Re: Compile vim with clipboard support.

On Fr, 23 Aug 2019, Hongyi Zhao wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I use Debian 9 and want to compile vim with clipboard support. I've
> installed xorg-dev package corresponding dependent packages. But, I
> still cannot do the trick:
>
> $ ./configure --enable-cscope \
> --enable-luainterp \
> --enable-multibyte \
> --enable-python3interp \
> --enable-perlinterp \
> --enable-rubyinterp \
> --enable-tclinterp \
> --enable-gui=auto \
> --enable-gtk2-check \
> --enable-gnome-check \
> --with-x --with-features=huge
>
> I will meet the following error:
>
> ------
> checking for X... (cached) no
> checking if X11 header files can be found... yes
> configure: error: could not configure X
> -------
>
> How to solve this problem?

Try explicitly installing Debians build-dependencies:

sudo apt build-dep vim-gtk

(for the gtk2 gui, use vim-gtk3 if you want to compile a vim withtfk3
gui)

Best,
Christian
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