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I have ubuntu 32 bit on i7 processor. I tried to compile and install this package called xgrafix, i have installed dependencies, but now it has error as following.

samir@samir-HP:~/Downloads/xgrafix$ ./configure --with-X11_LIBDIR /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/': machine `/usr/lib/i386' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/bash ./config/config.sub /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ failed

i have tried several thing but was unable to resolve this.

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That does not look like a good switch: "--with-X11_LIBDIR". Try using just `./configure' and see how it goes. – user8290 Jan 1 at 18:11
it says libX11.a and libX11.so not found and ask to supply location with "--with-X11_LIBDIR". @Christopher – Samir Chauhan Jan 2 at 5:52

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Finally i am able to build it. what i probably missed is "=" sign after the switch that i have applied. so i changed it as bellow.

samir@samir-HP:~/Downloads/xgrafix$ ./configure --with-X11_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/

it worked. Thanks alot.

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