[CMake] Finding X11 fails under OS X...

[Werner Smekal]

Hi,
>>
>> If you don't have /usr/X11/lib/libX11.dylib (which is a symbolic  
>> link to libX11.6.dylib), then your X11 installation is incomplete.  
>> You must have removed this symlink accidentally. Or maybe you can  
>> blame it on Apple's installer which is known to occasionally forget  
>> files.
>>
> No I don't. In fact there is only a .la file all X11 libraries,  
> besides the version-coded .dylib files. The only places that  
> there .dylib files without version (along with the versioned ones)  
> is inside the SDK folders, which are not considered at all by cmake.
>
> What is the suggested way? Reinstall X-code to get the missing files?

You could also install xquartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/ 
wiki) which usually provides a more up-to-date and bugfree version of  
X11 than Apple does.

Regards,
Werner

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