Inexplicably, the gd package was not installed on my system.
slackpkg install gd
... solved everything. Package built and tested OK.
slackpkg install-new turned up an additional four (unrelated, I think)
packages that didn't make it from the DVD onto my system. All l10n
localization package
Full installation? ... yes, directly from 14.2 DVD and updated regularly.
su -? ... good point, I should be doing that. In this case it didn't
help but there must be something going on in that direction. If I do, as
normal user:
cd /tmp/SBo/texlive-20190410-source/build
../configure
(with
> Trying to build the texlive SBo on a 64 bit Slack 14.2 system. slackpkg
> thinks the system is up to date.
>
> Started with /sbin/removepkg tetex and tetex-doc
>
> During SBo build, in configure, am getting messages:
>
> "checking requested system xxx library... failed"
>
> where xxx = gd, pi
Hello,
Trying to build the texlive SBo on a 64 bit Slack 14.2 system. slackpkg
thinks the system is up to date.
Started with /sbin/removepkg tetex and tetex-doc
During SBo build, in configure, am getting messages:
"checking requested system xxx library... failed"
where xxx = gd, pixman,
