tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post6538621538660201667..comments2023-12-27T05:40:11.593-05:00Comments on Vernon's blog: Tabbed terminal under Cygwin using mrxvt tabs (pre xorg-server-1.5.3)Vernon Singletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09612077916175875470noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-8969911653931661022010-07-28T14:23:47.538-04:002010-07-28T14:23:47.538-04:00Hi Vernon,
On my cygwin, configure gave:
configu...Hi Vernon,<br /><br />On my cygwin, configure gave:<br /><br />configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one<br /><br />I ran<br /><br />./configure --enable-everything --disable-debug --build=i686-pc-cygwin<br /><br />It worked. <br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />nomanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-21385953010307371902009-11-28T08:55:25.112-05:002009-11-28T08:55:25.112-05:00Hello,
I got the same problem
"configure: ...Hello, <br /><br />I got the same problem <br />"configure: error: Mrxvt requires the X Window" and I fixed it with the following steps:<br />- I installed xorg-x11-devel (available when you click obsolete packages)<br />- $ ./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include/ --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib<br /><br />And it did work :-)<br />FranckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-57935687238472773822009-06-23T12:39:44.267-04:002009-06-23T12:39:44.267-04:00@Muhammad
You probably should not try to use this...@Muhammad<br /><br />You probably should not try to use this procedure above anymore. For a more up to date procedure <a href="http://vsingleton.blogspot.com/2008/12/tabbed-terminal-under-cygwin-using.html" rel="nofollow">go here</a><br /><br />Hope that helps.Vernon Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612077916175875470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-60103816508955792572009-06-23T10:22:54.876-04:002009-06-23T10:22:54.876-04:00[/cygdrive/c/mrxvt-0.4.2]$ ./bootstrap.sh
+ acloca...[/cygdrive/c/mrxvt-0.4.2]$ ./bootstrap.sh<br />+ aclocal<br />./bootstrap.sh: line 25: aclocal: command not found<br />+ autoheader<br />./bootstrap.sh: line 26: autoheader: command not found<br />+ automake --add-missing --copy<br />./bootstrap.sh: line 27: automake: command not found<br />+ autoconf<br />./bootstrap.sh: line 29: autoconf: command not found<br /><br /><br />what's wrong ? Help me !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-48868598725664722592008-09-30T04:17:00.000-04:002008-09-30T04:17:00.000-04:00never mind...got it going. just required reinstall...never mind...got it going. just required reinstalling a heap of the packages. something interesting to note is you can edit the startxwin.bat file in C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin to open the tabbed terminal from one windows shortcut. replace the line "%RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" with:<BR/><BR/><BR/>REM %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l<BR/><BR/>%RUN% mrxvt -fn fixed -fg white -bg black -g 150x45 -ls &<BR/><BR/>cheersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013283747368026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-61925531252130236132008-09-30T02:02:00.000-04:002008-09-30T02:02:00.000-04:00Hi Vernon,I'm also having some issues with X windo...Hi Vernon,<BR/><BR/>I'm also having some issues with X window.<BR/><BR/><BR/>My configure output is as follows:<BR/>[/cygdrive/c/mrxvt-0.4.2]$ ./configure --enable-everything --disable-debug <BR/>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c<BR/>checking whether build environment is sane... yes<BR/>checking for gawk... gawk<BR/>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes<BR/>checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no<BR/>checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin<BR/>checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin<BR/>checking for gcc... gcc<BR/>checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe<BR/>checking whether the C compiler works... yes<BR/>checking whether we are cross compiling... no<BR/>checking for suffix of executables... .exe<BR/>checking for suffix of object files... o<BR/>checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes<BR/>checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes<BR/>checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed<BR/>checking for style of include used by make... GNU<BR/>checking dependency style of gcc... none<BR/>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes<BR/>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c<BR/>checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E<BR/>checking for X... no<BR/>configure: error: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers.<BR/><BR/>In the Cygwin setup I've got every package under the X11 category installed as well as the following:<BR/><BR/>gcc-core (3.4.4-3)<BR/>gcc-g++ (3.4.4-3)<BR/><BR/>make (3.81-2)<BR/><BR/>autoconf:Wrapper scripts for autoconf commands (4-1)<BR/>autoconf2.13-3<BR/>autoconf2.61-1<BR/><BR/>automake:Wrapper scripts for automake and aclocal (2-1)<BR/>automake1.10.1-1<BR/>automake1.4p6-4<BR/>automake1.5-2<BR/>automake1.6.3-3<BR/>automake1.7.9-3<BR/>automake1.8.5-3<BR/>automake1.9.6-2<BR/><BR/>rxvt:VT102 terminal emulator for both X and Windows (20050409-7)<BR/>rxvt-unicode-common: An improved version of rxvt requiring an Xserver (7.7-6)<BR/>rxvt-unicode-X: An improved version of rxvt requiring an Xserver (7.7-6)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I also have /usr/X11R6/bin in my $PATH variable.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Any advice? Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013283747368026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-63731769182112401742008-09-29T12:18:00.000-04:002008-09-29T12:18:00.000-04:00Finally figured it all out. Even though I *thought...Finally figured it all out. Even though I *thought* I had 'make' installed, it turns out I didn't. <BR/><BR/>Quick install, and it all works great.Bobmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992303383387468733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-7507632423337265712008-09-23T15:28:00.000-04:002008-09-23T15:28:00.000-04:00You may be right ... try adding /usr/X11R6/bin to ...You may be right ... try adding /usr/X11R6/bin to your path.Vernon Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612077916175875470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-67505416294431790662008-09-23T14:34:00.000-04:002008-09-23T14:34:00.000-04:00Thanks for hanging in there with me.I have that pa...Thanks for hanging in there with me.<BR/><BR/>I have that package and more: xorg-x11-base, xorg-x11-bin, xorg-x11-bin-dlls, xorg-x11-bin-lndir, xorg-x11-devel, xorg-x11-etc, xorg-x11-libs-data, xorg-x11-xwin, plus most of the font-related packages.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I don't have something on my path?Bobmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992303383387468733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-5527889226719425982008-09-23T13:14:00.000-04:002008-09-23T13:14:00.000-04:00It looks like you will need this package:xorg-x11-...It looks like you will need this package:<BR/><BR/>xorg-x11-develVernon Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612077916175875470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-76893801016757093492008-09-23T12:56:00.000-04:002008-09-23T12:56:00.000-04:00Sorry for the lack of context:$ ./configure --enab...Sorry for the lack of context:<BR/><BR/>$ ./configure --enable-everything --disable-debug<BR/>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c<BR/>checking whether build environment is sane... yes<BR/>checking for gawk... gawk<BR/>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no<BR/>checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no<BR/>checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin<BR/>checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin<BR/>checking for gcc... gcc<BR/>checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe<BR/>checking whether the C compiler works... yes<BR/>checking whether we are cross compiling... no<BR/>checking for suffix of executables... .exe<BR/>checking for suffix of object files... o<BR/>checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes<BR/>checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes<BR/>checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed<BR/>checking for style of include used by make... none<BR/>checking dependency style of gcc... none<BR/>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) no<BR/>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c<BR/>checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E<BR/>checking for X... no<BR/>configure: error: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers.Bobmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992303383387468733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-60880014631939451152008-09-22T08:36:00.000-04:002008-09-22T08:36:00.000-04:00You do not say what your exact error message is, a...You do not say what your exact error message is, and after which command you get the error, so I will take a wild guess from among the 10^30 errors available in the universe.<BR/><BR/>If you are getting an error about a header file from a library you can go here:<BR/>http://cygwin.com/packages/<BR/><BR/>and search all of the cygwin packages for the header file it wants, and it will tell you what package you need to install.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps.Vernon Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612077916175875470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14500754.post-38443179204688525852008-09-18T09:49:00.000-04:002008-09-18T09:49:00.000-04:00I'm trying to build it, but it insists I don't hav...I'm trying to build it, but it insists I don't have X Window System libraries and headers available. <BR/>I've installed every X package I can find; what am I missing?Bobmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992303383387468733noreply@blogger.com