Re: [ROOT] libXpm redhat 7.3

From: Mike Kordosky (kordosky@mail.hep.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 01:13:15 MET 

Hi,

This is a long standing problem. I suppose the script is looking for
libXpm.so and cannot handle the appended version. I usually just make a
softlink in the root build directory:  libXpm.so --> libXpm.so.4 and use
the --use-xpm-libdir to point at it.

mike

> Hallo,
>
> I'm trying to compile root on RedHat 7.3.
>
> ./configure linux
>
> gives me:
>
> Configuring for linux
> Checking for libXpm ... no
> configure: libXpm MUST be installed
>
> and:
>
> ./configure linux --with-xpm-libdir=/usr/X11R6/lib/
>
> gives me the same.
>
> But libXpm.so.4 is present in /usr/X11R6/lib/ !!
>
> What should I do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yvonne
>
>
>
>

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