[Slackbuilds-users] Slim

[Alan Ianson]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:38:08 +0700
Willy wrote:

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> > I am trying to build slim from slackbuilds.org and am getting an
> > error..
> > 
> > /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:39:22: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such
> > file or directory #include <ft2build.h> ^ compilation terminated. 
> > make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/panel.cpp.o] Error 1 make[2]:
> > Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/slim-1.3.6/build' make[1]: ***
> > [CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/tmp/SBo/slim-1.3.6/build' make: *** [all] Error 2
> > 
> > Looks like it can't find ft2build.h. I did build slim a month or
> > two ago successfully but when I run slim I get messages on the
> > console something about init? respawning to fast so I was hoping to
> > try it again.
> > 
> > The last time I built slim I was running a stock install of
> > slackware64 14.1. At the moment I have the patches installed with
> > slackpkg. I wonder if that changed something??
> > 
> > Searching with google I see a few posts about the respawning but I 
> > didn't see any solution. Any help would be appreciated.
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> did you installed the latest freetype-2.5.5 update?
> ft2build.h is part of freetype package

Yes, I just had a look in pkgtool and my version of freetype is 2.5.5.

There is also a freetype-compat32 package from alien's multilib but I
don't think that would cause a problem?.