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[Prabhu Ramachandran]

hi,

>>>>> "GF" == Glenn Fulford <grf at ma.adfa.edu.au> writes:

    GF> Hi, I've been trying to compile vtk version 3.1 without any
    GF> success: I get an error about a missing library file libXext
    GF> (see below) however, this file exists: in
    GF> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so

    GF> I tried configure --with-tcl --with-mesa --with-shared

I'd recommend --with-opengl instead of --with-mesa, with accelerated
video cards it keeps you from getting into trouble.  But if this works
for you let it be.

<snip>
    GF>  Entering directory `/home/grf/vtk31/tcl' c++ -o vtk
    GF> tkAppInit.o \ -L. -g -O2 -DVTK_USE_PTHREADS
    GF> -D_HP_NO_FAST_MACROS -DHAVE_LIMITS_H -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -I.
    GF> -I./../common -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -DVTK_USE_OGLR
    GF> -I./../graphics -DVTK_USE_GRAPHICS -I./../imaging
<snip>

Strange, there isnt a -L/usr/X11R6/lib anywhere there.  Take a look at
the file system.make.  Does it have a line like so:

XLIBS         =  -L/usr/X11R6/lib

?  I guess not.  If this line isnt there then you can add this line in
your user.make and recompile.

prabhu