I would like to get idesk up and running. I tried a SW11 pkg,
but although it appeared to install okay, it wouldn't work. I have
the idesk-0.7.5.tar.bz2 file, but ./configure tells me I need
imlib2-dev, which I can't find anywhere other than as an rpm. Any
reason why I shouldn't take advantage of SW's ability to install
rpm's, or is there a SW-specific version of imlib2-dev floating around
out there anywhere?
Thanx,

On 2007-02-18, nobody@nowhere.com <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I would like to get idesk up and running. I tried a SW11 pkg,
> but although it appeared to install okay, it wouldn't work. I have
> the idesk-0.7.5.tar.bz2 file, but ./configure tells me I need
> imlib2-dev, which I can't find anywhere other than as an rpm. Any
> reason why I shouldn't take advantage of SW's ability to install
> rpm's, or is there a SW-specific version of imlib2-dev floating around
> out there anywhere?


http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/libraries/imlib2/

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:54:00 GMT, Robby Workman
<newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:

>On 2007-02-18, nobody@nowhere.com <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> I would like to get idesk up and running. I tried a SW11 pkg,
>> but although it appeared to install okay, it wouldn't work. I have
>> the idesk-0.7.5.tar.bz2 file, but ./configure tells me I need
>> imlib2-dev, which I can't find anywhere other than as an rpm. Any
>> reason why I shouldn't take advantage of SW's ability to install
>> rpm's, or is there a SW-specific version of imlib2-dev floating around
>> out there anywhere?
>
>
>http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/libraries/imlib2/


Ok. I already had imlib2. That will also provide imlib2-dev? I
hadn't actually attempted to run configure again until I received an
answer or two...

Guy Parry wrote :

> Ok. I already had imlib2. That will also provide imlib2-dev?

You'll probably never see a derived devel package for Slackware. Its
mostly rpm based distros who does this because people running such a
distro are not supposed to compile programs on their own.

> I hadn't actually attempted to run configure again until I received an
> answer or two...

Why not? Running configure cant harm your computer in any way.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:52:10 +0100, Thomas Overgaard
<thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

>
>Guy Parry wrote :
>
>> Ok. I already had imlib2. That will also provide imlib2-dev?
>
>You'll probably never see a derived devel package for Slackware. Its
>mostly rpm based distros who does this because people running such a
>distro are not supposed to compile programs on their own.
>
>> I hadn't actually attempted to run configure again until I received an
>> answer or two...
>
>Why not? Running configure cant harm your computer in any way.

I know. I simply hadn't specifically run it to find out...

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:09:08 +1100, nobody@nowhere.com wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:52:10 +0100, Thomas Overgaard
><thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:
>
>>
>>Guy Parry wrote :
>>
>>> Ok. I already had imlib2. That will also provide imlib2-dev?
>>
>>You'll probably never see a derived devel package for Slackware. Its
>>mostly rpm based distros who does this because people running such a
>>distro are not supposed to compile programs on their own.
>>
>>> I hadn't actually attempted to run configure again until I received an
>>> answer or two...
>>
>>Why not? Running configure cant harm your computer in any way.
>
>I know. I simply hadn't specifically run it to find out...

...actually, it does seem to fix that 'imlib2-dev needed' error.
It appears to have installed. Now I'll see if it's actually giving me
desktop icons...