X and Fluxbox :: Problem installing fluxbox 0.9.15.1

Hi,

I'm trying to install fluxbox 0.9.15.1 but I get an error Fluxbox requires the x window system libraries and headers.

Does dsl not have x already? i.e. to run fluxbox thats already on it?
If I install xfree86.dsl will that solve the problem?

Thanks

C19

DSL has X runtime libraries, but not X headers. These are needed to compile applications that use X, but not necessarily needed to run them, so they were not included with DSL. You can get them in a myDSL package, I think in the "system" section of the repository.

Keep in mind that Fluxbox 0.9.15 uses a new method of setting the background, so the styles in DSL and in the myDSL repository will not work with it.

so what exactly is the name of the mydsl with the headers . I can't seem to find them .

kernelsource.dsl
linux-kernel-headers.dsl

Your going to need a bit more to compile see here->
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=9586

You might even need to apt-get stuff for the out dated ones.

The kernel source and headers are NOT needed for compiling most applications.

The latest gcc1-with-libs.dsl in testing should have everything you need to compile fluxbox. If not, you may need to configure with --disable-xft --disable-randr --disable-gnome --disable-kde, or some combination of one or more of those.

XFree86-devel.dsl is in "system" if you already have gcc installed...i don't know if you'll need anything more than that.

extra note: Fluxbox 0.9.15.1 doesn't really have much to offer over 0.9.14, in my opinion, which is why it's not already in the repository.

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