[XeTeX] compiling xdvipdfmx

[Apostolos Syropoulos]

>checking 
for 
kpse_find_file 
in 
-lkpathsea... 
no
>configure: 
error: 
kpathsea 
library 
not 
found
>This 
version 
of 
xdvipdfmx 
requires 
the 
kpathsea 
library 
and 
its  
>headers. 
If you 
know 
where 
it 
is 
you 
might 
try 
setting 
the 
LDFLAGS 

>environment variable with 
-L 
pointing 
to 
the 
directory 
containing 

>libkpathsea.a.
>
>Bleah.
>So... 
what 
should 
I 
do? 
:)

I know absolutely nothing about MacOS, but it seems it is a Unix
like system. Here is what I did to compile it under OpenSolaris:

$ CFLAGS="-I/opt/gnu/include -I/usr/local/TeX/include" 
  LDFLAGS ="-L/opt/gnu/lib -R/opt/gnu/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib -lfreetype
 -L/usr/local/TeX/lib -R/usr/local/TeX/lib -lkpathsea" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/TeX

Everything should be in one line. Now the CFLAGS indicate which 
additional directories the compiler should considered as include
directories (i.e., directories where C/C++ header files are to be
found) and the LDFLAGS indicate which additional directories should be
considered as lib directories (i.e., directories that contain either
shared objects, that is, *.so files, or ar archives, that is,
*.a files). The -L option says indicates the directory that
contains the libraries, the -l option says which libraries
should be included and the -R option to "remember" the correct
path (ok it is more complicated than this, but I do not
remember the exact wording rigjht now). So adjust the line above
and you will compile the program without any problem.
A.S.
 


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