Dependable Knoppix??

[Stephen]

grep: /usr/lib/libXft.la: No such file or directory
/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libXft.la: No such file or directory
libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libXft.la' is not a valid libtool archive
make[1]: *** [wmfthumbnail.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/gblusr/Installs/KonqPlugIns/wmfthumbnail-0.2/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1[/code]

The konsole window is still open, in case you want any output that I have not provided...
Cuddles

You need the libxft-dev package now.

HappyTux:/home/stephen# dpkg -S libXft.la
dpkg: *libXft.la* not found.
HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-file search libXft.la
libxft-dev: usr/lib/libXft.la
libxft-dev: usr/lib/libXft.la

[eco2geek]

You need the libxft-dev package now.

Which is odd, since I don't have it installed.

[Cuddles]

Eco2Geek, made the physical changes in both the .cpp and .h files, tried, and it failed with the same error, at the same place... So....

Stephen, decided to go with your suggestion, and did an apt-get install of libxft-dev - unfortunately, I don't think things got any better, the install required upgrading one package, removal of another, and a host of four newly installed, during the unpacking, it died... Output follows:

root@Polaris:~# apt-get -u install libxft-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libx11-6 libx11-dev libxft2 x-dev
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libxft2-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libx11-6 libx11-dev libxft-dev x-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libxft2
1 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 513 not upgraded.
Need to get 2282kB of archives.
After unpacking 6406kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main libx11-6 4.3.0-7 [672kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main x-dev 4.3.0-7 [177kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main libx11-dev 4.3.0-7 [1323kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main libxft2 2.1.2-6 [50.1kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu testing/main libxft-dev 2.1.2-6 [60.2kB]
Fetched 2282kB in 7m34s (5024B/s)
dpkg: libxft2-dev: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 libqt3-mt-dev depends on libxft-dev; however:
  Package libxft-dev is not installed.
  Package libxft2-dev which provides libxft-dev is to be removed.
(Reading database ... 103482 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libxft2-dev ...
Removing `diversion of /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h to /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft1.h by libxft2-dev'
Removing `diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.a to /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft1.a by libxft2-dev'
Removing `diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so to /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft1.so by libxft2-dev'
Selecting previously deselected package libx11-6.
(Reading database ... 103468 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libx11-6 (from .../libx11-6_4.3.0-7_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-6_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/ximcp.so.2', which is also in package xlibs
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package x-dev.
Unpacking x-dev (from .../archives/x-dev_4.3.0-7_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x-dev_4.3.0-7_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/DECkeysym.h', which is also in package xlibs-dev
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously deselected package libx11-dev.
Unpacking libx11-dev (from .../libx11-dev_4.3.0-7_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-dev_4.3.0-7_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/XKBlib.h', which is also in package xlibs-dev
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace libxft2 2.1.1-2 (using .../libxft2_2.1.2-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libxft2 ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxft-dev.
Unpacking libxft-dev (from .../libxft-dev_2.1.2-6_i386.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-6_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/x-dev_4.3.0-7_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-dev_4.3.0-7_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@Polaris:~#

I have reason to believe I am (now) going to start backing up my system, the last time I saw this from apt-get, it required me to install a new system on a freshly "gutted" one...

Any ideas on resolution, sheesh, I can't believe all of this "sh*t" is happening just to get a thumbnail viewer in Konq ????

HELP
Cuddles

[Cuddles]

Considering the length of this thread, and the fact that it has gotten worse, and that I also was "piggy-back" 'ing this topic -=-

I have moved my "thread" within this topic, to a new topic -=- "wmfthumbnail issues (cont)"

To save this thread from going even longer, and that it should have been on its own thread, the new topic should be used for responses. I think that is a better "example" than to continue on a "borrowed" thread.

Thank you,
Cuddles