Ksendmail Installation error !

[Rajendran_1]

Dear Friends,

Using RedHat 8.0

I am trying to install ksendmail, a software for sendmail administration.Here is my problem..
I have installed necessary compilers ..
I am using KDE as my Desktop .. No GNome installed...

This is the o/p ...

[root@SHANMU ksendmail-0.7]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a C-Compiler...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a C++-Compiler...
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... -static
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... msgfmt
found msgfmt program is not GNU msgfmt; ignore it
checking for xgettext... :
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!
[root@SHANMU ksendmail-0.7]#


It gives the error Cant find X includes.. What the problem could be .. please guide me..

Raj

[Jochen Heuer]

Hi,

you have to include the Xfree86 development packages. Not sure how they are named in RedHat though ....

Jochen

[Jochen Heuer]

For RedHat-8.0 it should be something like

XFree86-devel-4.2.0-72.i386

Regards,

Jochen