Summary: X11R5 for Solaris 2.x

From: Jeffrey Liu (jliu@rides.raynet.com)
Date: Thu Feb 01 1996 - 16:01:59 CST


Hi,

  Thanks for many helpful reply.
Here is a typical answer which I used as a summary.

Thanks,

Jeffrey
jliu@raynet

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>From simes@tcp.co.uk Thu Feb 1 13:40:21 1996
From: simes@tcp.co.uk
Subject: Re: X11R5 for Solaris 2.x
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Jeffrey Liu said
>
> My question is that do we need to install X11R5 and Motif package
>for Solaris 2.x (2.4/2.5)?
> The Solaris migration FAQ says Solaris features a standard X11R5 release
>of the X Window System. Does it means that Solaris has X11R5 library and
>include file? If yes, what environments should be set for compiler?
>And same question to Motif library.

Solaris 2.x comes with an X11R5 server and the Motif run-time libraries. This
is enough to do development work with Motif. You will have to use the
following flags to the compilation of object files:

 -I/usr/openwin/include -I/usr/dt/include

And the following to the final linking of the binary:

 -R/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/dt/lib

The use of the -R flag *is* important as it removes the need for the setting
of LD_LIBRARY_PATH which can be used to easily shoot yourself in the foot :)

 /usr/openwin is the start of the standard X11 includes, libs, binaries, etc.
 /usr/dt has the Motif shared library and some includes.

Note that you should have the Motif libraries (ie -lXm) specified first in the
list of X libraries included otherwise your programs will die in weird and
wonderful ways :)

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