[Xfc-dev] Newbie compile problems

[Bo Lorentsen]

Frank Blinn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to compile xfc on my machine with zenwalk linux and I had some
> problems:
>   
Did you use the git version, or the last stable ?
> automake 1.10.2 does not know the AM_COND_IF makro, so I had to modify the
> configure.ac file. Maybe this can be removed to increase robustness?
>   
I am not quite sure, I have not been looking into these parts lately.
> audiofile 0.2.6 has a problem in the audiofile.m4 file. I had to patch this.
>
> aalib 1.4rc5 has the same problem in aalib.m4.
>
> /xfce/xfconf/tree/xfconf/xfconf-errors.h: the last enumeration value
> 'XFCONF_ERROR_INVALID_CHANNEL,' has a comma at the end of the line (last
> enum value). That does not compile.
>   
Have you made a diff file, for me to look at ?
> The files for pkgconfig has been copied to /usr/local/lib. All other
> pkgconfig files on my system are in /usr/lib/pkgconfig. Is there a standard
> for the path usage or does this depend on the distribution?
>   
Hmm, automake will normally put things into /usr/local but the 
"--prefix" option on the configure script can change this.

/BL