Re: FVWM: Installation under Solaris 2.4

From: Todd Tyrone Fries <todd_at_miango.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:44:24 -0500 (CDT)

> I am trying to install version 1.24r of FVWM on a Sparc5 running
> Solaris 2.4. When I try to run "make all", it complains with:

If you are new to fvwm and just wish to try it out I would suggest nabbing
fvwm-2.0.42 which is the latest 'pre-release' of fvwm 2.0 and has alot
more features, bugfixes, etc. ftp://ftp.hpc.uh.edu/pub/fvwm/version-2 is
where to get it. The fvwm homepage, http://hpc.uh.edu/fvwm (I think)
documents some known solaris buglets that are easy fixes. Many people
(including myself) have had little problems after reading the above mentioned
fixes compiling it on solaris 2.4 or 2.5.

> gcc: language F not recognized

Solaris's cc compiler uses '-xF' and '-x04' as optimization flags. gcc,
however, knows nothing of the command line option, and hence complains, but
it is a harmless complaint, as gcc will still compile.

> Then finally bombs with
>
> icons.c:27: X11/xpm.h: No such file or directory

If you don't want to have color pixmaps, just edit the configuration file
(was it Imakefile back in 1.24r? It has been so long I forget.., in 2.xx
 it is Fvwm.tmpl)..and comment out '#define XPM' ... it is documented in
 the configuration file, then run 'MakeMakefiles'...

If you would like to have color pixmaps, then you need to grab and compile
the xpm library. I forget if it is pointed to by the fvwm homepage, but it
is on ftp.x.org and many public ftp sites under the X11 subdirectories.
 
> Is the gcc warning related to the final failure? Is xpm another piece
> of software which I need to install before fvwm? Perhaps someone
> could refer me to an earlier posting?

If you look at the fvwm homepage, there are searchable archives of the
mailing list at your service.

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Received on Thu Jul 04 1996 - 02:02:29 BST

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