[Mesa-users] Installation problem about mesasdk

[RICHARD H D TOWNSEND]

Hi Hailiang --

Thanks for your report. Please can you try the following command:

export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/X11/lib64

...before running the MESA SDK initialization script. Hopefully, that will fix things.

cheers,

Rich

> On Nov 26, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Hailiang Chen via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have some difficulty in installing the mesasdk.
> The following is the error message from the terminal:
> 
> mesasdk_init.csh: checking prerequisites
> mesasdk_init.csh: missing prerequisites:
>  X11 library
> Please visit http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/static.php?ref=mesasdk#Prerequisites and review the prerequisites required for use of the MESA SDK
> 
> The error message from config.log file:
> 
> mesasdk_preq_check.sh:2387: checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11
> mesasdk_preq_check.sh:2417: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lX11  -lz  >&5
> /afs/mpa/@sys/system/MPA-9.20/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.3.
> 0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> 
> I am sure X11 is installed on this computer.
> It seems I have to replace -lX11 with -L/usr/X11/lib64.
> Is there anyone who can tell me where should I modify in mesasdk_preq_check.sh file?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Hailiang 
> 
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