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[PyOpenGL-Users] pyopengl install fails on redhat 8.o

[Christoph L. <le...@pu...>]

i ran

python setup.py build

and got:

gcc -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/GL.ARB.matrix_palette.o -L/usr/lib
-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -Lbuild/temp.linux-i686-2.2 -lGL -lX11
-lXext -lGLU -linterface_util -lGLE -o
build/lib.linux-i686-2.2/OpenGL/GL/ARB/matrix_palette.so
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1


please help me!!!
thanks a lot
christoph

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Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] pyopengl install fails on redhat 8.o

[<il...@ya...>]

 --- Christoph Lehmann <le...@pu...> wrote: >
i ran
> 
> python setup.py build
> 
> and got:
> 
> gcc -shared
> build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/GL.ARB.matrix_palette.o
> -L/usr/lib
> -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib
> -Lbuild/temp.linux-i686-2.2 -lGL -lX11
> -lXext -lGLU -linterface_util -lGLE -o
>
build/lib.linux-i686-2.2/OpenGL/GL/ARB/matrix_palette.so
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> 
> 
> please help me!!!
> thanks a lot
> christoph


Do you have a /usr/X11/lib ?  You probably have a
/usr/X11R6/lib/

Change PyOpenGL-2.0.0.44/config/linux.cfg to use
/usr/X11R6 instead.

Or make a symlink:
ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11


Good luck!

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