Re: gnumeric needs libgdk_imlib.la

Thanks to Ray Dassen's suggestions, I got the Gnumeric deb to build. Maybe there are general lessons here that others can use. I would say an important thing for a newcomer is to learn to use nice the facilities that are available: Trouble installing a package? Check Debian bug report lo

Re: gnumeric needs libgdk_imlib.la

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:07:54 -0400, Mark Copper wrote: > I am running dpkg-buildpackage on "unstable" Gnumeric sources. Make > exits with error saying that it cannot find /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.la. Check the debian/control file. It states the build dependencies, including libgnome-dev which in

Re: gnumeric needs libgdk_imlib.la

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:07:54PM -0400, Mark Copper wrote: > I am running dpkg-buildpackage on "unstable" Gnumeric sources. Make > exits with error saying that it cannot find /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.la. > Looking in my /usr/lib directory shows that both the corresonding static > and shared librarie

gnumeric needs libgdk_imlib.la

I am running dpkg-buildpackage on "unstable" Gnumeric sources. Make exits with error saying that it cannot find /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.la. Looking in my /usr/lib directory shows that both the corresonding static and shared libraries are present. But I don't know what an .la file is or where to sour