I have installed libast 0.5 from source and imlib2-1.2.1 from source. When I configure Eterm 0.9.3 it goes through with no erros but when I run make I get this:

./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_chomp'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_get_word'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spifconf_parse'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_get_pword'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_split'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_free_array'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spifconf_register_context'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spifconf_shell_expand'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `libast_fatal_error'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `libast_print_error'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_join'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_num_words'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spifconf_init_subsystem'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spiftool_downcase_str'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `libast_print_warning'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `spifconf_parse_line'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [Eterm] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/bin/Eterm-0.9.3/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/bin/Eterm-0.9.3'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error

Can someone please help me figure out why the make is failing?

Thanks.

Really needed the very beginning of this error before it says what you posted up there.

Any way Did you put /usr/local/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as root?
Are any earlier versions of the dependencies you installed already on the machine?
If so they are causing a conflict and need to be removed. check pkgtool/list.

Lemme know.

I am now amending this post, use your own package manger, I use slackware and
pkgtool only works for it.

Thanks for the reply.
Here is a bit more of what make was outputting before it threw the errors and died:

-L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr//lib /usr/lib/libImlib2.so -ldl -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lutempter /usr//lib/libast.so -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm -Wl,-soname -Wl,libEterm-0.9.3.so -o .libs/libEterm-0.9.3.so
(cd .libs && rm -f libEterm.so && ln -s libEterm-0.9.3.so libEterm.so)
ar cru .libs/libEterm.a actions.o buttons.o command.o draw.o e.o events.o font.o grkelot.o menus.o misc.o netdisp.o options.o pixmap.o screen.o script.o scrollbar.o startup.o system.o term.o timer.o utmp.o windows.o defaultfont.o libscream.o mmx_cmod.o
ranlib .libs/libEterm.a
creating libEterm.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libEterm.la && ln -s ../libEterm.la libEterm.la)
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr//lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o Eterm -rpath /usr/lib:/usr/lib/Eterm main.o libEterm.la -lImlib2 -ldl -L/usr//lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lutempter -last -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm
gcc -g -O2 -o .libs/Eterm main.o -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr//lib ./.libs/libEterm.so -lXmu -lutempter /usr//lib/libast.so /usr/lib/libImlib2.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so -lSM -lICE /usr/lib/libpcre.so -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr//lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib:/usr/lib/Eterm

I can't imagine you want to see the whole compliling output from make.


Yes I ran ldconfig as root and /usr/local/lib is in /etc/ld.so.conf

So this is where it gets messy for this newbie. I have done all kinds of looking for answers as to why I can't get Eterm to compile smoothly. I had seen things like libast0.6 is broken so installed libast0.5 from source. I also tried to install Eterm0.9.2 so I have two versions of both programs (but I was getting this error before I had duplicate installations.) I am running SUSE9.3 and KDE. I used YAST to install some software and I have installed some from source. YAST has no record of Eterm or libast. So I am not sure about how to go about removing software that is not recognized by YAST (that is another post waiting to happen.)