make errors with fluxbox
hi all,
i'm trying to install fluxbox to give it a try (right now i use gnome 2.2) and i extracted the source in /usr/src and ran ./configure --enable-gnome and everything seemed ok. (btw if anyone know exactly what enable gnome does i'd be interested to know - it just sounded like something that might be better to configure and not use than t'other way round). anyway, when i ran make, i got a bunch of errors before it gave up: bash-2.05b# make cd . \ && CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \ /bin/sh ./config.status config.status: creating config.h config.status: config.h is unchanged config.status: executing default-1 commands make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14' Making all in data make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data' Making all in styles make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data/styles' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data/styles' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. this was repeated in many different paths, then later came these errors: In file included from XftFontImp.hh:28, from Font.cc:34: /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:35:31: freetype/freetype.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:36:35: fontconfig/fontconfig.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:43, from XftFontImp.hh:28, from Font.cc:34: /usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:33: syntax error before `;' token /usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:34: syntax error before `;' token /usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:35: syntax error before `;' token /usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:89: syntax error before `;' token these repeated for many different h:numbers, along with a bunch of parse errors, then it said this: make[3]: *** [Font.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/src/FbTk' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14' make: *** [all] Error 2 bash-2.05b# and quit. i have no idea what any of that means, or the vaguest idea of what to do about it. if anyone has any idea i'd really appreciate their help! |
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Err... yes. That, and also: have you tried just adding it using Slack's "pkgtool"? There's also a very interesting thread on fluxbox itself right... here...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=fluxbox ... in which you can read (among a lot more interesting things) about my fab adventures with Enlightenment and FreeType and Imlib. I really suggest getting fluxbox from the Slack CD using "pkgtool". Then at least you'll have a working version of fluxbox, and then you can worry about styles and FreeType etc. some other time. -zsejk |
thanks zsejk, that thread answered all the questions i haven't had yet but will surely come up! :) i have to thank you for that great post too, you summed up perfectly so many frustrating moments. i suppose the feeling that you get once you get past all that is what makes it all worthwhile - something like being on top everest and forgetting all the trouble it took to get there :)
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