On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Steve Friis wrote:

Keith Kaiser wrote:
So I've been told. I loaded both LessTif and the older version of OpenMotif but because I don't know how to get rid of the older version of OpenMotif, how to delete it completely in other words, I've not been able to make Xastir use the newer version.

I think you do it like this;

./configure --without-motif --with-lesstif

This works for packages where they install using different filenames
or into different directories, but in the case of OpenMotif/Lesstif:
They install into the same areas using the same filenames.  One is a
direct replacement for the other.

In my opinion OpenMotif is the better package, but only if it's easy
for you to upgrade/downgrade it to a version that doesn't have the
bug.  2.3.0 has the particular bug.  Earlier/later versions do not.
I'm running 2.3.1 here and it's working fine (OpenSUSE-11.0 Linux).

Lesstif exhibits other bugs, usually much less visible ones.
Lesstif is an open-source replacement for OpenMotif and does a good
job but isn't quite as "polished" as Motif.

So:  If you can easily upgrade/downgrade Motif, try that.  If not,
try getting rid of it and installing Lesstif.  You'll need both the
libraries and the development headers for the same version.

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