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The package ncview requires X development headers and headers.

On Ubuntu 12.04 I tried the following command sudo apt-get install xorg-dev and I got the below error message.

This looks like a very long list of packages. Is there something I am missing ? 

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 xorg-dev : Depends: libdmx-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libfs-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libx11-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxaw7-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxcomposite-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxcursor-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxdamage-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxext-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxfixes-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxfont-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxft-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxi-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxinerama-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxkbfile-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxmu-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxmuu-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxpm-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxrandr-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxrender-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxres-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxss-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxt-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxtst-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxv-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxvmc-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxxf86dga-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: libxxf86vm-dev but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: xserver-xorg-dev but it is not going to be installed
Mitch
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gansub
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Quoted from Ncview on Ubuntu (with a couple formatting and capitalization changes):

Your hint is fine, but you still have to install some packages first:

sudo apt-get install libxt-dev xaw3dg-dev
sudo apt-get install libnetpbm10-dev # ppm support

In addition to this is two links are needed:

cd /usr/include/X11 ; ln -s Xaw3d Xaw
cd /usr/lib/        ; ln -s libXaw.so.7 libXaw.so

You should also install xorg-dev:

sudo apt-get install xorg-dev

Continuing with those instructions:

(This looks inconsistent as we mix Xaw3d header with the Xaw lib, but anyway) after that

./configure --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
make
make install

does the job!

Eliah Kagan
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Mikle Shnic
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  • When I type as root user sudo apt-get install libxt-dev xaw3dg-dev -Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies: libxt-dev : Depends: libxt6 (= 1:1.1.1-2build1) but 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1 is to be installed Depends:

     – gansub Aug 16 '14 at 10:22