[SOLVED] FreeCAD won't compile.

TheNutCase · 04-01-2023, 03:40 PM

My operating system is Slackware 15.0. The problem that I am having is this: When I try to compile FreeCAD 2.20.2 (and yes \ I modified the SlackBuild file for it), I end up with the following error:

Code:

./FreeCAD.SlackBuild: line 76: cd: FreeCAD-0.20.2: No such file or directory

even though that file IS in the FreeCAD sub-directory, and yes, I'm running the SlackBuild from within the FreeCAD sub-directory).

dhalliwe · 04-01-2023, 03:56 PM

No hints on how to solve the compile problems, but after several attempts a while ago to get FreeCAD to compile on my Slackware 15.0 installation I gave up and downloaded the AppImage. That works for me.

kermitdafrog8 · 04-02-2023, 12:54 AM

Probably a problem with the archives directory structure. My guess is when it's extracted the Slackbuild wants to change the directory that's named differently than what was created at extraction. $PRGNAM-$VERSION might not be the right place.

chris.willing · 04-02-2023, 01:22 AM

It works fine here:

Code:

Slackware package /var/cache/vmbuilder/result-x86_64/15.0/FreeCAD-0.20.2-x86_64-1_SBo.txz created.

In addition to changing the version number, I also changed one line of the SlackBuild to:

Code:

-DBUILD_ENABLE_CXX_STD=C++17 \

(was previously C++14).

As for not being able to cd to the FreeCAD-0.20.2 directory, it is easy to download the wrong tarball even though it has the correct looking name e.g.

Code:

wget https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/archive/0.19.2/FreeCAD-0.20.2.tar.gz

will give you a tarball named FreeCAD-0.20.2.tar.gz but which, when unpacked, gives you a directory FreeCAD-0.19.2 (not FreeCAD-0.20.2 as expected).

chris

bitfuzzy · 04-02-2023, 10:03 AM

I don't use it, and have no intention of installing the requirements to try to build it, but the 0.20.2 source file can be downloaded here ->
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/a.../0.20.2.tar.gz

Compared to the 0.19.2 source file on slackbuilds there does appear to be a couple of directory changes so there may or may not be issues building it via the default slackbuild script

mickski56 · 04-02-2023, 12:32 PM

I have successfully built 20.2
downloaded from
'https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/archive/refs/tags/0.20.2.tar.gz'

All I changed in the SlackBuild was remove the -DBUILD_ENABLE_CXX_STD=C++14
didn't replace it with anything, called with VERSION=0.20.2 sh FreeCAD.Slackbuild

HTH

saxa · 04-02-2023, 07:28 PM

Without seeing the actual build error is really difficult to say anythin. Please post the compile error.

montagdude · 04-02-2023, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhalliwe

No hints on how to solve the compile problems, but after several attempts a while ago to get FreeCAD to compile on my Slackware 15.0 installation I gave up and downloaded the AppImage. That works for me.

I've been doing that too. The SlackBuild worked fine for me the last time I tried it, but it brings in a lot of dependencies and is just a lot less convenient.

TheNutCase · 04-03-2023, 01:48 PM

Perhaps this part of the output that I have been getting will help to understand the problem that I have encountered:

Code:

FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/etc/matplotlibrc
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/fontconfig/
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/fontconfig/fonts.conf
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/generate_yaml.sh
./FreeCAD.SlackBuild: line 76: cd: FreeCAD-0.20.2: No such file or directory
root@Galifrey:~/FreeCAD#

elcore · 04-03-2023, 02:20 PM

Sometimes, it's solved with adding something like "$SRCNAM" in this case $SRCNAM should equal FreeCAD-930dd9a or FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a
Then in line 76 where it says $PRGNAM-$VERSION you could do $PRGNAM-$SRCNAM or just $SRCNAM instead, depending on how it's defined on top.
This happens when suddenly the upstream decide to use other names for directories, and SlackBuild tries to cd into $PRGNAM-$VERSION

Edit; If there already is one $SRCNAM you may have to add $SRCNAM2 or similar. I haven't read the actual SlackBuild.

0XBF · 04-03-2023, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

Perhaps this part of the output that I have been getting will help to understand the problem that I have encountered:

Code:

FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/etc/matplotlibrc
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/fontconfig/
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/fontconfig/fonts.conf
FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a/vagrant/generate_yaml.sh
./FreeCAD.SlackBuild: line 76: cd: FreeCAD-0.20.2: No such file or directory
root@Galifrey:~/FreeCAD#

The source tarball you extracted is called "FreeCAD-FreeCAD-930dd9a". Line 76 of the slackbuild is "cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION", and your tar archive doesn't match that naming convention. I dont know where you downloaded the source from but its not in the same format as expected. Using the following will get you the proper source tarball that matches the slackbuild script.

Code:

$ wget https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/archive/0.20.2/FreeCAD-0.20.2.tar.gz

TheNutCase · 04-03-2023, 03:00 PM

I tried that command, and got a "command not found" error message. So I Copied just the link and pasted that into my browser, then I transferred that file into the FreeCAD sub directory and ran the FreeCAD.SlackBuild file where it compiled successfully.

And I originally downloaded the source code from Sourceforge.net.

elcore · 04-03-2023, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

I tried that command, and got a "command not found" error message.

It's the command after the $, starting with w.

bitfuzzy · 04-03-2023, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elcore

It's the command after the $, starting with w.

In other words, leave out the $

Code:

wget https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/archive/0.20.2/FreeCAD-0.20.2.tar.gz

TheNutCase · 04-03-2023, 06:31 PM

Thanks.