how did u install xfree86? if you installed from rpm, maybe you want to find another rpm named like 'xfree86-dev' or so. On 10/13/05, J. Scott Miller <j-miller-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have recently installed xFree86 4.5.0 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linus > WS Release 3 machine running kernel 2.4.21-4. The installer appeared > to run OK. Later, when I try to install a new version of gtk, I am > prompted with the following error: > > configure: error: X development libraries not found > > The only logical place I found for these files is in /usr/X11R6/lib > and /usr/X11R6/include/X11, and the include directory only contains a > 'bitmaps' folder. Specifying the directories directly to gtk's > configure script does not help. > > My question is this: Is there a way to create/download/find these > development libraries? All of the answers to my gtk problem I have > seen indicate that I these should come from my xwindows provider. > > Thanks for your help and patience, I am new to this 'graphical linux' thing > :P. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86