we have solaris too and I have been able to build the xpm and fvwm without
any problems. I used gcc for that purpose. so if you have problems with
binaries you can always try to compile the sources...
erik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu [mailto:owner-fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu]On Behalf Of
> Bob Woodside
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 7:36 PM
> To: Ahmed Aden
> Cc: fvwm_at_fvwm.org
> Subject: Re: FVWM: library problems
>
>
> Ahmed Aden wrote:
> >
> > I get this message:
> >
> > ld.so.1: /usr/local/X11/bin/fvwm2: fatal: libXpm.so.4.11:
> open failed: No
> > such file or directory
> >
> > I installed the pkg.tgz Solaris binary package, and (as
> root) used pkgadd to
> > install it, and it seemed to install just fine. Any help
> from fvwm2 gurus
> > appreciated.
>
> My bet is that you simply don't have the Xpm package
> installed. Where'd
> you fetch the binary from, The-Archive-Formerly-Known-As-Sunsite
> (Metalab)? If so, I'm certain they'll have the version of the Xpm
> package that your FVWM binary was linked against, and it
> should install
> smoothly in the standard place. I've had very good luck with their
> packages. (Wish they'd upgrade to a newer version of FVWM, though.)
>
> I believe somebody suggested you might try building
> FVWM from source
> without xpm support. Naaah...only as a last resort. You'll be much
> happier with xpm support, and there are many other apps that need it
> also.
>
> Note that there's a discrepancy between the package
> nomenclature and
> that of the libraries. The package named xpm-3.4k (or something like
> that - the 3.4k is the part you want to look for) will produce the
> library called libXpm.so.4.11.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
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