Nstall ROOT on Mandrake 9.1

Hi,

I’m a new graduate student using root and want to install on my home computer. I have Mandrake 9.1 installed and am trying to load ROOT v4.00.04. When I type ./configure I get:

Checking for libX11 … /usr/X11R6/lib
Checking for libXpm … no
configure: libXpm MUST be installed

I got the same message for the libX11 before and I installed the XFree86 rpm, but I can’t find anything for libXpm.

If it isn’t obvious I am also new to linux. Any help on the lowest level would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

J

Both Xfree86 and Xpm are, in principle, on any reasonable Linux system.
When importing Xfree86, you should also import the companion Xpm.
On my system, when I configure, I have:
Configuring for linux
Checking for libX11 … /usr/X11R6/lib
Checking for libXpm … /usr/X11R6/lib

Rene

For libXpm.so you have to install the XFree86-devel package.

– Fons