X11BASE Ports Error on FreeBSD pre-6.2

Posted by cmiller on February 25, 2009 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

When installing anything that uses x11 libraries from ports on FreeBSD before version 6.2, you will commonly find the following errorOn FreeBSD before 6.2 ports system unfortunately can not set default X11BASE by itself so please help it a bit by setting X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in make.conf.On the other hand, if you do wish to use non-default X11BASE, please set variable USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE.*** Error code 1Stop.To fix, on a system where x11 libraries are in their default location, do the following:# echo 'X11BASE=${LOCALBASE}' >> /etc/make.confGood luck!