[XeTeX] libkpathsea not found when compiling xdvipdfmx on OS X (Intel)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 06.10.2006 um 14:25 schrieb Bruno Voisin:

> configure: error: kpathsea library not found

Did you upgrade Xcode to a version that can handle universal  
binaries, 2.2 at least I think (recent is 2.4)? The command 'file / 
usr/local/teTeX/lib/libkpathsea.a' reveals:

libkpathsea.a: Mach-O fat file with 2 architectures
libkpathsea.a (for architecture ppc):      current ar archive
libkpathsea.a (for architecture i386):     current ar archive random  
library


The config.log and config.status files the build-xetex script creates  
do not seem as helpful as in other software to me, so I do not know  
an easy way to retrieve more information on this. You could edit the  
script runConfigure.sh and change line # 33 to start with 'sh -x '  
and then follows the remainder '../configure ...'. This way, when  
invoking build-xetex, you might be able to see the commands that fail  
and lead to the error message.

Don't forget to check your PATH setting! Make sure that either only  
Apple Xcode utilities or only DarwinPorts utilities (libtool,  
libtoolize, aclocal, autoconf, automake, ...) are used. A mixture of  
both worlds might produce failures.

--
Greetings

   Pete

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