DISCUSSION: Compiling Programs from Source

syg00 · 05-06-2005, 11:01 PM

Generally there should be a readme or some-such.
Better solution would be to search the Suse forum here on LQ - I just did and got a solid hit on an article from Novell Cool Solutions.
Best place to ask questions as well - thems is the folks running Suse after all

JZL240I-U · 05-09-2005, 03:39 AM

If you have 9.3pro, it should be provided on the DVD and can easily be installed by YAST...

newmoon · 05-09-2005, 12:41 PM

First off, great guide. Very useful. I'll be spreading this one around the office.

I'd like to echo Rexgp's sentiments.

As a newbie, I'm frequently trying to compile some small driver or application that won't compile due to errors in the Makefile etc. Some guidelines on how to solve those problems (for each O.S if possible) would be priceless.

-kernel source version mismatch
-kernel source in wrong directory
-Missing/corrupted symlinks
-Incorrect makefile code

All these plague me, and I don't understand them well at all.

newmoon

Quote:

Originally posted by rexdp
My problems come at the ./configure stage. It would help to give some guidance about what happens when the config script fails. I find them forever asking for something I don't have, or worse, something that is installed, but the confiure script cannot find it. Half the time it is because there is an associated -devel rpm or file that is needed, but other times it insists that something that my system tells me is there is not there. What are some reasonable steps to solve that sort of problem.

I have not tried yum because my computer is not normally connected to the net, and, in fact, I got on this site to find out how to make it work on a house lan. So I have to fall back on days of chasing stuff, and usually give up.

slight change in direction:

Currently I am trying to install kdevelop, but it is hung up on parts of the qt system, and each time I try to fix something, I get a bigger list of missing requirements. Does anyone have a better choice of a working development IDE that I might be able to install without going crazy?

Thank you,

Rex

fakie_flip · 06-27-2005, 09:18 AM

Where can i download linuxquestions.tar.gz?

Tuiun · 07-07-2005, 09:25 AM

Your text is very informative and has helped me (A Newbee) in understanding the way things work.

How do you know what dependances the app has and where would you find these dependances?

tali_lief · 08-16-2005, 08:52 AM

I [also] disagree with the ordering.

I think the first step should be how to download the .tar.gz. Normally one just has to right click on a file to download it, but in this article there is no such link. So, for the absolute beginner, where does one find the linuxquestions.tar.gz?

I like the idea of a sandbox.

tali_lief

reddazz · 08-16-2005, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by trixx09
I have just installed UBUNTU LINUX over windowsXP, its realy nice and all... BUT!!! i cant play my mp3 files. HEPL!!

Start your own thread, because your question has nothing to do with the current discussion. You could also search in the Ubuntu forum because this question has been asked before and resolved.

reddazz · 08-16-2005, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tuiun
Your text is very informative and has helped me (A Newbee) in understanding the way things work.

How do you know what dependances the app has and where would you find these dependances?

You find out the dependencies from the website you got the software or by running the ./configure script. If you are compiling KDE, the configure script even points you to the right website to download missing dependencies.

fozz · 08-19-2005, 08:17 AM

Im a new linux user with Suse 9.1. Im started with R/H and then tried Debian before settling with Suse. In every distro I had problems compiling programs. Whenever I tried ./configure it couldnt find any compilers, incl gcc. Im presently downloading it and Im gonna try installing it.

As Im using Suse should I:

./configure
yast -i <program name>

or just yast -i <program name>?

Also I use the onile update and a ton of stuff has a greyed out box, and I cant select it for some reason. Ive been trying for ages to get ndiswrapper to work, and it wont even install. ARGH!

JZL240I-U · 08-19-2005, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fozz
...Whenever I tried ./configure it couldnt find any compilers, incl gcc. Im presently downloading it and Im gonna try installing it.

Argh. SuSE on CD has it included -- just install the development packages (via YAST)...

Quote:

Originally posted by fozz
...As Im using Suse should I:

./configure
yast -i <program name>

or just yast -i <program name>?

Code:

./configure
make
yast -i  <program name>

Quote:

Originally posted by fozz
...Also I use the onile update and a ton of stuff has a greyed out box, and I cant select it for some reason. Ive been trying for ages to get ndiswrapper to work, and it wont even install. ARGH!

Out of my depth here. Did you enter the server's adress for YOU?

fozz · 08-19-2005, 03:34 PM

Theres an online update feature, and I was able to download a ton of patches with it fine. I seems to work ok. I searched it for ndis* and found ndiswrapper, but for a reason unknown to me it wouldnt let me check the box to download it. It was grayed out somewhat. Does anyone know anything about this? It does it qith quite a few updates and programs.

btw thanks for your help, I'll have a look on the CD. I searched before and found nothing though.

fozz · 08-19-2005, 05:21 PM

So yast says that the gcc precomiler was installed all along. ./configure still wont work.

JZL240I-U · 08-22-2005, 02:27 AM

Sorry for this question, but ... you have cd-ed (changed working directory) into the directory you downloaded the program(s) in question to?

For your other problem you might want to search the SuSE knowledge-base, there could be a hint there why it doesn't work -- I seem to remember darkly some problem or other ... so try

http://portal.suse.de/sdb/en/index.html
http://support.novell.com/search/kb_index.jsp

Furthermore, I'd suggest you open your own thread in the SuSE-forum for this question, nobody will guess your problem from the title the original poster choose (to be exact, you are doing a thread hijacking here

).

fozz · 08-22-2005, 08:06 AM

SUCESS! I reinstalled with suse 9.3 from 5 cds, and gcc and make were both installed. yay.

Now, however, Im having trouble installing unshield. The pain goes on. I can ./configure but only if I tell it --without-zlib which seems to cause problems later. Im going to keep playing round.

thanks for the suggestions

latosin · 08-26-2005, 06:23 PM

Hi, There!

Can anybody help me? I am trying to install cairo-1.0.0, but I got an error message.

This is the output:

../src/.libs/libcairo.so: undefined reference to `FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden'
/opt/gtk-2.8.2/lib/libfontconfig.so: undefined reference to `FT_Load_Sfnt_Table'collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [imagediff] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marco/installers/gtk/cairo-1.0.0/test'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marco/installers/gtk/cairo-1.0.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Thanks in advance.