failed to build dia

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 29, 2008, at 04:44, Normen Müller wrote:

>     I am trying to install dia, but get the following error:
>
> # port install dia
> --->  Fetching gtk2
> Error: Some libs are missing from your X11 installation. Please run  
> this command:
> Error: sudo ln -s libXrandr.2.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib
> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: missing /usr/X11/lib/ 
> libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib

So it needs the file "libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib".


> Error: The following dependencies failed to build: gtk2 libart_lgpl
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> However, at /usr/X11/lib there exist the following respective libs:
>
> # ls -al /usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.*
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      17 Aug  4 21:18 /usr/X11/lib/ 
> libXrandr.2.1.0.dylib -> libXrandr.2.dylib
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  164144 Mar  5  2008 /usr/X11/lib/ 
> libXrandr.2.dylib
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      17 Feb 21  2008 /usr/X11/lib/ 
> libXrandr.dylib -> libXrandr.2.dylib
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     955 May 10 11:41 /usr/X11/lib/ 
> libXrandr.la

So you don't have the file "libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib".


> BTW, aren't the parameter order of 'ln' in ``Error: sudo ln -s  
> libXrandr.2.dylib /usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib'' wrong?

Looks exactly correct to me. The command says "Create a symlink at / 
usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.2.0.0.dylib that points to libXrandr.2.dylib in  
the same directory." And that's exactly what you want to do. You  
should run the command, like it says.