Xfe 0.66 - fails to recognize libfox lib is installed

[keyshawn]

hey,
I'm trying to install xfe 0.66. [mdk9.2] After installing the required library, libfox, via rpm [1.0.47-alt1 is the version that RPMdrake says i have already installed]; i tried to install xfce. During ./configure; this error msg came up:

checking for fxfindfox in -lFOX... no
configure: error: "libFOX not found"

EDIT: I have figured out, via the readme, that the default path for the libs is different than that of what xfce expected for them to be.....

[they're installed in /usr/lib
the default ones for xfe says its supposed to be in usr/local/lib/foxrc

- how should change the script ? I tried to copy the libfox file to the folder usr/local/lib/foxrc ; which i just created; but that did not work

Also, I tried to do RPM of xfe first, but i had trouble with that as well with error mgs...which was:

Some package requested cannot be installed:
xfe-0.66-1fdr1.i386 (due to unsatisfied fox[>= 1.0])

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I've checked on the xfe site, along with google, and another linux forum, to no avail. If anyone could help, it's appreciated.

first time poster,
keyshawn

[jasonlambert]

open : /etc/ld.so.conf

add "/usr/lib" to the end.

save, exit

run "ldconfig"

re-try your ./configure.

Jason

[Hellmasker]

i think he wants to add /usr/local/lib into /etc/ld.so.conf, as /usr/lib will probably already be there

u coudl also type

ln -s /usr/local/lib/foxrc /usr/lib/

[keyshawn]

thanks for the help so far, but i did that and ran ldconfig; and still received the same error message as described above.

FYI: Here's my /etc/ld.so.conf file:

/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/lib/qt3/lib
/usr/local/lib
/usr/lib
/usr/local/lib/foxrc


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thanks, keyshawn

ps - do you think it has something to do with my libfox rpm ? should i use a different one ? [i couldnt find any other rpms for mdk besides the one i have now]
the reason im thinking this is b/c i issued the cmd "rpm -q libfox" in the CLI, but it said Libfox wasn't installed....but when I went to rpmdrake [the gui] it said that I had libfox installed.

[Hellmasker]

change the last line to just /usr/local/lib

[keyshawn]

change the last line to just /usr/local/lib

i followed your instructions and I'm still gettiing the same error msg.

thanks for your effort,
keyshawn

[keyshawn]

Does anyone else have any advice ?

Thanks,
keyshawn

[orelien]

This is because the libFOX library was renamed form libFOX to libFOX-1.2.
You can apply the following patch to make the configure file aware of this modification:

diff -Nur xfe-0.66/configure xfe-0.66-new/configure
--- xfe-0.66/configure  2004-01-28 17:10:32.000000000 +0100
+++ xfe-0.66-new/configure      2004-06-04 19:24:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -7932,7 +7932,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lFOX  $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lFOX-1.2  $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -7985,7 +7985,7 @@
 #define HAVE_LIBFOX 1
 _ACEOF
 
-  LIBS="-lFOX $LIBS"
+  LIBS="-lFOX-1.2 $LIBS"
 
 else
   &#123; &#123; echo "$as_me&#58;$LINENO&#58; error&#58; \"libFOX not found\"" >&5

Same thing for headers which have been renamed from /usr/include/fox to /usr/include/fox-1.2.
The workaroud is to create a "symlink /usr/include/fox => /usr/include/fox-1.2".

Then, you _only_ need to port the code itself from fox 1.0 to 1.2. Good luck

[keyshawn]

ummm...what directory do i run this code this in; what file do i edit to edit the code ?!??! [im sorta a noob, so im confused what you typed in, orelien.

[Josan]

Hello!
This is from the Xfe home page:

"If you have an RPM based Linux system, you only need the fox package to run Xfe and optionally the fox-devel package to compile it".

Maybe you lack the fox-devel package?

Cheers!