[EMBOSS] X11 version requirement for EMBOSS 3.0.0?

Marc Logghe Marc.Logghe at DEVGEN.com
Thu May 18 12:30:00 UTC 2006


I ran into the same issue a while ago. If I recall well you had to run configure with the option '--without-x'.
HTH,
Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: emboss-bounces at lists.open-bio.org 
> [mailto:emboss-bounces at lists.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Staffan.X.Bergh at astrazeneca.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:49 PM
> To: emboss at emboss.open-bio.org
> Subject: [EMBOSS] X11 version requirement for EMBOSS 3.0.0?
> 
> Hi, I'm trying to compile/install EMBOSS 3.0.0 on a linux box 
> with RedHat Enterprise Server 3 (not the latest, I know, but 
> corporate standards, etc, etc, ...)
> 
> The error message from make/ld is:
> 
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so when 
> > searching
> for -lX11
> > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a when 
> > searching
> for -lX11
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> 
> The X version that RHES3 ships with is 4.3.0
> 
> > $ X -version
> > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 release: 
> > 4.3.0-68.EL) Release Date: 15 August 2003 (and a lot more, 
> deleted by 
> > the RSSPBW [Royal Swedish Society for the
> Preservation of BandWidth]).
> 
> I couldn't find answer to this in the docs, nor in the mail 
> archives, and I guess that I'll end up having to upgrade X, 
> but it would be nice if someone could confirm that that would 
> solve the problem before I try?
> Or is this something else?
> 
> cheers /staffan
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