Error while compiling PrBoom Slackware.

jaakkop · 10-15-2006, 03:18 AM

Hello,

I tried to compile PrBoom 2.4.6 on Slackware, but it keeps giving me error when I do make:

Code:

gcc  -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-switch -march=i686 -Wextra -Winline -Wwrite-strings
-Wundef -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wdeclaration-after-statement
-ffast-math -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -I../src -I/usr/include/SDL
-D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT   -o prboom  mmus2mid.o am_map.o g_game.o
p_mobj.o r_demo.o r_segs.o hu_lib.o lprintf.o p_plats.o r_sky.o d_deh.o
hu_stuff.o m_argv.o p_pspr.o m_bbox.o p_saveg.o r_things.o d_items.o m_cheat.o
p_setup.o s_sound.o d_main.o p_sight.o sounds.o m_menu.o p_spec.o info.o
st_lib.o m_misc.o p_switch.o p_telept.o st_stuff.o m_random.o p_tick.o
tables.o p_user.o p_ceilng.o v_video.o doomdef.o p_doors.o p_enemy.o r_bsp.o
version.o doomstat.o p_floor.o r_data.o w_wad.o p_genlin.o dstrings.o
p_inter.o wi_stuff.o r_draw.o f_finale.o p_lights.o z_bmalloc.o p_map.o
r_main.o f_wipe.o z_zone.o p_maputl.o r_plane.o md5.o p_checksum.o r_patch.o
r_fps.o r_filter.o d_client.o gl_main.o gl_texture.o w_mmap.o
SDL/libsdldoom.a  -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_net -L/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -lSDL -lpthread -lGL -lGLU  -lm
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/3.4.6/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lGLU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [prboom] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/prboom-2.4.6/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/prboom-2.4.6/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/prboom-2.4.6'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Anyone had this error? How can I fix this?

weibullguy · 10-16-2006, 01:16 PM

It can't find the GLU libraries

Code:

cannot find -lGLU

Tell it where to find the GLU libraries if you have them. Otherwise install them. GLU is the OpenGL Utility Library and is provided by packages like Mesa and nVidia's driver. Execute

Code:

./configure --help

to see if there is a way to tell the configure script where libGLU is in case it's in a non-standard location.

jaakkop · 10-16-2006, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arow

It can't find the GLU libraries

Code:

cannot find -lGLU

Tell it where to find the GLU libraries if you have them. Otherwise install them. GLU is the OpenGL Utility Library and is provided by packages like Mesa and nVidia's driver. Execute

Code:

./configure --help

to see if there is a way to tell the configure script where libGLU is in case it's in a non-standard location.

I'm using nvidia's drivers and there seems not to be any option for specifying where libGLU is located.

weibullguy · 10-16-2006, 06:39 PM

Do you have libGLU? Where is it installed? Is the path to libGLU in /etc/ld.so.conf? If so, run ldconfig and try prboom again. If not, add the path to /etc/ld.so.conf, run ldconfig, and try prboom again.

jaakkop · 10-17-2006, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arow

Do you have libGLU? Where is it installed? Is the path to libGLU in /etc/ld.so.conf? If so, run ldconfig and try prboom again. If not, add the path to /etc/ld.so.conf, run ldconfig, and try prboom again.

libGLU is in /usr/X11R6/lib/ and the path is specified in /etc/ld.so.conf. I did ldconfig and tried to compile but it gave me the same error again.

weibullguy · 10-17-2006, 06:46 AM

Is there a hardcoded path for libGLU in the configure script and makefile?

soggycornflake · 10-17-2006, 02:44 PM

/etc/ld.so.conf is irrelevant here. It is used by the dynamic linker at runtime, not when compiling. The problem is that gcc does not look in /usr/X11R6/lib by default, so just add -L/usr/X11R6/lib to the relevant rule in the Makefile and it should be OK. (This looks like a bug in the configure script.)

jaakkop · 10-18-2006, 03:04 AM

Ok, got it compiled now. I managed to add /usr/X11R6/lib to the Makefile.

Thank you Arow and soggycornflake

<edit>
It seems that there is a prboom package on linuxpackages.net, which I can use, so there is no need for me to compile it anymore :P. Atleast now I know what to do if I get a similar error on a different app.
</edit>

weibullguy · 10-18-2006, 07:59 AM

You're welcome and I apologize for starting to head you down the wrong path. Too many things going on at once. Thanks, soggycornflake, for poking me in the eye and straightening things out.

fixxxer0101 · 02-05-2007, 05:52 PM

I am running into the same problem compiling prboom. I understand why I need to edit the makefile and where the libraries are. I just don't understand where at IN the makefile I need to make the change. I don't really understand the way makefiles are put together yet.

Boow · 02-10-2007, 04:35 PM

Doomsday is much better than prboom I had no problems compiling that. It has nice md2 models too.

jaakkop · 02-11-2007, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boow

Doomsday is much better than prboom I had no problems compiling that. It has nice md2 models too.

I like PrBoom better. No big changes made in the engine, so you can play the original Doom with modern engine,. There is no need to hassle with snowberry either. I haven't got any errors during compiling anymore either.

Boow · 02-15-2007, 07:31 PM

Ok, If you must have prboom it looks like it can't find libGlU. that file is on my system I run slackware. I have it in /usr/X11R6/lib. You might try symlinking it in /usr/lib.

jaakkop · 02-16-2007, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boow

Ok, If you must have prboom it looks like it can't find libGlU. that file is on my system I run slackware. I have it in /usr/X11R6/lib. You might try symlinking it in /usr/lib.

Or manually edit the Makefile.