
> checking for xmkmf... /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf
> checking various X settings... failed
> configure: error: /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf (imake) failed.
> Make sure you have all necessary X development packages installed.
> On some systems a missing /lib/cpp symlink is at fault.
> 
> I have xfree-4.4.0 installed, and I have the header files installed too. 
> What could be the problem? Anyone experienced this before?

Yes, this problem does happen.  Please:

	ls -l /lib/cpp
	ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf

and post the output.

--
JRT

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