java.awt.Robot needs libXtst

Mon Aug 22 17:02:00 GMT 2005

>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

Per> I'd like to build/test libgcj with awt, but that builds
Per> java.awt.Robot which requires libXtst. I'm running Fedora
Per> Core 4 with "everything" installed, and I don't have it,
Per> so it seems likely lots of people wouldn't have it either.
On my FC4 box this library is in the xorg-x11-devel package.
Per> Perhaps if configure doesn't find libXtst, it should either
Per> (1) disable the Robot functionality; or
Per> (2) print a more useful error message.
I agree.
Tom