Hi,
I'm an old XP-user who installed Linux Mint beside XP and would like to do some C++ development on Linux with CodeBlocks.The first application I want to write should be able to read/write contents from and to an xls-file (I want to convert an application I wrote with Excel macro's and VBA).
I found xlslib on sourceforge, downloaded it, and started the installation (in a terminal: "./configure" followed by "make" and "make install").
From the obtained output (see below) I deduce there is a problem when executing "make" and "make install". I don't find an issue, can anyone help me?
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Congratulations, your xlslib 2.4.0 is configured now.
You can now build and install xlslib using the Makefile, by calling

$ make

Before running

$ make install

you may wish to test the newly built binary by running

$ make check

Any unacceptable mistakes will be reported and cause the 'check' run to abort.

make dist-bzip2 dist-gzip dist-zip dist-tarZ am__post_remove_distdir='@:'
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »
NEWS not updated; not releasing
make[1]: *** [distdir] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »
make: *** [dist] Erreur 2
w-desktop xlslib # make
Making all in src
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/src »
/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../src/common -I../src/data -I../src/oledoc -I../src/common -I../src/xlslib -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -MT assert_assist.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/assert_assist.Tpo -c -o assert_assist.lo `test -f 'xlslib/assert_assist.cpp' || echo './'`xlslib/assert_assist.cpp
xlslib/assert_assist.cpp: line 1: /bin: Is a directory
xlslib/assert_assist.cpp: line 2: HPSF.lo: command not found
xlslib/assert_assist.cpp: line 3: HPSF.lo: command not found
xlslib/assert_assist.cpp: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `('
xlslib/assert_assist.cpp: line 4: ` * for dynamic generation of Excel(TM) files.'
libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../src/common -I../src/data -I../src/oledoc -I../src/common -I../src/xlslib -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -MT assert_assist.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/assert_assist.Tpo -c "" -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/assert_assist.o
g++: error: : No such file or directory
g++: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [assert_assist.lo] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/src »
make: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
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Welcome to LQ.

Which version of "Linux Mint" are you using ?
a) $ uname -m
b) $ cat /etc/issue

``xlslib 2.4.0´´ :
$ unzip xlslib-package-2.4.0.zip
$ cd xlslib/xlslib/
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

I have no "make issues", see the attached `make__log.txt.gz´,
attached as make__log.txt.gz.txt
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make__log.txt.gz.txt (3.1 KB, 24 views)

Testing xlslib with Ubuntu 14.04, 32bits and 64bits :

It appears that `xlslib´ will choke with the {Mint, Ubuntu}
supplied compilers g++, versions 4.6 .. 4.8 .

Solution : $ sudo apt-get install g++-4.4

xlslib/ :
$ export CC=gcc-4.4 CXX=g++-4.4 && ./configure && make


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hi knudfl,
First, thank you for your help!
1)The linux version is linux mint 17 Qiana :
w-desktop xlslib # uname -m
i686
w-desktop xlslib # cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 17 Qiana \n \l

2)I executed your suggested
apt-get install g++-4.4
and
xlslib/ :
$ export CC=gcc-4.4 CXX=g++-4.4 && ./configure && make
and after that the make install.
I think it is OK now (see part of output of the last command beneath) :

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/xlslib'
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/xlslib/oledoc'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 oledoc/binfile.h oledoc/oledoc.h oledoc/olefs.h oledoc/oleprop.h '/usr/local/include/xlslib/oledoc'
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/xlslib/common'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 common/xlconfig.h common/xlsys.h common/stringtok.h common/systype.h common/timespan.h common/xls_poppack.h common/xls_pshpack1.h common/xls_pshpack2.h common/xls_pshpack4.h common/xlstypes.h '/usr/local/include/xlslib/common'
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/xlslib/xlslib'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 xlslib/biffsection.h xlslib/blank.h xlslib/boolean.h xlslib/cell.h xlslib/colinfo.h xlslib/colors.h xlslib/common.h xlslib/continue.h xlslib/datast.h xlslib/docsumminfo.h xlslib/err.h xlslib/extformat.h xlslib/font.h xlslib/format.h xlslib/formula.h xlslib/formula_cell.h xlslib/formula_const.h xlslib/formula_expr.h xlslib/formula_estimate.h xlslib/globalrec.h xlslib/HPSF.h xlslib/index.h xlslib/label.h xlslib/merged.h xlslib/note.h xlslib/number.h xlslib/range.h xlslib/recdef.h xlslib/record.h xlslib/rectypes.h xlslib/row.h xlslib/sheetrec.h xlslib/summinfo.h xlslib/unit.h xlslib/workbook.h '/usr/local/include/xlslib/xlslib'
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/xlslib'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 xlslib.h '/usr/local/include/xlslib'
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/src »
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/src »
Making install in targets
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
Making install in test
make[2]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets/test »
make[3]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets/test »
make[3]: Rien à faire pour « install-exec-am ».
make[3]: Rien à faire pour « install-data-am ».
make[3]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets/test »
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets/test »
make[2]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
make[3]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
make[3]: Rien à faire pour « install-exec-am ».
make[3]: Rien à faire pour « install-data-am ».
make[3]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib/targets »
make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »
make[2]: entrant dans le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »
make[2]: Rien à faire pour « install-exec-am ».
make[2]: Rien à faire pour « install-data-am ».
make[2]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »
make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /home/w/xlslib/xlslib »

Can you confirm all is all right now ?
Thank you very much!

" make [1]: Leaving "/ home / w / xlslib / xlslib" directory "

Thats OK . By errors, the word "Error" will appear.



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