gnuplot 4.x not using X libraries

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:05 AM, Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I found those directories and fed them to configure, which said
> it would include the X windows system. However, during make I get these
> errors:
>
> gplt_x11.c:129: X11/Xos.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:130: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:131: X11/Xresource.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:132: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:133: X11/Xatom.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:134: X11/keysym.h: No such file or directory
> gplt_x11.c:143: X11/cursorfont.h: No such file or directory
>
> And, it's true, I don't have those files on my system, except for Xlib.h
> which is in odd places like:
>
> /disks/lindowsos/usr/speakeasy/lib/Tk/pTk/Xlib.h
> /usr/include/nvu-1.0PR/widget/nsIDragSessionXlib.h
> /usr/lib/perl5/Tk/pTk/Xlib.h
>
> So, it seems my current X Windows doesn't use those
> libraries, or, are they called something else?

The *.h files are development files.  You have to install the
appropriate -dev or -devel package.  These are only required for
compiling software, not for running the software, so the development
packages are not normally installed.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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