compiling Cairo

ryanfx · 10-07-2007, 03:03 PM

Hey guys,

I'm trying to recompile a newer version of GTK+. Cairo is obviously a dependency but I'm having problems compiling it. my configure successfully runs, I then try a "make" but it terminates with a set of errors. Does anyone know what I could possibly do, or familiar with this problem?

Code:

cairo-type1-subset.c: In function `cairo_type1_font_subset_decrypt_eexec_segment':
cairo-type1-subset.c:368: error: implicit declaration of function `isspace'
cairo-type1-subset.c:368: warning: nested extern declaration of `isspace'
cairo-type1-subset.c: In function `skip_token':
cairo-type1-subset.c:388: warning: nested extern declaration of `isspace'
cairo-type1-subset.c: In function `cairo_type1_font_subset_for_each_glyph':
cairo-type1-subset.c:716: warning: nested extern declaration of `isspace'
make[2]: *** [cairo-type1-subset.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/programs/cairo-1.2.6/src'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/programs/cairo-1.2.6/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

EDIT: DLed a newer version of Cairo.. compiled fine.. oh well!

ejay563 · 11-15-2007, 11:55 AM

Hi,

I had this problem, and did a little searching on the internet, and came up with this.

1) Go to http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachme...10&action=diff and notice the difference in the the header files included (The one on the right is how you are going to want it to look like.

2) Go to your cairo directory, in it, there should be a folder names "src". Open the folder, and look for the file "cairo-type1-subset.c"

3) Once you find the file, make a backup copy of it (just for good practice), then open it in your favorite text editor.

4) Look for the part of the file that looks like the text on the page linked above, and add the line highlighted in green as in the right side of the page linked above.

5) Save the file

6) run ./configure again, and make, and it should build. then make install

Hope this helped!

pansat00 · 05-27-2008, 05:53 AM

Ejay, I am have a similar problem with cairo when I run make install. Here is what I am getting:

/usr/bin/install -c .libs/libcairo.lai /usr/lib/libcairo.la
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `.libs/libcairo.lai': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/cairo-1.6.4/src'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/cairo-1.6.4/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

Do I need to change something in a file in order to install cairo?

shevegen · 12-08-2008, 10:43 AM

Got similar problem

my question is:

what is a .lai file?

I know what .la libtool files are but i dont understand why one needs a .lai file