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From: kbrint@winternet.com (Kevin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: emacs 19.28 needs libX11* -- why?
Date: 19 Sep 1995 20:28:07 GMT
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Darrel Herbst (dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu) wrote:

> %emacs
> ld.so emacs: libX11.so.6.0 undefined error:0

> I'm guessing that it is complaining because I do not have X installed
> (ergo, no libX11*'s are installed).  I have no space for X on my drive --
> but I can't seem to locate exactly what file to take from an archive to
> just get the libraries that emacs needs.

It's probably built with X support.. grab a 19.29 from
prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu and install 'er without X :

# ./configure --without-x
# make
# make install

-kevin-

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