Re: [MIT-Scheme-devel] Cannot start Edwin

[Visar Zejnullahu]

What do I need to do before I compile on Linux? Please help because I'm stuck :(



On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:21, Chris Hanson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Before compiling on Mac OS X you need to have XCode installed first.
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Visar Zejnullahu
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> This might be more up-to-date:
>>>
>>>    
>>> http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/documentation/mit-scheme-user/Starting-Edwin.html
>>
>> I tried calling the procedures edit, edwin or create-editor, and this
>> is what I got (only the edit, edwin and create-editor change, to avoid
>> repeating):
>>
>> 1 ]=> (edit)
>> ;Can't find any usable display type;To continue, call RESTART with an
>> option number:; (RESTART 1) => Return to read-eval-print level 1.
>> 2 error> (RESTART 1)
>> ;Abort!
>>
>>> Do these lines appear during compile-microcode?
>>>
>>>    checking for X... no
>>>    ...
>>>    checking ncurses.h usability... no
>>>    ...
>>>    checking curses.h usability... no
>>>    ...
>>>    checking term.h usability... no
>>>    ...
>>>    checking termcap.h usability... no
>>>    ...
>>>    configure: WARNING: No termcap library found; will emulate it
>>
>> Yes, they do (during ./configure stage).
>>
>>> Have you installed all of the developer's packages needed to build
>>> shared libraries linked to libX11.so and/or ncurses/termcap?
>>
>> Frankly, I don't know what these are :) so I guess the answer is no, I 
>> haven't.
>>
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