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Re: [Plug] Chimera Install
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It worked perfectly, thanks J!
Brent
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Well, mine would be to install XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.6.0.rpm (or
> whatever)
>
> J.
>
> When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
> I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
> attitude.
>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
>
> > There is a Imakefile in the install directory. The error is that the program
> > (xmkmf) isn't on my computer. I don't think that I have the X development
> > tools installed, which is probably my problem. What should be my next course of
> > action then?
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > This will also fail if you dont have the development packages for X
> > > installed. Thats the first thing to check. By default, many times
> > > the development headers/files for X are not installed to save space.
> > > This of course means that you cant build X programs from source.
> > >
> > > J.
> > >
> > > When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
> > > I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
> > > attitude.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Kyle Burton wrote:
> > >
> > > > well, I dont' know if this answers your question, but...
> > > >
> > > > xmkmf is part of Imake, which in turn is part of XF86. They are a cross
> > > > platform way of producing makefiles.
> > > >
> > > > A newer better method is using automake/autoconf, which produces the
> > > > configure scripts everyone has doubtless seen when building software under
> > > > linux.
> > > >
> > > > Imake uses it's own format. xmkmf tries to take the Imakefile, and
> > > > produce a makefile from it.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have the Imakefile? Did Chimera come with one? Perhaps their
> > > > documentation isn't up to date with what they're doing with the software...
> > > >
> > > > k
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a
> > > > divorce.
> > > > -- Don Quinn
> > > > mortis@voicenet.com http://www.voicenet.com/~mortis
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to install the Chimera 2.0 alpha web browser but it's asking me to
> > > > > run:
> > > > >
> > > > > xmkmf -a
> > > > >
> > > > > ... which isn't working. How can I fix this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Brent R. Matzelle
> > > > >
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