xv in debian

[Alan Jackson]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:36:46 -0500
"David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:33:58 -0500
> Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
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> > I got the source code and tried to compile that but:
> > 
> > 1. Got errors in the tif files. I commented them out in the make file.
> > Before that I tried CC = gcc -ansi -traditional, but
> > gcc doesn't list either of those options with gcc --help.
> > 
> > 2. Then, got a whole bunch of missing X11 files.
> > 
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> > 
> > I can't find them so I gave up on trying to compile xv.
> > 
> > Well, at least xv seems to be working, which is the point of the
> > exercise.
> 
> xv has about 11 or so patches you need to apply to get it to compile on
> a recent system.  I agree about xv being absolutely necessary on any
> system running X.  I've been using it for going on 15 years now.  Won't
> do without it.
> 

Have you seen the  Lurawave patched version? They sell fractal
compression software, and patched xv with it. It's a free
download, 
http://www.linuxarchives.com/compression.html

It really does do a better job of compression.

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