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Giscardo
08-03-2001, 03:57 AM
I'm trying to install libtiff library under Slack 8.0, so that i can install KDE. I'm following instructions from a hint file at linuxfromscratch.org. The url for the instructions is: http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/kde.txt
Scroll down the part where it tells you how to install libtiff (it's number 6), and the part where it says to edit the tifflib/Makefile.in file. I edited it, but i am getting this error:

Makefile:333: Extraneous text after 'else' directive.
Makefile:333: *** extraneous 'else'. Stop.

I am using Vim to edit the libtiff, and I'm not really comfortable with Vim. For some reason i didn't chose to install emacs and pico when i was installing, so i am stuck with vim for now. Is it possible that Vim is adding extraneous formating or symbols or something to the file when i press enter, or press keys in attempt to figure Vim out?

Giscardo
08-03-2001, 04:22 AM
Hey, nevermind, I solved it. I was right, it was Vim's fault (or maybe my not knowing how to use Vim's fault). I went and downloaded Emacs and installed it, turns out two of those backslashes were right next to each other, but i couldn't tell using Vim. It feels good to be able to solve these linux problems on my own now. Just RTFM, and do a little google searching. I feel competent now.