Newbie request - compiling with Xlib.h

Divacky Roman xdivac02 at stud.fit.vutbr.cz
Mon Dec 18 02:59:04 PST 2006


On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:43:57AM -0200, Henry Lenzi wrote:
> Hi *
> 
> I'm trying to follow the following tutorial for Xlib prpogramming:
> 
> http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/xlib-programming/xlib-programming.html#preface
> 
> However, I can't seem to compile the simple-drawing.c example. I keep 
> getting
> 
> 
> >cc simple-drawing.c  -o simple-drawing -L/usr/X11/lib -lX11
> simple-drawing.c:7:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
> 
> or
> 
> >cc simple-drawing.c -o simple-drawing -lX11
> simple-drawing.c:7:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
> 
> What's the right incantation for this?

I am no expert with X but you are supposed to use xmkmf to create an imakefile
and then use it... I never managed to do it though :(


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