Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:23:33 +0200, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:
>Am 08.09.2007 um 12:54 schrieb Dave Pawson:
>> I guess I need to translate these into something that Ubuntu
>> understands.
>> Back to google.
>
> Ahh, really? Isn't it obvious that the libraries Xaw3d, Xpm, jpeg,
> tiff, ungif, and png are missing and also all X11 libraries and C
> header files?

No, not really.  At least, not to someone who hasn't seen all those
names before.  I understand that helping someone who "has no clue" may
be frustrating, but can we please tone the thread down a bit?  Some
times, newbies tend to ask "silly" things.  Let's reply with the things
they are missing and where they can learn more, shall we? :-)

Dave, as I'm typing this on a laptop, I'm installing a new desktop
system with Debian "etch".  These names refer to packages which you can
install to supplement your basic Ubuntu installation with extra
libraries which Emacs can use to compile as a GUI application for the
X11 desktop.

You can list many of the packages available for Debian and Ubuntu by
using the "apt-cache" utility:

    # apt-cache search 'xaw'

Try the command for each name you don't understand, or even for parts of
the name, and look at the output apt-cache produces.  If you don't
understand what each package does, look up the name of the package on
`www.debian.org'.  The online package listing at debian.org contains a
wealth of information for each package.

- Giorgos