> In article <web.41c4b110a62d854dd53485690@news.povray.org> , "IdoIT"
> <ido### [at] tiscalise> wrote:
>
> > the problem can bes solved by installing package libx11-dev

Debian does not install -dev packages by default.  IIRC, It is intended to
be a user workstation as per default install, and as such, does not install
-dev packages by default.  If you plan to compile software on Sarge, you
ahve to manually install -dev packages on Sarge, and you are expected to
select the mandatory -dev packages for POV-Ray to compile it.  [For all I
know, you're expected to manually install "make" and "gcc" via manual
package selection via aptitude by default and related tools as well, so
this would seem logical.]

Indeed, this is not a POV-Ray bug, per se.  Although you may want to advise
it to/for anyone who doesn't have a clue about compiling software (e.g. "If
you plan on manually compiling POV-Ray, be sure that you have installed the
developmental packages in your distribution for the libraries used by
POV-Ray, e.g. for X11 ... or have installed them manually and properly...
etc.").  *shrugs*

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