Error messages and their solutions
This is a collection of known error messages and their solution. Mostly these error messages result from missing dependencies.
Contents
- 1 a52
- 2 access forbidden
- 3 atk
- 4 C compiler
- 5 C++ compiler
- 6 C header files
- 7 can't open display
- 8 capabilities.h
- 9 cairo
- 10 certificate.pem
- 11 clock_gettime
- 12 confuse.h
- 13 curl
- 14 DBUS
- 15 dlopen
- 16 firefox
- 17 fribidi
- 18 ftp: local: whatever.log: Operation not permitted
- 19 gcrypt
- 20 gdk
- 21 gdkconfig
- 22 gdk-pixbuf
- 23 gettext
- 24 gio
- 25 glib
- 26 glibconfig
- 27 gmodule
- 28 gtk
- 29 gtk-config
- 30 gtk-window-dialog
- 31 intltool
- 32 jni
- 33 jpeg
- 34 KDE
- 35 libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
- 36 libavcodec
- 37 liblavdisplay
- 38 libQtDBus
- 39 libfontconfig
- 40 libgdk
- 41 libQt
- 42 libQtGui
- 43 libXaw
- 44 libXext
- 45 libXm
- 46 libXv
- 47 libxml
- 48 libxml 2
- 49 libXp
- 50 libXss
- 51 libpng
- 52 lua
- 53 lzma
- 54 mad
- 55 ncurses
- 56 Net/DAV/Server.pm
- 57 OSSP-UUID
- 58 pango
- 59 popt
- 60 pthread_create
- 61 python.h
- 62 qt
- 63 serial
- 64 smtp error 450
- 65 ssh does not work
- 66 System administrator is not allowed to remote login
- 67 unknown filesystem smbfs
- 68 unary operator expected
- 69 USB
- 70 X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0
- 71 xclock not found
- 72 Xlib
- 73 yasm
- 74 YaST2 Control Center is not running as root
- 75 zlib
- 76 See also
a52
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: Could not find liba52 on your system: you may get it from http://liba52.sf.net/. Alternatively you can use --disable-a52 to disable the a52 plugin.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux:
yast -i liba52-devel
access forbidden
Symptom: When surfing to a web site from your apache web server your browser tells you
Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 403
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux: In /etc/apache2 search for AllowOverride:
grep -ir "allowoverride" *
Make sure all AllowOverride are set to None, then restart your apache:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
atk
Symptom, in this case from gqcam:
/usr/include/gtk/gtkwidget.h:40:21: fatal error: atk/atk.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** [gqcam.o] Error 1
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 11.3:
cp -r /usr/include/atk-1.0/atk/ /usr/include/
C compiler
~/freeciv-2.1.9 # ./configure checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for style of include used by make... none checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no checking for cc... no checking for cl... no configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH See `config.log' for more details. linux-zcx2:~/freeciv-2.1.9 # gcc If 'gcc' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf gcc linux-zcx2:~/freeciv-2.1.9 # yast -i gcc-c++
C++ compiler
Problem e.g.:
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
Solution, e.g. under Debian:
aptitude install build-essential
C header files
Symptom: When starting vmware player you get an error message:
C header files matching your running kernel were not found. Refer to your distribution's documentation for installation instructions.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 12.1 is to enable compiling with the kernel sources:
yast -i kernel-source gcc-c++
can't open display
Symptom: When you call yast2 on a remote computer you get the error message
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'YUIException' what(): Can't open display YaST got signal 6 at YCP file Wizard.ycp:699
Solution: Log out and log in again using ssh -Y instead of ssh -X
capabilities.h
Symptom, in this case from building vdr
vdr.c:35:28: fatal error: sys/capability.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3
yast -i libcap-devel
cairo
Symptom, in this case from building gqcam:
/usr/include/gdk/gdkscreen.h:31:19: fatal error: cairo.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
cp /usr/include/cairo/* /usr/include/
certificate.pem
Symptom: A program, e.g. sHellinaBox outputs the error message:
Cannot read valid certificate from "certificate.pem". Check file permissions and file format.
Reason, in this case for sHellInaBox: The program cannot create certificate.pem in the current folder
Solution, in this case for shellInABox: start the program in /tmp
clock_gettime
Symptom, in this case from building http://svn.icmb.utexas.edu/svn/repository/trunk/zpub/sdkpub/usbkey_dlpd/macosx/d2xx/Samples/EEPROM/write/main.c:
linux_usbfs.c:(.text+0x182): undefined reference to `clock_gettime'
Reason: You are missing the realtime library
Solution: Include the realtime library into your compile options, add the paramter
-lrt
confuse.h
Symptom: When building a software you get an error message like
callbacks.c:10:21: fatal error: confuse.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux:
yast -i libconfuse-devel
curl
- Symptom
- When building a software you get an error message like
configure: error: libcurl development files required
- Solution
- Install the development package for libcurl, e.g. for SUSE:
yast -i libcurl-devel
or for Ubuntu 19.10:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-nss-dev
DBUS
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: Couldn't find DBus >= 1.0.0, install libdbus-dev ?
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i dbus-1-devel
dlopen
Symptom, in this case from building http://svn.icmb.utexas.edu/svn/repository/trunk/zpub/sdkpub/usbkey_dlpd/macosx/d2xx/Samples/EEPROM/write/main.c
ftd2xx.c:(.text+0x2cb): undefined reference to `dlopen'
Solution, in this case for SUSE 12.1: Add
-ldl
to your compile parameters.
firefox
Symptom: When trying to start firefox you get a message:
Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 12.1: open a console and enter the command
killall firefox-bin
fribidi
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: Package requirements (fribidi) were not met: No package 'fribidi' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables FRIBIDI_CFLAGS and FRIBIDI_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i fribidi-devel
ftp: local: whatever.log: Operation not permitted
Symptom: you want to download a file using e.g.
ftp -p ftp://user:password@server/tmp/whatever.log
and get an error message
ftp: local: whatever.log: Operation not permitted
There is already a file whatever.log in your current working directory. You do not have write access to this file.
Reason: The command tries to overwrite your local whatever.log and fails because of missing privileges.
Solution: Delete the local file whatever.log as root:
rm whatever.log
gcrypt
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: libgcrypt version 1.1.94 or higher not found. Install libgcrypt or use --disable-libgcrypt. Have a nice day.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libgcrypt-devel
gdk
Symptom, in this case from building gqcam:
/usr/include/gtk/gtk.h:32:21: fatal error: gdk/gdk.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 11.3:
cp -pr /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk /usr/include/
gdkconfig
Symptom:
/usr/include/gdk/gdktypes.h:55:23: fatal error: gdkconfig.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** [gqcam.o] Error 1
Solution:
linux-noqb:~/gqcam-0.8 # cd /usr/include/ linux-noqb:/usr/include # find -iname "gdkconfig*" linux-noqb:/usr/include # cd /usr/lib64/ linux-noqb:/usr/lib64 # find -iname "gdkconfig*" ./gtk-2.0/include/gdkconfig.h linux-noqb:/usr/lib64 # cp /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include/gdkconfig.h /usr/include/
gdk-pixbuf
Symptom:
/usr/include/gdk/gdkpixbuf.h:37:35: fatal error: gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** [gqcam.o] Error 1
Solution:
linux-noqb:~/gqcam-0.8 # cd /usr/include/ linux-noqb:/usr/include # find -iname "gdk-pixbuf*" ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-enum-types.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-animation.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-features.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-core.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-transform.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-io.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-marshal.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-simple-anim.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-xlib ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-xlib/gdk-pixbuf-xlib.h ./gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-xlib/gdk-pixbuf-xlibrgb.h linux-noqb:/usr/include # cp -r /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf /usr/include/
gettext
Symptom, in this example from building pidgin:
configure: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool
Solution, in this case for SLES 11:
# yast -i gettext-tools
gio
Symptom, in this case building from gqcam:
/usr/include/gdk/gdkapplaunchcontext.h:30:21: fatal error: gio/gio.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 11.3:
cp -r /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/ /usr/include/
glib
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
error: glib.h: No such file or directory
Solution (in this case for SUSE 11.3):
yast -i glib2-devel cp /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h /usr/include/ cp -pr /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib /usr/include/
glibconfig
Symptom, in this case from building gqcam:
/usr/include/glib/gtypes.h:34:24: fatal error: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
cp /usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h /usr/include/
gmodule
Symptom, in this case from building gqcam:
/usr/include/gio/giomodule.h:31:21: fatal error: gmodule.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
cp /usr/include/glib-2.0/gmodule.h /usr/include/
gtk
Symptom, in this case from building kino:
checking for GTK2... configure: error: Package requirements (gthread-2.0 libglade-2.0 >= 2.5.0 gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6) were not met: No package 'libglade-2.0' found
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libglade2-devel
gtk-config
Symptom, in this case from building gqcam:
/bin/sh: gtk-config: command not found gqcam.c:32:21: fatal error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
- install gtk 2.20
- copy the header files
cp -pr /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/ /usr/include
gtk-window-dialog
frontend.c:411:44: error: ‘GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG’ undeclared (first use in this function) frontend.c:411:44: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in make: *** [frontend.o] Error 1 linux-noqb:~/gqcam-0.8 # cd [1]+ Exit 16 yast2 sw_single (wd: ~/gqcam-0.8) (wd now: ~) linux-noqb:~ # cd gtk+-2.20.1/ linux-noqb:~/gtk+-2.20.1 # grep -ri "gtk_window_dialog" * ChangeLog.pre-1-0: GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG as a destination for reparenting the child of ChangeLog.pre-2-0: * gtk/testgtk.c (dnd_drop): remove use of GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG ChangeLog.pre-2-0: * gtk/gtkcompat.h (GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG): compat #define ChangeLog.pre-2-0: GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL ChangeLog.pre-2-0: * gtk/gtkenums.h (enum GtkWindowType): remove GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG
intltool
Symptom, in this case from building pidgin:
configure: error: The intltool scripts were not found. Please install intltool.
Solution, in this case with SLES 11:
# wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/0.35/intltool-0.35.5.tar.bz2 # bunzip2 intltool-0.35.5.tar.bz2 # tar xvf intltool-0.35.5.tar # cd intltool-0.35.5/ # ./configure && make -j8 && make install
jni
Symptom, in this case from compiling soprano:
-- Could NOT find JNI (missing: JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH2 JAVA_AWT_INCLUDE_PATH) CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:84 (file): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk/jni.h for reading.
Solution: Install the development toolkit for java, in this case for SUSE 12.2:
java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel
jpeg
Symptom, in this case from xawtv:
Oops: jpeg library not found. You need this one, please install.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libjpeg-devel
KDE
Symptom:
ERROR: Could not find KDE4 kde4-config
Solution, e.g. under Debian:
apt-get install kdelibs5-dev
libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
Symptom, in this case form installing skype:
libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so is needed by skype-4.3.0.37-suse121.i586
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 13.1x64:
yast -i alsa-plugins-pulse-32bit
libavcodec
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: No package 'libavcodec' found
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11:
yast -i libffmpeg-devel
liblavdisplay
Symptom, e.g. when compiling mjpegtools:
./.libs/liblavplay.so: undefined reference to `XOpenDisplay'
Solution, e.g. under SUSE:
yast -i libSDL-devel
libQtDBus
Symptom, in this case from running skype:
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Reason: You do not have the 32bit libraries for Qt.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libqt4-32bit
libfontconfig
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfontconfig
Solution, in this case for Ubuntu 11.10:
apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
libgdk
Symptom, in this case from running realplay:
/opt/real/RealPlayer/realplay.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Reason: For SUSE Linux, libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 is provided by the package libgtk. /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 is provided by the package libgtk-2_0-0-2.24.7-2.5.1.x86_64:
# rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgtk-2_0-0-2.24.7-2.5.1.x86_64
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 is provided by the package libgtk-2_0-0-32bit:
rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgtk-2_0-0-32bit-2.24.7-2.5.1.x86_64
Solution, in this case for SUSE 12.1:
yast -i libgtk-2_0-0-32bit
libQt
Problem, in this case from running umtsmon:
./umtsmon: error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i qt3-32bit
libQtGui
Problem, in this case from running skype:
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Reason: You do not have the 32bit libraries for Qt.
Solution:
yast -i libqt4-x11-32bit
libXaw
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXaw
Solution, in this case for Ubuntu 11.10:
apt-get install libxaw7-dev
libXext
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
Solution, in this case for Ubuntu 11.10:
apt-get install libxext-dev
libXm
Symptom: When installing an rpm (in this case ICAClient) you get an error like
error: Failed dependencies: libXm.so.4 is needed by ICAClient-11.0-1.i386
Solution: Install openmotif-libs, best for 32bit and 64bit.
You can find out what package a file belongs to after installing the rpm like this:
rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libXm.so.4 openmotif-libs-2.3.1-3.13
libXv
Symptom, in this case from installing realplayer:
# rpm -ivh Downloads/RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libXv.so.1 is needed by realplay-11.0.2.1744-1.i386
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux:
# yast -i xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
libxml
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
libxml/parser.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libxml-devel
libxml 2
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
Package libxml-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libxml-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'libxml-2.0' found
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i libxml2-devel
libXp
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXp
Solution, in this case for Ubuntu 11.10:
apt-get install libxp-dev
libXss
- Symptom, in this case from running skype
tweedleburg:~/Downloads/skype-4.3.0.37 # ./skype ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
- Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux
yast -i libXss1-32bit
libpng
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lpng collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [console/scantv] Error 1
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
linux-fhbd:~/xawtv # yast -i libpng14-devel
lua
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: Could not find lua. Lua is needed for some interfaces (rc, telnet, http) as well as many other custom scripts. Use --disable-lua to ignore this error.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i lua-devel
lzma
Symptom: When installing an rpm package delivers an unsatisfied dependency:
lzma is needed
Solution, in this case for RHEL 6.6:
rpm -ivh xz-lzma-compat-*.x86_64.rpm
mad
Symptom, in this case from building vlc:
configure: error: Could not find libmad on your system: you may get it from http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/. Alternatively you can use --disable-mad to disable the mad plugin.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11:
yast -i libmad-devel
ncurses
Symptom, in this case from building xawtv:
Oops: (n)curses library not found. You need this one, please install.
Solution, in this case for SUSE 11.3:
yast -i ncurses-devel
Net/DAV/Server.pm
Symptom: Trying to run a perl program you get the message:
Can't locate Net/DAV/Server.pm in @INC (@INC contains
Reason: Perl has a library of functions, and the module Net/DAV/Server.pm is missing there.
Solution: Install Net/DAV/Server.pm as described under cpan.
OSSP-UUID
Symptom: During build you get the error message
configure: error: "The OSSP UUID library is required"
- Solution
- install OSSP UUID lib, e.g. under Ubuntu:
apt-get install libossp-uuid-dev
pango
Symptom:
/usr/include/gdk/gdktypes.h:37:25: fatal error: pango/pango.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** [gqcam.o] Error 1 linux-noqb:~/gqcam-0.8 # cd /usr/include/ linux-noqb:/usr/include # find -iname "pango*" ./pango-1.0 ./pango-1.0/pango ./pango-1.0/pango/pango-break.h ./pango-1.0/pango/pangoft2.h ./pango-1.0/pango/pango.h [...]
Solution:
linux-noqb:/usr/include # cp -r /usr/include/pango-1.0/pango/ /usr/include/
popt
Symptom, in this case from building gphoto2:
* Cannot autodetect popt.h
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux:
yast -i popt-devel
pthread_create
Symptom, in this case from building http://svn.icmb.utexas.edu/svn/repository/trunk/zpub/sdkpub/usbkey_dlpd/macosx/d2xx/Samples/EEPROM/write/main.c
undefined reference to `pthread_create'
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 12.1: Add
-lpthread
to your compile parameters
python.h
Symptom, in this case from setting up uniconvertor:
src/modules/filter/streamfilter.c:24:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 12.1:
yast -i python-devel
qt
Symptom, in this case from building quassel:
CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindQt4.cmake:1257 (MESSAGE): Qt qmake not found!
Reason: You are missing the qt build environment
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 11.4:
yast -i libqt4-devel
serial
Symptom: when calling a python program you get an error message like this:
ImportError: No module named serial
Solution: Install python's serial module, e.g. for SUSE Linux:
yast -i python-pyserial
smtp error 450
- Symptom
- after setting up a mail server and sending mail via roundCube you get the following error message:
SMTP Error (450): Failed to add recipient "whoever@domain.de" (4.1.8 <whoever@localhost>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found).
- Solution
- in roundcube set Settings -> Identities -> user -> Email to contain a correct domain as listed in /etc/postfix/main.cf
ssh does not work
Symptom: when calling a GUI program within an ssh -X session, you get an error message like this:
X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty) Atom id in failed request: 0x17 Serial number of failed request: 4 Current serial number in output stream: 4
Solution: Exit the session, reconnect with ssh -Y
System administrator is not allowed to remote login
Symptom: When trying to log in as root via vnc you get the error message
System administrator is not allowed to remote login.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux: yast2 -> System -> /etc/sysconfig editor -> Desktop -> Display Manager -> DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE -> yes
unknown filesystem smbfs
Symptom: When trying to mount a sambA share that is entered in fstab using the commAnd
mount -a
you get the error messages
unknown filesystem smbfs
Solution: replace "smbfs" in /etc/fstab by "cifs"
unary operator expected
Symptom when running a program you get an error message like
test.sh: line 4: [: =: unary operator expected
Reason See what does "unary operator expected" mean.
USB
Symptom when building a program you get an error message like
main_jlibnxt.c:28:17: fatal error: usb.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux: Install libusb-compat-devel like this:
yast -i libusb-compat-devel
X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux.
yast -i xorg-x11
xclock not found
Symptom: You cannot call xclock. When you open a console and do it you get the message
xclock: command not found
Solution: Install xclock's package, in this case with SUSE Linux 12.1:
yast -i xorg-x11
Xlib
Symptom, in this case from building fsl:
error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
Solution, in this case for CentOs 6:
yum install libX11-devel
yasm
Symptom, in this case from building mplayer:
Error: yasm not found, use --yasm= if you really want to compile without
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux 11.3:
yast -i yasm
YaST2 Control Center is not running as root
Symptom: you get a message in yast or yast2 saying
YaST2 Control Center is not running as root. You can only see modules that do not require root privileges.
Reason: YaST2_Control_Center_is_not_running_as_root
Solution: Check you are root with the command
who am i
Check your memory. Missing memory can be the root cause for this error message.
zlib
Symptom, in this case from building freeciv:
checking for gzgets in -lz... no configure: error: Could not find zlib library.
Reason: Your zipping library zlib is not installed in a way that you can build software with dependencies on it. You need the development package of zlib.
Solution, in this case for SUSE Linux:
yast -i zlib-devel