Building evolution 1.2.1: make error
 

I just installed dropline gnome yersterday and wanted to use evolution 1.2.1. I downloaded the source and want to build it.

I had to update some libraries but now when I do ./configure it all goes well. Until I try make that is. Make ends with these errors:


gcc: /usr/lib/libgal.so: No such file or directory
gcc: /usr/lib/libgnomecanvaspixbuf.so: No such file or directory
gcc: /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [libeutil.la] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/arjan/evolution-1.2.1/e-util'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/arjan/evolution-1.2.1/e-util'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/arjan/evolution-1.2.1/e-util'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2


I have installed both of these packages, the devel versions too.
Any ideas?

HC

If you have those lib's in your /usr/lib directory, try running ldconfig if you just installed them. This should update any lib's you've moved or installed so they are recognized. But first make sure they are actually located there, if you installed as a regular user it could have placed them in /usr/local/lib. If that's the case you can either move them or make symlinks to them from /usr/lib

Thanks for the fast reply!
That was excellent advice. I made symlinks as you suggested and now that works.

Problem is, now a lil later during make I get:

/home/arjan/evolution-1.2.1/mail/mail-signature-editor.c:c:171: undefined reference to `GNOME_GtkHTML_Editor_Engine_hasUndo'

I get this for the e-msg-composer file too and then it it stops with errors.

I guess I messed up the install of those libraries huh?

Btw, I'm sorry, I would like to solve this on my own but I can't find anything on this on google nor does it help when I check out the files make returns. So thanks for your time.

HC

Not totally for sure about that error. Have you installed the gtkhtml package with no errors ?

yeah it does although I do have to copy a file.

When I do ldconfig -v it says it cannot stat gtkhtml-1.1.so in usr/lib but there is a link called gtkhtml-1.1.so which links to gtkhtml-1.1.so.3.0.2. This last file is in usr/local/lib.

I figured I'd copy it to usr/lib. Then ldconfig -v finds everything but still I get the error I described.

Geez...I must really like my evolution eh LOL

HC

k, I got evolution 1.2.0 installed now. Using the tgz from dropline-sourceforge.

For those having problems with this:

from a fresh slack 8.1 installaltion upgrade to or install:

- gal 0.21
- gdk-pixbuf 0.19.0
- gtkhtml 1.1.6
- soup 0.7.4
(get them from linuxpackages.net)

Then I installed the latest dropline gnome but I'm not entirely sure this has to be done. As long as yer installing though, dropline gnome is nice enough so go ahead and do that :)

Then install evolution 1.2.0.

And voila, you're good to go.

HC