[ncl-install] X11 problem on install

[Barve, Saurabh FORNATL, IN, Contractor, DCS]

I'm not sure, there is any useful /usr/X11R6/lib64 folder on the new OS
versions (RHEL5, CentOS 5, etc.). To find the right X11 stuff, I have to set
the path to /usr/lib64. All the X libraries now reside there.


On 3/28/08 11:33 AM, "Mary Haley" <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> 
> Did you mean to use "-L/usr/X11R6/lib64" instead?  You may need to
> modify your config file to reflect this.
> 
> If you did mean to use /usr/X11R6/lib, then what do you see in there
> with regard to files that start with "lib"? You should at least see
> something like:
> 
> libX11.a
> libX11.so -> libX11.so.6.2*
> libX11.so.6 -> libX11.so.6.2*
> libX11.so.6.2*
> 
> --Mary
> 
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 8:17 AM, brian vant-hull wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks;
>> 
>> on trying to install ncar graphics I'm getting an
>> error message that doesn't make sense.  The relevant
>> compiler messages are:
>> 
>> pgf90 -o plotfmt.exe  plotfmt.o read_met_module.o
>> module_debug.o \
>>         misc_definitions_module.o cio.o
>> met_data_module.o \
>>         -L/usr/local/lib -lncarg -lncarg_gks -lncarg_c
>> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -L/usr/pgi/linux86-64/5.2/lib
>> -lpgftnrtl -lpgc -L/usr/lib64 -lg2c
>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
>> 
>> Note that it cannot find X11.  But I checked
>> /usr/X11R6/lib and it's chock full of stuff, including
>> an X11 folder.  So what could be the problem?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Brian Vant-Hull
>> 917-318-4481
>> 
>> 
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Saurabh Barve
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