Well, I'm not particularly a Linux expert, but from what I see, you did not (properly) install the XFree86 development package. I'd say, take your change to download and install the newest XServer and binaries alongside with the complete development libraries and headers from a Red-Hat rpm. Make sure the directories /usr/X11/foo*/include are symlinked to usr/include and /usr/X11/foo*/lib to usr/lib. The rpm normally takes care of this. If thinks still go wrong, make a 'locate Xlib' to find out where your headers went and move them to a standard location, then make the symlink. Same for 'locate libX11'. Consult the docs for standard locations. Or get a binary rpm of LyX.... Greets, Arnd On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 10:22:38 +0200, hellmut wrote: >Hi Lyxers, > >I don't know where to ask for help otherwise, so I hope you can give me some >help. > > I downloaded lyx-1.0.3.tar.gz from lyx.org, extracted, ran ./config >and got the following message: > >----- Start message ----- >Configuration: > Source code location: . > Compiler: g++ > Compiler flags: -g -O2 > LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin > LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx > Special flags: > >**** The following problems have been detected by configure. >**** Please check the messages below before running 'make'. >**** (see the section 'Problems' in the INSTALL file) > >** Cannot find X window libraries and/or headers. Check your installation. > If you use a Linux system, check that you have installed > the development tools. >----- End Message ----- > >Following the hints from the INSTALL file I downloaded bxform-088.tgz from fu-berlin, >and libXpm-4.7.tar.gz from somewhere in the Internet (Sorry, I don't remeber >where from.) > >tarring and making xforms worked. No, it's a binary, make does only an unzip and move here. >After tarring libXpm, I can't make it. >The error messages started with: > >----- Start message ----- >[root:xpm-3.4g]# make -f Makefile.noX >making all in ./lib... >make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/Xforms/xpm-3.4g/lib' >cc -O -DZPIPE -c data.c -o data.o >In file included from xpmP.h:43, > from data.c:41: >xpm.h:68: X11/Xlib.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >xpm.h:69: X11/Xutil.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >make[1]: *** [data.o] Error 1 >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lib/Xforms/xpm-3.4g/lib' >making all in ./sxpm... >make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/Xforms/xpm-3.4g/sxpm' >cc -O -I.. -c sxpm.c -o sxpm.o >sxpm.c:42: X11/StringDefs.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >sxpm.c:43: X11/Intrinsic.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >sxpm.c:44: X11/Shell.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >sxpm.c:45: X11/extensions/shape.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >In file included from sxpm.c:48: >../X11/xpm.h:68: X11/Xlib.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >../X11/xpm.h:69: X11/Xutil.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden >make[1]: *** [sxpm.o] Error 1 >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lib/Xforms/xpm-3.4g/sxpm' >make: *** [all] Error 2 >----- End message ----- > >It seems that the files lacking are not available on my system. >Could they be hidden in a shared library? > >My system is a TOSHIBA TECRA 750 DVD with RedHat 6.0 and KDE 1.1. > > >Any idea is appreciated. Thx > >Hellmut > >