[XeTeX] compiling: No rule to make target `xetex'

[Jonathan Kew]

On 25 Jan 2009, at 10:52, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:13 AM, وفا خلیقی wrote:
>> Are the following software installed:
>>
>> gcc, g++, bison, flex, libfontconfig1-dev
>>
>> ?
>
> The last one was missing. Thanks a lot, the compilation works OK now.
> It's just soooooo weird that the error message didn't give any clue
> about what could be wrong.
>
> Jonathan - would it make sense to issue some error message saying
> "libfontconfig1-dev is missing, xetex cannot be compiled" (or
> something equivalent, as libfontconfig1-dev is probably
> debian-specific name)?

This ought to give an error message during the configure stage, before  
it even attempts the actual make.

I'm pretty sure there's a check for fontconfig, but I guess the  
overall build script doesn't halt if that fails, so that's what needs  
to be corrected. It might mean that the configure script itself needs  
to be updated (but with care, as fontconfig is not a requirement on  
all platforms), or it might just be a question of checking the return  
code properly in the overall shell script.

JK