Changing the ./configure line in Pkgfile, works. ./configure --prefix=/usr LIBS=-lX11
It didn't work as this option wasn't recognized. I have no clue what the correct options are and I am still puzzled as to where to find the configure options after visiting the gstreamer website and CVS.
... or pass --disable-ffplay in order to not build ffplay at all, since it isn't installed anyway. This obviously also shaves off some unneeded build time :)
./configure --prefix=/usr LIBS=-lX11 That worked. Thanks Mark. --theo PS Later the evince and gnome-terminal complained about outdated versions of poppler and vte. Both are present in the opt and gnome repositories. And I'm done yet. Gnome is less smooth an install than expected. XFCE4 worked right out of the box. DS