[SOLVED] can't build webbrowser from source on mxlinux 21

ossoyo · 11-23-2021, 09:06 AM

I am trying to build webbrowser from source. it uses autoconf. when trying to build I get the error.
error: Could not find the following X libraries: -lX11-xcb
but i have both libxcb1-dev libx11-dev installed. does anybody knows what packages am I missing?

hazel · 11-23-2021, 09:36 AM

libX11-xcb is part of upstream libX11 but it may be packaged separately in your distro. If so, it will have separate headers. Check with your package manager.

ossoyo · 11-23-2021, 09:42 AM

on debian libx11-xcb is different package and i have it installed. do you know what am i missing?

hazel · 11-23-2021, 09:44 AM

Headers too?

shruggy · 11-23-2021, 09:45 AM

Well, it does use some parts of Autoconf infrastructure, but it is not your average GNU Autoconf project. Actually, it uses the Firefox build system. Did you follow instructions in BUILD when trying to build it?

Edit. Install libx11-xcb-dev.

ossoyo · 11-23-2021, 09:48 AM

yes i did follow instructions in BUILD.

shruggy · 11-23-2021, 09:50 AM

I updated my post above. See there.

Code:

$ apt-file search libX11-xcb.so
libx11-xcb-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so
libx11-xcb1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1
libx11-xcb1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0