Hi,
you are missing a few libraries that fvwm needs for some of its options. I cannot remember exactly which one is responsible for the error you get. Anyway, in order to have a fully functional fvwm 2.5.14 installation, you should ensure you have the following packages :
libpng (or libpng3) , libstroke (for stroke support), imlib, readline, gtk+, giflib, libjpeg, netpbm, libtiff, glib ;
if you want full gnome support, you may also want :
orbit-dev, esound, audiofile,gnome-libs, gnome-libs-dev
All these packages may be installed using fink ; if you have fink installed, just type
sudo apt-get install
The installation of all these packages take 10 seconds each.
Assuming you have installed these packages in the /sw directory (that’s where fink install them), fetch the tarball on the fvwm site and :
untar it :
gunzip fvwm-2.5.14.tar.gz ; tar -xvf fvwm-2.5.14.tar
configure it :
sudo ./configure --prefix=/sw --libexecdir=’${prefix}/lib’ --mandir=’${prefix}/share/man’ --with-iconpath=/usr/X11R6/includes/X11/bitmaps:/sw/share/bitmaps:/sw/share/pixmaps --with-png-library=/sw/lib --with-png-includes=/sw/include --with-stroke-library=/sw/lib --with-stroke-includes=/sw/include
then run :
sudo make RANLIB=“ranlib -c” CC=“gcc -L/sw/lib”
sudo make install
The options used for configure will install fvwm in the /sw repertory. If you want to install it somewhere else, just put the correct path in the options.
Here are the settings that you get at the end : >fvwm --version
fvwm 2.5.14 compiled on (…)
with support for: Readline, Stroke, XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM, Xinerama, XRender, XFT
Final remark: before installing, you may want to patch the install file to get translucency for your menu. Just ask if you want more info.
Related link in the forum: viewtopic.php?t=924