[Gambas-user] Problems with gambas2-2.0

[Benoit Minisini]

On lundi 7 janvier 2008, Stefano Palmeri wrote:
> Alle 16:51, lunedì 7 gennaio 2008, Benoit Minisini ha scritto:
> > On lundi 7 janvier 2008, manuel viet wrote:
> > > Rolf Schmidt wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a problem with the release version of gambas2 and would like
> > > > to ask what is needed to compile/run this version. I had no problems
> > > > with compiling
> > > > gambas up to version 1.9.47 or so.
> > > >
> > > > Let me tell what I did:
> > > > - Fetch the source code file form sf.
> > > > - configure as usual and get the message that modules mysql,
> > > > firebird, sqlite,
> > > >   desktop and que will not be build. My call to config explicitly
> > > > disables mysql, firebird and sqlite - later I also disable the
> > > > desktop module, but
> > > >   this seems to be ignored?!
> > > > The I install gambas from the sid-repository of Debian - my computer
> > > > runs with
> > > > Debian Lenny.
> > > > Starting the programm (from a terminal window), I got the message
> > > > "Library gb.desktop not found".
> > > > So I dont know, which new dependencies gambas2 has.
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I had about the same problems you faced ; I made some sloppy hacks
> > > around them
> > > but Stephano Palmeri came up with a clean solution to compile
> > > gb.desktop. Do $ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/X11R6/lib"
> > > before
> > > $ ./configure
> > >
> > > It will only work if you have libXtst and libXtst-dev installed prior
> > > to compiling.
> > >
> > > Best luck,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----
> > > --
> > > Manuel Viet
> >
> > It would be cool if people send the output of './configure' and 'make'
> > when they have such problems, as specified on the web site.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> I sent this mail to the list on 19-12-2007, with subject "can't compile
> gb.desktop" showing the ./configure failure.:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------ Trying to compile RC2.
>
> gb.desktop:
>
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking for XTestQueryExtension in -lXtst... no
> configure: WARNING: *** Desktop-neutral routines is disabled
>
> Well, libXtst.so is installed in /usr/X11R6/lib.
>
> My ld.so.conf is:
>
> /usr/include
> /usr/lib
> /usr/local/include
> /usr/local/lib
> /usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/X11R6/include
> /usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib
> /opt/kde/lib
> /usr/lib/qt/lib
> /usr/lib/seamonkey
>
> My system is Slackware 11.0. Any help will be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefano Palmeri
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefano Palmeri
>
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Can you try the latest trunk? I have changed some things in the way X11 
libraries are detected, and Laurent Carlier told me that it makes X11 
correctly detected on OpenBSD.

If it fixes the problem, I will backport it to the next release of the 2.0 
version.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini