cairo fails to configure on Linux: `error: Xlib surface backend feature could not be enabled`

[barracuda156]

--->  Extracting cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz
--->  Applying patches to cairo
--->  Applying patch-configure.diff
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configure: error:  Xlib surface backend feature could not be enabled
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_macstrop_graphics_cairo/cairo/work/cairo-1.16.0" && bash -o pipefail -c './configure  --prefix=/opt/local --disable-gl --disable-egl --disable-quartz --disable-quartz-font --disable-quartz-image --disable-silent-rules --disable-symbol-lookup --enable-xlib --enable-xlib-xcb --enable-xcb --disable-xcb-shm --with-x --enable-ft --enable-pdf --enable-png --enable-ps --enable-script --enable-svg --enable-tee --enable-xml ac_cv_prog_GS="" ac_cv_lib_lzo2_lzo2a_decompress=no --enable-xlib-xrender --enable-xcb-shm |& tee /opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_macstrop_graphics_cairo/cairo/work/.macports.cairo.configure.log' 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure cairo: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_home_svacchanda_macstrop_graphics_cairo/cairo/work/cairo-1.16.0/config.log
Error: Failed to configure cairo: configure failure: command execution failed

[RJVB]

On Sunday September 15 2024 13:38:47 Sergey Fedorov wrote:

checking whether cairo's Xlib surface backend feature could be enabled... no (requires X development libraries) configure: error: Xlib surface backend feature could not be enabled

What did I ask about trying known remedies?