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Andrés Torres | 24 Dec 2011 21:49

Installing workrave on LinuxMint 12

Hello,

When I tried to configure workrave in LinuxMint 12 I got this message:
......................
checking for X... no
configure: error: X11 required on Unix platform

I checked my version with this command:

Xorg -version

and the output was:

X.Org X Server 1.10.4
Release Date: 2011-08-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux andrestoga-System-Product-Name 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=ae3b18c4-f638-4f17-896d-e18543feac00 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Build Date: 29 September 2011 12:48:48AM
xorg-server 2:1.10.4-1ubuntu4 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.22.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.

and I don't know what is the problem?

Thanks--
Andrés Torres García

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Dmitry Medvinsky | 26 Dec 2011 11:51

Re: Installing workrave on LinuxMint 12

> When I tried to configure workrave in LinuxMint 12 I got this message:
> ......................
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: X11 required on Unix platform

My guess is you haven't got Debian style dev package installed.
I'm not using Debian based distro, but I suppose it'd be called something like
`xorg-dev`.

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unforgettableid | 10 Jan 2012 11:56

Re: Installing workrave on LinuxMint 12

Dmitry Medvinsky <dmitry.medvinsky <at> e-legion.com> writes:

> > When I tried to configure workrave in LinuxMint 12 I got this message:
> > ......................
> > checking for X... no
> > configure: error: X11 required on Unix platform
> 
> My guess is you haven't got Debian style dev package installed.
> I'm not using Debian based distro, but I suppose it'd be called something like
> `xorg-dev`.

./configure didn't find the appropriate development headers package.  You have
X11, but you also need the headers to build Workrave.  On your PC, ./configure
looked for the headers, couldn't find them, and aborted.

I've never used Linux Mint but I suspect you need to install the package
"build-essential" plus all the packages listed on the Build-Depends line here[*].

^  [*]. 
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/workrave.git;a=blob;f=debian/control;hb=HEAD#l5

If you ask on your distribution's users' mailing list, you will probably get
more reliable and accurate help with building Workrave on your distro.  This
mailing list is best for distro-independent things like Workrave preferences.

Cheers,
--unforgettableid

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