[daip] Re: AIPS/LINUX

[Eric Greisen]

In /usr/X11R6/lib

primate<349>$ ll *ext*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        72992 Feb 12  2004 libXext.a
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Feb 24  2004 libXext.so -> libXext.so.6.4*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Feb 24  2004 libXext.so.6 -> libXext.so.6.4*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        53520 Feb 12  2004 libXext.so.6.4*

These are the libraries that support X extensions which are very
standard in Linux installations.

We frequently see the complaint that things fail to compile becuase
the X11R6 code developers include files have not been installed.  I do
not remember this complaint (ld cannot find -lXext) ever arising.  The
rpm for X11 developers must be installed but perhaps there is some
other rpm that was not installed on your system.

Eric Greisen