Error installing xpdf with openmotif

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 26, 2008, at 12:13, spam.spam.spam.spam at free.fr wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Dec 25, 2008, at 18:16, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 25, 2008, at 14:47, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Dec 25, 2008, at 16:24, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 21, 2008, at 03:19, spam.spam.spam.spam at free.fr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> --->  Building openmotif
>>>>>> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd
>>>>>> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/
>>>>>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_ 
>>>>>> x1
>>>>>> 1_openmotif/work/openmotif-2.3.1"
>>>>>> && make all " returned error 2
>>>>>> Command output: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:191: error:
>>>>>> parse error before
>>>>>> '*' token
>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:257: warning: type defaults to
>>>>>> 'int' in
>>>>>> declaration of 'XftGlyphSpec'
>>>>>> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:257: error: parse error before
>>>>>> '*' token
>>>>>
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like this ticket:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17631
>>>>
>>>> ...although that ticket seems to be for Leopard and you're on
>>>> Tiger. I'm on Tiger too and it builds for me. Could you "sudo port
>>>> selfupdate" to make sure everything's up to date, then "sudo port
>>>> clean openmotif" and "sudo port -d install openmotif 2>&1 | tee ~/
>>>> Desktop/openmotif.txt" to generate a complete log? If it fails
>>>> again, compress the log with "bzip2 ~/Desktop/openmotif.txt" then
>>>> attach openmotif.txt.bz2 from your desktop to your reply and I'll
>>>> compare it with the output I got from building on my system.
>>>
>>> I wonder if /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h is seeing headers from
>>> macports' freetype instead of X11SDK freetype and getting  
>>> flustered...
>>
>> We want freetype in ${prefix} to be used instead of freetype in $
>> {x11prefix}, as per our standing policy, because MacPorts freetype is
>> newer...
>>
>> If Xft2 in ${x11prefix} gets confused by using freetype in ${prefix}
>> then we should be using Xft2 in ${prefix}, which I would think we
>> should be doing anyway because it's newer too. But in r43207 you
>> changed the port, Jeremy, from requiring the MacPorts Xft2 to
>> accepting an Xft2 in ${x11prefix}. I do have the Xft2 port installed.
>> Do you, "spam.spam.spam.spam", or are you using Xft2 in ${x11prefix}?
>
> $ port uninstall Xft2
> Error: port uninstall failed: Registry error: Xft2 not registered  
> as installed.
>
> so...it is not installed.
> What I should do?


Ok, so you do not have the Xft2 port installed, and I do. So try  
installing Xft2 ("sudo port install Xft2"). Then see if openmotif  
will build ("sudo port clean openmotif" and "sudo port install  
openmotif").

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