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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: emacs 19.28 needs libX11* -- why? References: <43euen$sff@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Mordor International Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 20:25:13 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DF0M21.L5J@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 23 Darrel Herbst (dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu) wrote: : Hello, I'm trying to install the emacs19.28 package from the 2.0.5R : dist. I was able to install it, but now it complains: : : %emacs : ld.so emacs: libX11.so.6.0 undefined error:0 : : I'm guessing that it is complaining because I do not have X installed : (ergo, no libX11*'s are installed). I have no space for X on my drive : -- but I can't seem to locate exactly what file to take from an : archive to just get the libraries that emacs needs. : : Does anyone know where they are available? Why don't you just get a fresh copy from prep.ai.mit.edu (the current version is actually 19.29) and build it from scratch? It worked like a charm on my box. The autoconfigure script is smart enough to leave out the x libs if it doesn't find X installed on your system. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451