Re: missing header files

[email protected] Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:26:47 +0100 (CET)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.eiffel.smalleiffel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote:
>>Check that the packages "libx11-dev" and "x11proto-core-dev" are
>>installed on your system. They contain your missing files and you'll
>>need them to compile Vision programs.

>>>when using lib/vision I get this error message from the compiler:
>>>...
>>>In file included from main4.c:17:
>>>main.h:1345:24: error: X11/Xlib.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
>>>main.h:1346:25: error: X11/Xutil.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht
>>> gefunden
>>>main.h:1347:25: error: X11/Xatom.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht
>>> gefunden
>>>...
>>>I'm using SmartEiffel 2.3 beta#1 on an up-to-date Debian-machine.
>>>Can somebody, please, give me a hint what debian-package is missing on
>>> my
>>>box and where I might get it?
>>>
>>>Best regards, Herwig Meyer
>>
> The general answer is to use this tool:
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html
> Just give the file name in the last search area (go down to the end of
> the page) and you'll get packages providing the file.
> Ex:
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=X11%2FXlib.h&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=stable&arch=i386
> Philippe Ribet
>

thank you for that nice explanation, now everything works again! H.M.