Problem in configuring GParted

aribowo · 05-29-2007, 01:22 AM

Hi All,

I use openSUSE 10.2, and I have a problem when I tried to configure GParted:
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checking for uuid_generate in -luuid... no
configure: error: *** uuid library (libuuid) not found
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Could any of you help me to sort this thing out?
Thank you in advance.

bigrigdriver · 05-29-2007, 04:06 AM

Q: I have this configure: error: *** uuid library (libuuid) not found
A: uuid is a library included as a part of e2fsprogs. It's required for parted and QtParted. You have to install e2fsprogs by compiling sources:
./configure --prefix=/usr ; make ; make install ; make install-libs

Found it here: http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/faq.en.html

aribowo · 05-30-2007, 07:05 PM

Thank you for the advice, but I've already tried another way to install GParted, which is downloaded it from LiveCD and burned it.

sashhoney · 06-01-2007, 03:19 AM

Although u find the alternate solution, i would like to give solution for the first one
gparted configure script looks for libuuid and libparted libraries. generally, these libraries are installed as libuuid.so.1(generally found in /lib) and libparted-XXX.so.1(/usr/lib)
configure script issues -luuid and -lparted which eventually will look for libuuid.so and libparted.so files, which is not existing by default.
so the solution is to create soft links.

fchevitarese · 09-18-2007, 07:48 AM

Hello !
to solve this problem i've just installed the e2fsprogs-devel, libparted-devel and gtkmm-devel .

After this, i can compile the package normaly .