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I'm following this recipe to build xf86-input-libinput from source with a patch applied.

The command ./configure --prefix=/usr gives me an error that I haven't been able to resolve:

checking for xorg-server >= 1.10 xproto inputproto >= 2.2... no
configure: error: Package requirements (xorg-server >= 1.10 xproto inputproto >= 2.2) were not met:

No package 'xorg-server' 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 XORG_CFLAGS
and XORG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

I've already installed xserver-xorg, it's at the newest version 1:7.7+22ubuntu1. What am I doing wrong?

Cornelius Roemer
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2 Answers2

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Probably doing a similar thing. (see error message below)

Posting a more complete and immediately useful answer:

checking for XORG... no configure: error: Package requirements (xorg-server >= 1.7 xproto inputproto ) were not met:

No package 'xorg-server' found No package 'xproto' found No package 'inputproto' found

You can install the need dev package like so:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev

I also needed xutils-dev package:

sudo apt-get install xutils-dev

Thanks to the comment in the previous answer that you can look up package names

Hss
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jorfus
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You need the development package, not just the runtime binary package:

$ dpkg -S xorg-server.pc
xserver-xorg-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/xorg-server.pc
steeldriver
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