transparent + tinted terminal aterm compiled & works OK

[Harold L Hunt II]

Frank-Michael,

That is correct.  It must be -lungif.

Harold

Frank-Michael Moser wrote:
> Harold,
> 
> Thank you for your immediate response.
> 
> I checked my installation and actually I already had libungif (4.1.0-2) 
> installed via Cygwin setup. But even though I have just reinstalled 
> libungif the compilation of libAfter complains:
> 
> gcc asview.o common.o -L../ -L../../libAfterBase -lAfterImage 
> -lAfterBase -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfreetype -ltiff  -ljpeg -lpng -lgif -lz 
> -lm  -lX11  -rdynamic  -L/usr/X11R6/lib   -lSM -lICE  -o asview
> gcc: unrecognized option `-rdynamic'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -lgif
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> Maybe -lgif should be -lungif ?
> 
> Frank-Michael
> 
> 
> Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> 
>> Frank-Michael,
>>
>> For starters, don't try to compile gif on your own.  Just install the 
>> Cygwin package for gif (ungif?), then try to build libAfter again.
>>
>> What is this -rdynamic business?
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> Frank-Michael Moser wrote:
>>
>>> What did you do to make it compile?
>>> First I tried to compile aterm and I got
>>>
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> gcc -rdynamic -o aterm command.o graphics.o grkelot.o main.o 
>>> menubar.o misc.o netdisp.o rmemset.o screen.o scrollbar2.o utmp.o 
>>> xdefaults.o pixmap.o ximage_utils.o thai.o   -lAfterImage -lAfterBase 
>>> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext  -lSM -lICE  -lX11
>>> gcc: unrecognized option `-rdynamic'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
>>> cannot find -lAfterImage
>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> So I tried to install libAfter first. But it complained:
>>>
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> gcc asview.o common.o -L../ -L../../libAfterBase -lAfterImage 
>>> -lAfterBase -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfreetype -ltiff  -ljpeg -lpng -lgif 
>>> -lz -lm  -lX11  -rdynamic  -L/usr/X11R6/lib   -lSM -lICE  -o asview
>>> gcc: unrecognized option `-rdynamic'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
>>> cannot find -lgif
>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> OK, so I tried to install libGif (4.1.0) and I got:
>>>
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++gcc 
>>> -g -O2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -o gif2epsn gif2epsn.o 
>>> ../lib/.libs/libgif.a -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 ../lib/libgetarg.a
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x2ae): In function `main':
>>> /src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:127: undefined reference to 
>>> `_GifQuietPrint'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x3f6):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:179: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifOpenFileHandle'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x46b):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:210: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetRecordType'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4c4):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:282: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifCloseFile'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4d5):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:283: 
>>> undefined reference to `_PrintGifError'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4e9):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:216: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetImageDesc'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x538):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:224: 
>>> undefined reference to `_GifQprintf'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x5c3):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:236: 
>>> undefined reference to `_GifQprintf'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x5e1):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:237: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetLine'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x61c):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:246: 
>>> undefined reference to `_GifQprintf'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x63f):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:247: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetLine'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x692):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:257: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetExtension'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x6b8):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:262: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifGetExtensionNext'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x769):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:168: 
>>> undefined reference to `_DGifOpenFileName'
>>> gif2epsn.o(.text+0xd34): In function `DumpScreen2Epsn':
>>> /src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:443: undefined reference to 
>>> `_GifQprintf'
>>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> And now I don't know what else I could do ;(
>>>
>>> Frank-Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> Raphaël Mugneret wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have compiled the Afterstep terminal ATERM (0.4.2) under the 
>>>> latest Cygwin and Xfree86.
>>>>
>>>> To get rid of the bug that causes aterm to use > 90% of cpu and not 
>>>> refresh properly, pick-up the latest source file command.c (v1.9) at 
>>>> this address:
>>>> "http://cvs.afterstep.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/aterm/src/?only_with_tag=HEAD" 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The bug was fixed monthes ago but never released.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Raphaël
>>>>
>>>