X11 library error

Rick Grubin,

I found this article in the archives of NCARG Talk. I
have the exact same problem:
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Hello,

> I just installed NCAR graphics under Redhat 9, and
when I test it by
> running ncargex I get the following:
> [pbatra_at_localhost ~]$ ncargex cpex08
> NCAR Graphics Fortran Example <cpex08>
> Copying cpex08.f
> Copying cpexcc.f
> Compiling and linking...
> g77 -O -o cpex08 cpexcc.f cpex08.f
-L/usr/local/ncarg/lib
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lncarg -lncarg_gks -lncarg_c -lX11
-lXext
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

The error you're seeing, and the listing of X11
libraries [deleted] you
provided, indicate that you don't have installed
static versions --
that is, non-shared versions -- of these libraries.
You have shared
object libraries ("*.so") and the NCAR Graphics
applications are
expecting static ("*.a") libraries.

You can install the static versions of libraries on
your host by
visiting the XFree86 Project website at:
     www.xfree86.org
and downloading the appropriate distribution for your
host. There are
both ftp and http servers available. You may download
the latest
version (v4.5.0), but there are links to older
distributions. At the
very least, you want v4.1.0

-Rick.

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I tried installing the new libaries from
www.xfree86.org, but it just replaced the old
shared-object libraries with new shared-object
libraries. Not only that, but it crashed X11 and my
OS. Luckily I didn't lose any data. I'm relatively
new to Linux. Is there some way I can set up NCARG to
use the shared-object libraries? Is there an easier
way to get static libraries?

Thank you for your help,

Kurt Poeppel
B.S. Meteorology 2003, Valparaiso University
M.S. Atmospheric Science 2005, SDSM&T

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Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 15:41:56 MDT