[SOLVED] Claws-mail failing to build on slackware64-15.0

kaifeng · 03-28-2024, 12:34 AM

Hello there, I'm new to slackware and I'm trying to building claws-mail from slackbuilds.
However, with any version (I've tried with older versions aswell), it fails to build.
I don't know exactly where to find the error or missing piece.
The build log is the following one:

Code:

/bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -O2 -fPIC  -L/usr/lib64 -Wl,--export-dynamic -o claws-mail account.o action.o addrcache.o addr_compl.o addressadd.o addrgather.o addrharvest.o addritem.o advsearch.o alertpanel.o autofaces.o avatars.o compose.o crash.o customheader.o displayheader.o edittags.o enriched.o entity.o export.o file_checker.o filtering.o folder.o folder_item_prefs.o foldersel.o folderutils.o folderview.o grouplistdialog.o headerview.o html.o image_viewer.o imap.o imap_gtk.o import.o inc.o localfolder.o main.o mainwindow.o manual.o matcher.o matcher_parser_lex.o matcher_parser_parse.o mbox.o message_search.o messageview.o mh.o mh_gtk.o mimeview.o msgcache.o news.o news_gtk.o noticeview.o oauth2.o partial_download.o password.o password_gtk.o passwordstore.o pop.o prefs_account.o prefs_actions.o prefs_common.o prefs_compose_writing.o prefs_customheader.o prefs_display_header.o prefs_ext_prog.o prefs_filtering_action.o prefs_filtering.o prefs_folder_item.o prefs_fonts.o prefs_gtk.o prefs_image_viewer.o prefs_logging.o prefs_matcher.o prefs_message.o prefs_migration.o prefs_msg_colors.o prefs_other.o prefs_proxy.o prefs_quote.o prefs_receive.o prefs_send.o prefs_spelling.o prefs_summaries.o prefs_summary_column.o prefs_summary_open.o prefs_folder_column.o prefs_template.o prefs_themes.o prefs_toolbar.o prefs_wrapping.o printing.o privacy.o procheader.o procmime.o procmsg.o quote_fmt.o quote_fmt_lex.o quote_fmt_parse.o recv.o remotefolder.o send_message.o setup.o sourcewindow.o ssl_manager.o statusbar.o stock_pixmap.o summary_search.o summaryview.o textview.o toolbar.o undo.o uri_opener.o wizard.o addrbook.o addrclip.o addrcustomattr.o addressbook.o addressbook_foldersel.o addrindex.o addrquery.o addrselect.o addrduplicates.o addrmerge.o browseldap.o editaddress.o editaddress_other_attributes_ldap.o editbook.o editgroup.o editjpilot.o editldap_basedn.o editldap.o editvcard.o exphtmldlg.o expldifdlg.o exporthtml.o exportldif.o importldif.o importmutt.o importpine.o jpilot.o ldapctrl.o ldaplocate.o ldapquery.o ldapserver.o ldapupdate.o ldaputil.o ldif.o mutt.o pine.o vcard.o etpan/libclawsetpan.la gtk/libclawsgtk.la -lenchant-2  -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -lnsl -llber -lldap -lgnutls -lnettle   -lpthread -lSM -lICE  -lstartup-notification-1 -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -lz -lssl -lcrypto -ldb-4.8 -lz -pthread -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lrsvg-2 -lm -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo  -lm  -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -lz -lssl -lcrypto -ldb-4.8 -lz -pthread -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto
libtool: link: gcc -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -O2 -fPIC -Wl,--export-dynamic -o claws-mail account.o action.o addrcache.o addr_compl.o addressadd.o addrgather.o addrharvest.o addritem.o advsearch.o alertpanel.o autofaces.o avatars.o compose.o crash.o customheader.o displayheader.o edittags.o enriched.o entity.o export.o file_checker.o filtering.o folder.o folder_item_prefs.o foldersel.o folderutils.o folderview.o grouplistdialog.o headerview.o html.o image_viewer.o imap.o imap_gtk.o import.o inc.o localfolder.o main.o mainwindow.o manual.o matcher.o matcher_parser_lex.o matcher_parser_parse.o mbox.o message_search.o messageview.o mh.o mh_gtk.o mimeview.o msgcache.o news.o news_gtk.o noticeview.o oauth2.o partial_download.o password.o password_gtk.o passwordstore.o pop.o prefs_account.o prefs_actions.o prefs_common.o prefs_compose_writing.o prefs_customheader.o prefs_display_header.o prefs_ext_prog.o prefs_filtering_action.o prefs_filtering.o prefs_folder_item.o prefs_fonts.o prefs_gtk.o prefs_image_viewer.o prefs_logging.o prefs_matcher.o prefs_message.o prefs_migration.o prefs_msg_colors.o prefs_other.o prefs_proxy.o prefs_quote.o prefs_receive.o prefs_send.o prefs_spelling.o prefs_summaries.o prefs_summary_column.o prefs_summary_open.o prefs_folder_column.o prefs_template.o prefs_themes.o prefs_toolbar.o prefs_wrapping.o printing.o privacy.o procheader.o procmime.o procmsg.o quote_fmt.o quote_fmt_lex.o quote_fmt_parse.o recv.o remotefolder.o send_message.o setup.o sourcewindow.o ssl_manager.o statusbar.o stock_pixmap.o summary_search.o summaryview.o textview.o toolbar.o undo.o uri_opener.o wizard.o addrbook.o addrclip.o addrcustomattr.o addressbook.o addressbook_foldersel.o addrindex.o addrquery.o addrselect.o addrduplicates.o addrmerge.o browseldap.o editaddress.o editaddress_other_attributes_ldap.o editbook.o editgroup.o editjpilot.o editldap_basedn.o editldap.o editvcard.o exphtmldlg.o expldifdlg.o exporthtml.o exportldif.o importldif.o importmutt.o importpine.o jpilot.o ldapctrl.o ldaplocate.o ldapquery.o ldapserver.o ldapupdate.o ldaputil.o ldif.o mutt.o pine.o vcard.o  -L/usr/lib64 etpan/.libs/libclawsetpan.a gtk/.libs/libclawsgtk.a -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lenchant-2 -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lnsl -llber -lldap -lgnutls -lnettle -lpthread -lSM -lICE -lstartup-notification-1 -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lrsvg-2 -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -lm -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -ldb-4.8 -lz -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto -pthread
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.o: in function `jpilot_read_data':
jpilot.c:(.text+0x15fe): undefined reference to `unpack_AddressAppInfo'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x2014): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_new'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x203c): undefined reference to `unpack_Address'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x204d): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_free'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x2245): undefined reference to `free_Address'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x24e6): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_free'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [Makefile:1436: claws-mail] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1663: all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1342: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:798: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1'
make: *** [Makefile:572: all] Error 2
Failures:
  claws-mail: claws-mail.SlackBuild return non-zero

Am I missing something?

chrisretusn · 04-03-2024, 03:35 AM

I'm a claws-mail user. I am on slackware64-current. The current version of Claws Mail is 4.2.0.

Edit: Removed some of my post. Please defer to ponce's post below.

ponce · 04-03-2024, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaifeng

Hello there, I'm new to slackware and I'm trying to building claws-mail from slackbuilds.
However, with any version (I've tried with older versions aswell), it fails to build.
I don't know exactly where to find the error or missing piece.
The build log is the following one:

Code:

/bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -O2 -fPIC  -L/usr/lib64 -Wl,--export-dynamic -o claws-mail account.o action.o addrcache.o addr_compl.o addressadd.o addrgather.o addrharvest.o addritem.o advsearch.o alertpanel.o autofaces.o avatars.o compose.o crash.o customheader.o displayheader.o edittags.o enriched.o entity.o export.o file_checker.o filtering.o folder.o folder_item_prefs.o foldersel.o folderutils.o folderview.o grouplistdialog.o headerview.o html.o image_viewer.o imap.o imap_gtk.o import.o inc.o localfolder.o main.o mainwindow.o manual.o matcher.o matcher_parser_lex.o matcher_parser_parse.o mbox.o message_search.o messageview.o mh.o mh_gtk.o mimeview.o msgcache.o news.o news_gtk.o noticeview.o oauth2.o partial_download.o password.o password_gtk.o passwordstore.o pop.o prefs_account.o prefs_actions.o prefs_common.o prefs_compose_writing.o prefs_customheader.o prefs_display_header.o prefs_ext_prog.o prefs_filtering_action.o prefs_filtering.o prefs_folder_item.o prefs_fonts.o prefs_gtk.o prefs_image_viewer.o prefs_logging.o prefs_matcher.o prefs_message.o prefs_migration.o prefs_msg_colors.o prefs_other.o prefs_proxy.o prefs_quote.o prefs_receive.o prefs_send.o prefs_spelling.o prefs_summaries.o prefs_summary_column.o prefs_summary_open.o prefs_folder_column.o prefs_template.o prefs_themes.o prefs_toolbar.o prefs_wrapping.o printing.o privacy.o procheader.o procmime.o procmsg.o quote_fmt.o quote_fmt_lex.o quote_fmt_parse.o recv.o remotefolder.o send_message.o setup.o sourcewindow.o ssl_manager.o statusbar.o stock_pixmap.o summary_search.o summaryview.o textview.o toolbar.o undo.o uri_opener.o wizard.o addrbook.o addrclip.o addrcustomattr.o addressbook.o addressbook_foldersel.o addrindex.o addrquery.o addrselect.o addrduplicates.o addrmerge.o browseldap.o editaddress.o editaddress_other_attributes_ldap.o editbook.o editgroup.o editjpilot.o editldap_basedn.o editldap.o editvcard.o exphtmldlg.o expldifdlg.o exporthtml.o exportldif.o importldif.o importmutt.o importpine.o jpilot.o ldapctrl.o ldaplocate.o ldapquery.o ldapserver.o ldapupdate.o ldaputil.o ldif.o mutt.o pine.o vcard.o etpan/libclawsetpan.la gtk/libclawsgtk.la -lenchant-2  -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -lnsl -llber -lldap -lgnutls -lnettle   -lpthread -lSM -lICE  -lstartup-notification-1 -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -lz -lssl -lcrypto -ldb-4.8 -lz -pthread -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lrsvg-2 -lm -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo  -lm  -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -lz -lssl -lcrypto -ldb-4.8 -lz -pthread -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto
libtool: link: gcc -Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -O2 -fPIC -Wl,--export-dynamic -o claws-mail account.o action.o addrcache.o addr_compl.o addressadd.o addrgather.o addrharvest.o addritem.o advsearch.o alertpanel.o autofaces.o avatars.o compose.o crash.o customheader.o displayheader.o edittags.o enriched.o entity.o export.o file_checker.o filtering.o folder.o folder_item_prefs.o foldersel.o folderutils.o folderview.o grouplistdialog.o headerview.o html.o image_viewer.o imap.o imap_gtk.o import.o inc.o localfolder.o main.o mainwindow.o manual.o matcher.o matcher_parser_lex.o matcher_parser_parse.o mbox.o message_search.o messageview.o mh.o mh_gtk.o mimeview.o msgcache.o news.o news_gtk.o noticeview.o oauth2.o partial_download.o password.o password_gtk.o passwordstore.o pop.o prefs_account.o prefs_actions.o prefs_common.o prefs_compose_writing.o prefs_customheader.o prefs_display_header.o prefs_ext_prog.o prefs_filtering_action.o prefs_filtering.o prefs_folder_item.o prefs_fonts.o prefs_gtk.o prefs_image_viewer.o prefs_logging.o prefs_matcher.o prefs_message.o prefs_migration.o prefs_msg_colors.o prefs_other.o prefs_proxy.o prefs_quote.o prefs_receive.o prefs_send.o prefs_spelling.o prefs_summaries.o prefs_summary_column.o prefs_summary_open.o prefs_folder_column.o prefs_template.o prefs_themes.o prefs_toolbar.o prefs_wrapping.o printing.o privacy.o procheader.o procmime.o procmsg.o quote_fmt.o quote_fmt_lex.o quote_fmt_parse.o recv.o remotefolder.o send_message.o setup.o sourcewindow.o ssl_manager.o statusbar.o stock_pixmap.o summary_search.o summaryview.o textview.o toolbar.o undo.o uri_opener.o wizard.o addrbook.o addrclip.o addrcustomattr.o addressbook.o addressbook_foldersel.o addrindex.o addrquery.o addrselect.o addrduplicates.o addrmerge.o browseldap.o editaddress.o editaddress_other_attributes_ldap.o editbook.o editgroup.o editjpilot.o editldap_basedn.o editldap.o editvcard.o exphtmldlg.o expldifdlg.o exporthtml.o exportldif.o importldif.o importmutt.o importpine.o jpilot.o ldapctrl.o ldaplocate.o ldapquery.o ldapserver.o ldapupdate.o ldaputil.o ldif.o mutt.o pine.o vcard.o  -L/usr/lib64 etpan/.libs/libclawsetpan.a gtk/.libs/libclawsgtk.a -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lenchant-2 -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lnsl -llber -lldap -lgnutls -lnettle -lpthread -lSM -lICE -lstartup-notification-1 -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lrsvg-2 -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lcairo -lm -letpan -lcurl -lexpat -ldb-4.8 -lz -lsasl2 -lssl -lcrypto -pthread
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.o: in function `jpilot_read_data':
jpilot.c:(.text+0x15fe): undefined reference to `unpack_AddressAppInfo'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x2014): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_new'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x203c): undefined reference to `unpack_Address'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x204d): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_free'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x2245): undefined reference to `free_Address'
/usr/bin/ld: jpilot.c:(.text+0x24e6): undefined reference to `pi_buffer_free'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [Makefile:1436: claws-mail] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1663: all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1342: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:798: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/SBo/claws-mail-4.1.1'
make: *** [Makefile:572: all] Error 2
Failures:
  claws-mail: claws-mail.SlackBuild return non-zero

Am I missing something?

your issue seems very similar to a previous one where the OP had installed only some packages of the ones provided by the distribution

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest....php?p=5320261

FWIW this is not supported by SlackBuilds.org: the scripts hosted there suppose you have a complete Slackware install.

chrisretusn · 04-03-2024, 07:16 AM

@kaifeng, I just completed the following steps on a slackware64-15.0 (full install) system I have.

Built and installed libetpan from SBo.
Build and installed claws-mail from SBo.

Both successful. I am going with ponce on this.

chrisretusn · 04-04-2024, 01:15 AM

Any luck getting claws-mail to compile?

If you are not working with a full install of Slackware and if you don't use J-Pilot, the perhaps adding "--disable-jpilot" to the ./configure options in the build will work, until you run in to another issue. If your lucky it will build to completion.

The latest version of Claws Mail is 4.2.0.

kaifeng · 04-05-2024, 01:26 AM

First of all, I would like to thank you all for your time and patience trying to help me. It's my first time in a Linux community (and in the Slackware community aswell), and this is the best start that I could ever ask. Furthermore, sorry for the late reply here.

@ponce
I have read that post before posting too, although it wasn't too helpful, as I could not find the proper answer. In fact, I did not make a complete full install of Slackware, but I just removed some specific packages (I did removed them in past installations too, without problems) that I don't think that there's a correlation with this problem: cdparanoia, cdrao, cdrtools, cdparanoia, and stuff like that; but probably this time I have removed something crucial too. I would just like to figure it out what is the missing piece that I could not find.

It wasn't possible to compile JPilot from SlackBuilds, exactly as the other post describes:

Code:

checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.3... yes (version 2.24.33)
checking for pilot-link header files... found at /usr/include
checking for pilot library files... found at /usr/lib64
checking for gethostent... yes
checking for setsockopt... yes
checking to see if I can compile a pilot link program... no
configure: error: Could not compile a test pilot-link program

And I could not figure it out the problem there too, even reading the Makefile/configure and having pilot-link installed.

@chrisretusn
Thanks for all the helpful answer, I have installed libetpan from SlackBuilds too, even though the error persists, but passing the flag --disable-jpilot to the --configure section of the claws-mail.Slackbuild solves the issue.
I think that this post can be marked as solved, exactly as the other post: the fault is mine with not doing a full install.

For everyone reading this in the future with the same problem:

Make a full Slackware installation
Pass --disable-jpilot to the Slackbuild

ponce · 04-05-2024, 02:17 AM

you actually shouldn't need to install a separate jpilot as the error most probably originates from the internal jpilot of claws-mail: that jpilot is looking for some functions that are part of the pilot-link package that is provided with Slackware and that you choose not to install.
what I wanted to make you aware is that you most probably will have similar errors for other software that you will try to build from SlackBuilds.org and that will be specific to your custom installation: people that will make a full installation won't need to pass --disable-jpilot to the SlackBuild.

chrisretusn · 04-05-2024, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaifeng

It wasn't possible to compile JPilot from SlackBuilds, exactly as the other post describes:

Code:

checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.3... yes (version 2.24.33)
checking for pilot-link header files... found at /usr/include
checking for pilot library files... found at /usr/lib64
checking for gethostent... yes
checking for setsockopt... yes
checking to see if I can compile a pilot link program... no
configure: error: Could not compile a test pilot-link program

And I could not figure it out the problem there too, even reading the Makefile/configure and having pilot-link installed.

@chrisretusn
Thanks for all the helpful answer, I have installed libetpan from SlackBuilds too, even though the error persists, but passing the flag --disable-jpilot to the --configure section of the claws-mail.Slackbuild solves the issue.
I think that this post can be marked as solved, exactly as the other post: the fault is mine with not doing a full install.

For everyone reading this in the future with the same problem:

Make a full Slackware installation
Pass --disable-jpilot to the Slackbuild

Glad the --disable-jpilot worked for you.

Hmm.. Okay I am guessing that you tried to build the SBo jpilot package to see if this would allow claws-mail to build. Did I guess right? Just curious. Thanks.

It's always best to use a full install of Slackware, especially if you are just starting out with Slackware. I've been using Slackware 31 years and I always do a full installation. Keeps things simple. Point in case, that jpilot most likely failed due to missing Slackware package(s). I don't use SBo, I create my own SlackBuilds. My claws-mail build has a number of configure options not included with the
SBo build. In addition to libetpan, I use bogofilter and webkit2gtk for the fancy plugin.

I've been using Claws Mail for years. Love it.

kaifeng · 04-05-2024, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

you actually shouldn't need to install a separate jpilot as the error most probably originates from the internal jpilot of claws-mail: that jpilot is looking for some functions that are part of the pilot-link package that is provided with Slackware and that you choose not to install.
what I wanted to make you aware is that you most probably will have similar errors for other software that you will try to build from SlackBuilds.org and that will be specific to your custom installation: people that will make a full installation won't need to pass --disable-jpilot to the SlackBuild.

Sure, sure, I got it, my fault, but I had the pilot-link package installed before trying to build claws-mail, so I don't think that this is the problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

Glad the --disable-jpilot worked for you.

Hmm.. Okay I am guessing that you tried to build the SBo jpilot package to see if this would allow claws-mail to build. Did I guess right? Just curious. Thanks.

It's always best to use a full install of Slackware, especially if you are just starting out with Slackware. I've been using Slackware 31 years and I always do a full installation. Keeps things simple. Point in case, that jpilot most likely failed due to missing Slackware package(s). I don't use SBo, I create my own SlackBuilds. My claws-mail build has a number of configure options not included with the
SBo build. In addition to libetpan, I use bogofilter and webkit2gtk for the fancy plugin.

I've been using Claws Mail for years. Love it.

Yup, I thought that this could help me find the correct answer, but didn't.
You're right about the full installation, I'm gonna start making things this way, I think it's better. Btw, claws-mail is an amazing software, really helpful.

Again, thank you guys for trying to help me.