[SOLVED] Lua Bug: Weechat installation failed on slackware-current

notpua · 12-26-2023, 09:25 AM

So i am trying to build WeeChat (IRC client). I went to slackbuilds and grabbed the source and the slackbuilds,
and ran it using

Code:

 # ./weechat.SlackBuild

.

The README does say that to enable lua support install one of the lua packages which I did install lua, lua-filesystem packages.

And I'm sure it is fully installed and works, for instance I even installed luacheck using:

Code:

sudo luarocks install luacheck

.

And here's lua -v output.

Code:

$ lua -v

Lua 5.1.5  Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Lua.org, PUC-Rio

. The compilations gives error:

Code:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llua$MAJVER: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [src/plugins/lua/CMakeFiles/lua.dir/build.make:114: src/plugins/lua/lua.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:1744: src/plugins/lua/CMakeFiles/lua.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

Here's the full output. pastebin.

Things I have tried.

Build lua from source
Install lua53 or lua52

Add system inforamtion:

Code:

$ uname -r

Linux iuseotherswifi.notpua 6.1.61 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov  2 15:01:07 CDT 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

ponce · 12-26-2023, 10:17 AM

lua 5.4 is already shipped with Slackware current and weechat will build fine against it, you don't need to replace it with lua 5.1.5

notpua · 12-26-2023, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

lua 5.4 is already shipped with Slackware current and weechat will build fine against it, you don't need to replace it with lua 5.1.5

But the first time I built it still showed the same error, maybe lua package is not the problem.

Maybe I'm missing a symlink or something.

ponce · 12-26-2023, 11:16 AM

IMHO you could try removing all the lua* packages installed and also the versions you installed from source, reinstall slackware current's lua then try again the build: if it doesn't work then post the new build log and the output of this command

Code:

grep -i lua /tmp/SBo/weechat-4.1.2/build/CMakeCache.txt

notpua · 12-26-2023, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

IMHO you could try removing all the lua* packages installed and also the versions you installed from source, reinstall slackware current's lua then try again the build: if it doesn't work then post the new build log and the output of this command

Code:

grep -i lua /tmp/SBo/weechat-4.1.2/build/CMakeCache.txt

Alright, I removed all the older packages and freshly built official lua from here.

And the install still didn't work.

Here's the output of

Code:

$ grep -i lua /tmp/SBo/weechat-4.1.2/build/CMakeCache.txt

pastebin

notpua · 12-26-2023, 12:10 PM

Update: I gave up, and built weechat from source by specifying -DOPTION=ENABLE_LUA=OFF, the program seems to work fine, but I won't be able to use lua scripts and plugins sadly.

marav · 12-26-2023, 12:19 PM

Here, only ruby <= 3.2 seems to be supported

Code:

-- Checking for one of the modules 'ruby-3.2;ruby-3.1;ruby-3.0;ruby-2.7;ruby-2.6;ruby-2.5;ruby-2.4;ruby-2.3;ruby-2.2;ruby-2.1;ruby-2.0;ruby-1.9;ruby'
CMake Error at src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt:140 (message):
  Ruby not found

ponce · 12-26-2023, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notpua

pastebin

you have some serious broken lua installation as the scanned pkgconfig files (from the weechat build system) expose some nonexistent system paths, like /usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX, or library versions names, like -llua$MAJVER, that are maybe ok in a SlackBuild where those variables might be defined but aren't in a pkgconfig file where those are (apparently) not.
if you want to use weechat's lua plugins I suggest you to clean up the lua stuff you have built from source and the spurious pkgconfig files (lua*.pc) you most probably have in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/, /usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig or /usr/local/share/pkgconfig, then reinstall the official Slackware current lua package (you don't need to download stuff from pkgs.org, just use the official mirrors) with "slackpkg install lua" (use "reinstall" if you have it already installed).

also, like marav said, ruby 3.3 isn't "officially" supported yet, but luckily for you you seem to have an older Slackware current where ruby 3.3 isn't there yet...

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

Here, only ruby <= 3.2 seems to be supported

Code:

-- Checking for one of the modules 'ruby-3.2;ruby-3.1;ruby-3.0;ruby-2.7;ruby-2.6;ruby-2.5;ruby-2.4;ruby-2.3;ruby-2.2;ruby-2.1;ruby-2.0;ruby-1.9;ruby'
CMake Error at src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt:140 (message):
  Ruby not found

...and, BTW, one can also "cheat it" with something like this in the SlackBuild

Code:

sed -i "s|ruby-3.2|ruby-3.3 ruby-3.2|" cmake/FindRuby.cmake