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    Package libX11-devel

    Hi
    I am trying to install the cern ROOT software
    Code:
    tom@tom-Aspire-5732Z:~/Desktop/root$ ./configure
    Configuring for linuxx8664gcc
    Checking for GNU Make version >= 3.79.1 ... ok
    Checking for libX11 ... no
    configure: libX11 (package libX11-devel) MUST be installed
    
    tom@tom-Aspire-5732Z:~/Desktop/root$ sudo apt-get install libX11-devel
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package libX11-devel
    I'm a linux novice, so I'm having problems understanding what is needed here. I have the packages libX11-6 and libX11-dev installed, but no help
    Thanks
    Last edited by sandyd; April 4th, 2013 at 07:54 PM. Reason: code tags please

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    Re: Package libX11-devel

    According to the prerequisite instructions the packages name is libx11-dev not libX11-devel.
    Is that what you have installed?

    http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/build-prerequisites
    Cheesemill

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    Re: Package libX11-devel

    Hopefully, this post about package naming in Debian may be of some help. Basically, Debian (and Debian-based distributions by extension) prefers consistency over authenticity and renames several kinds of packages like libraries.
    Edit
    Just noticed that on the page linked by Cheesemill there is a section devoted to Ubuntu, so the point of guessing right package names is moot in this case.
    Last edited by schragge; April 4th, 2013 at 03:55 PM.

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    Re: Package libX11-devel

    It's compiling fine on my machine, I just used the following commands...
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install subversion dpkg-dev make g++ gcc binutils libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxft-dev libxext-dev checkinstall
    mkdir ~/build
    cd ~/build
    svn co http://root.cern.ch/svn/root/trunk root
    ./configure
    make
    sudo checkinstall
    Last edited by Cheesemill; April 4th, 2013 at 03:57 PM.
    Cheesemill

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    Re: Package libX11-devel

    Yes, I have libx11-dev
    Code:
    tom@tom-Aspire-5732Z:~/Desktop/root$ sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    libx11-dev is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Last edited by sandyd; April 4th, 2013 at 07:55 PM. Reason: code tags

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    Re: Package libX11-devel

    Cheesemill, that worked. Thank you.

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