# To subscribers of the xforms list from David Scriven <davidwriter@yahoo.com> :
I've managed after some trials, to install RC5.1.
The problems were mostly caused by my not
realising that there was an old copy of the
libflimage.so.1.0 in /usr/X11R6/lib.
I'd like to make some comments about the
installation on the basis of my experience:
1. It would make sense to check for the presence
of various libraries and warn that they should
be removed and if not, that they are to be
overwritten.
2. As far as I know gcc & ldd resolve things left
to right so if the directory in which the new
libraries are being created is 'makedir'
then a statement such as
gcc -I/makedir/ -I/usr/X11R6/include
-L/makedir -lforms -lGLforms -lflimage
-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext ...
will use the libs & includes in 'makedir' and not
be confused by existing libraries elsewhere -
perhaps the makefile can be changed to do this?
3. The 00README file & the Imakefile should
contain a description of the default directories
for the jpeg, xpm so that you can tell if you
require to use the "NonStandard" options.
4. The README should tell what the names of
the library files being created are and
where they are put by default.
Similarly, for the include files.
Please accept these comments as suggestions, not
criticisms.
DS
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