Hello Mark.

I had some problem last night compiling the megapovplus ( what a name !)
source.

The make complained that it could not find either vga.h or vgagl.h.
I checked : These files are not in my Linux box.
SVGALIB is installed on my system.
So I had to comment out in config.h and unix.c files all the lines
concerning SVGA.
Are these *.h files installed by default in a Mandrake or RH
distribution ?
Did I do something wrong ?

The compile went fine afterwards.

Cheers.

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> Hello Mark.
> 
> I had some problem last night compiling the megapovplus ( what a name !)
> source.
> 
> The make complained that it could not find either vga.h or vgagl.h.
> I checked : These files are not in my Linux box.
> SVGALIB is installed on my system.

Have you installed the svgalib-dev package? (whatever it's  called on 
your distribution)



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That's just it ?
Thanks for the tip.

Fabien




> >
> > Hello Mark.
> >
> > I had some problem last night compiling the megapovplus ( what a name !)
> > source.
> >
> > The make complained that it could not find either vga.h or vgagl.h.
> > I checked : These files are not in my Linux box.
> > SVGALIB is installed on my system.
>
> Have you installed the svgalib-dev package? (whatever it's  called on
> your distribution)
>

>
> --
> Alpha Test Version:  Too buggy to be released to the paying public.
> Beta Test Version:  Still too buggy to be released.
> Release Version:  Alternate pronunciation of "Beta Test Version".

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> 
> That's just it ?
now, was that a question or a statement ;)
the svgalib-dev package should give you the .h-files needed, if not then
your distro is broken. That is, of course, if the package exists.

> Thanks for the tip.

No problem

/Peter
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No, just an amazement of how the solution could be so simple.




> >
> > That's just it ?
> now, was that a question or a statement ;)
> the svgalib-dev package should give you the .h-files needed, if not then
> your distro is broken. That is, of course, if the package exists.
>
> > Thanks for the tip.
>
> No problem
>
> /Peter
> --
> Alpha Test Version:  Too buggy to be released to the paying public.
> Beta Test Version:  Still too buggy to be released.
> Release Version:  Alternate pronunciation of "Beta Test Version".

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> 
> Hello Mark.
> 
> I had some problem last night compiling the megapovplus ( what a name !)
> source.
> 
> The make complained that it could not find either vga.h or vgagl.h.
> I checked : These files are not in my Linux box.
> SVGALIB is installed on my system.
> So I had to comment out in config.h and unix.c files all the lines
> concerning SVGA.
> Are these *.h files installed by default in a Mandrake or RH
> distribution ?
> Did I do something wrong ?

I have a hunch what is going on, and it's going to require some
surgery.  You probably have the shared libraries, but it's common for
header files to be included in the "developer"
versions of those libraries as they are commonly packaged.  I'm telling
autoconf to look for the libraries, and it's finding them.  autoconf
isn't looking for the header files.

-Mark Gordon

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Mark Gordon wrote:

> I have a hunch what is going on, and it's going to require some
> surgery.  You probably have the shared libraries, but it's common for
> header files to be included in the "developer"
> versions of those libraries as they are commonly packaged.  I'm telling
> autoconf to look for the libraries, and it's finding them.  autoconf
> isn't looking for the header files.

I'm mistaken (early morning brain syndrome); I'd been looking for the
header files.  My initial build on Debian failed because I neglected to
install them.  This is going to require a bit more investigation, but at
this point I have a hunch that the surgery will be comparatively minor.

-Mark Gordon

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