openAL > supertux --> .configure doesnt find openal lib

bioe007 · 02-20-2007, 02:28 AM

hiya- I am trying to install supertux, 0.3.0 from source.

My first attempt at ./configure errored out because I did not have openal installed.

So I googled openal and found openal-0.0.8-1.i586.rpm, after rpm2tgz > installpkg > ldconfig - I thought I had licked that problem.

Code:

perry@hrgrv:~/src/linux26$ slocate openal
/etc/openalrc
/opt/kde/share/apps/quanta/dtep/php/openal.tag
/var/log/packages/openal-0.0.8-1.i586
/usr/doc/packages/openal
/usr/doc/packages/openal/README
/usr/doc/packages/openal/AUTHORS
/usr/doc/packages/openal/ChangeLog
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libopenal.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libopenal.so.0.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libopenal.so.0real
/usr/local/src/openal-0.0.8-1.i586.tgz
/usr/local/src/supertux-0.3.0/src/audio/openal_sound_source.cpp
/usr/local/src/supertux-0.3.0/src/audio/openal_sound_source.hpp
/home/perry/downloads/openal-0.0.8-1.i586.rpm
/home/perry/downloads/openal-0.0.8.tar.gz
perry@hrgrv:~/src/linux26$ ls /var/log/packages | grep openal
openal-0.0.8-1.i586
perry@hrgrv:~/src/linux26$

however, when I run ./configure I still get the same error... ???

Code:

perry@hrgrv:/usr/local/src/supertux-0.3.0$ ./configure
<snip> truncated the first bit of checks <snip>
checking whether binary relocation support should be enabled... no
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... /bin/sh: mk/autoconf/config.rpath: No such file or directory
done
checking for iconv... yes
checking for iconv declaration... 
         extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
checking for sdl-config... /usr/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.4... yes
checking for Vorbis... yes
checking for Ogg... yes
checking for SDL_image >= 1.2... found
checking for physfs >= 1.0.0... found
checking for OpenAL... not found
configure: error: Please intall OpenAL
perry@hrgrv:/usr/local/src/supertux-0.3.0$

also, I had to install physfs too before openal. not sure if that helps.

many thanks!

acid_kewpie · 02-20-2007, 02:36 AM

you need the headers to compile software against it, the openal-devel rpm if you're sticking with rpm2tgz

gbonvehi · 02-20-2007, 02:49 AM

I'd suggest you to either compile OpenAL yourself or get a Slackware package, that way it'll probably be compatible on the first try.
Some links:
A already compiled package: http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=10141
A slackbuild to compile it by yourself and make a package at the same time: http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/libraries/OpenAL/

bioe007 · 02-20-2007, 03:05 AM

i'm not sticking with anything.. i don't know enough to have a preference. It was just the first thing I found

so i found:

openal-devel-0.0.9-0.9.20060204cvs.fc7.i386.rpm

then i removepkg openal before rpm2tgz and installing the -devel rpm. But still no headers? I found al.h and alc.h on the openal website, copied them to every */include place i could find but still same error.

??

i apologize for my incompetence...

Ilgar · 02-20-2007, 05:36 AM

Just search for a Slack package (for openAL), or compile yourself. Linuxpackages.net should have one. I think there was also one on the Flightgear website...

gnashley · 02-20-2007, 09:12 AM

That's the development(unstable version) you are trying to compile. The stable 0.1.3 version comiles just fine without any extra dependencies.
There Slack packages available on the developer site (berlios.de), or you can use my package or sources available here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...upertux-0.1.3/

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-20-2007, 02:20 PM

Don't use rpms !!! Slackware is not an rpm-based distro. Get your packages from Alien Bob or Linuxpackages or Slackbuilds. If none of those have it, then compile it yourself. As a last resort, you can use rpm2targz, but try not to do so too often. Remember that these rpms are designed for another distro, which is probably significantly unlike slackware.

bird603568 · 02-20-2007, 03:15 PM

why is everyone hell bent on lp.net? they DONT compile the packages in a "clean" system. meaning that there could and most likely linked to packages that arent on your system. I highly recommend www.slacky.it i cant read italian but can still find stuff. the packages are built in a clean system and if you dont want that they even have the .slackbuilds

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-20-2007, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bird603568

why is everyone hell bent on lp.net? they DONT compile the packages in a "clean" system. meaning that there could and most likely linked to packages that arent on your system. I highly recommend www.slacky.it i cant read italian but can still find stuff. the packages are built in a clean system and if you dont want that they even have the .slackbuilds

That's fine too ... just not rpms ... only as a very last resort.

tuxdev · 02-20-2007, 04:28 PM

I'm a supertux developer, and have done slackware packages for 0.3.0 and dependencies, available from the official site (now supertux.lethargik.org).

Many thanks to gnashley for his painless packaging tools. I'd recommend his 0.1.3 package over what's on LP.

bioe007 · 02-20-2007, 05:07 PM

so much help... thanks to all.

I wasn't going to respond until I got home and could try these suggestions out on my P3 box (picture editing and games for my son).

But I was compelled to insert a quick thank you?

I ended up using gnashley's packages on my another machine, which has none of my failed openAL installs on it - it worked like a charm!

When I get home tonight, I'll try your package again on my P3 box and be showing my 5y/o the light by introducing him to penguin computing

@tuxdev - thanks for supertux!

Many thanks!