[GAP Forum] Trouble installing XGAP

[Frank Lübeck]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 02:45:02PM -0800, Omid Sadeghi wrote:
> I'm going to use XGAP package but I can't install it. 
> The problem is that when I execute the make command the " configure: error: XGAP needs XWindows X11R5 or better " error occurs.
> 
> I have Ubuntu 9.04 and I think it must have X Window. 
> I downloaded the latest version of X Window i.e. X11R7.5 from x.org and don't know how to install it neither because it has about 700 zipped files each of which having a separate configure and make.
> 
> How should I know whether I have X Windows in my Ubuntu 9.04 or not and if so what version do I have.

Dear Omid Sadeghi, dear Forum,

You must compile xgap as a 32-bit program. 
On a 32-bit Ubuntu install the following packages:
  libxaw7-dev libxmu-dev libxt-dev libxext-dev libx11-dev libsm-dev
  libice-dev libxpm-dev

Then a standard 
  ./configure
  make
inside the pkg/xgap directory should compile xgap. 
On a 64-bit Linux you somehow have to make sure that the libraries and
header files mentioned above are available as 32-bit versions. I don't know
a simple way to achieve this. 

Best regards,

  Frank Lübeck

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