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authorDave Love <fx@gnu.org>2001-03-12 17:24:51 +0000
committerDave Love <fx@gnu.org>2001-03-12 17:24:51 +0000
commitd38796cbb4d34a04c860e4ee88a4acb69300af75 (patch)
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Need library devel packages.
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@@ -167,10 +167,14 @@ Emacs needs optional libraries to be able to display images (with the
exception of PBM and XBM images whose support is built-in).
On some systems, particularly on GNU/Linux, these libraries may
-already be present or available as additional packages. If not, you
-can download and build them from sources. None of them are vital for
-running Emacs; however, note that Emacs will not be able to use color
-icons in the toolbar if the XPM support is not available.
+already be present or available as additional packages. Note that if
+there is a separate `devel' package, for use at compilation time
+rather than run time, you will need that as well as the corresponding
+run time package; typically the devel package will contain header
+files and a library archive. Otherwise, you can download and build
+libraries from sources. None of them are vital for running Emacs;
+however, note that Emacs will not be able to use colored icons in the
+toolbar if XPM support is not compiled in.
Here's the list of these optional libraries, and the URLs where they
can be found: