So I am trying to install libharu (libHaru is a free, open source, cross platform library for generating PDF files for applications written in C or C++) which is needed so that I can install this free open source accountability software called accountability pal. I am running manjaro KDE on my laptop. The programme specifically is: Haru Free PDF Library Version 2.0.8 - Nov 25, 2006, URL http://libharu.sourceforge.net.

The exact instructions are:

Build from source on linux platform

1) Unpack the libharu package.

tar -xvzf libharu_2.X.X.tgz
cd libharu-2.X.X

2) Run configure script

./configure [--prefix=$HOME] [--shared]

3) Build library and install

make clean
make
make install

However, when I get to the make install stage I get the following error:



"libharu-2.0.8]$ make install

gcc -o src/hpdf_image_png.o -Iinclude -O2 -Wall -c src/hpdf_image_png.c
src/hpdf_image_png.c: In function ‘ReadPngData_Interlaced’:
src/hpdf_image_png.c:109:25: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
109 | info_ptr->height * sizeof (png_bytep));
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:114:47: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
114 | HPDF_MemSet (row_pointers, 0, info_ptr->height * sizeof (png_bytep));
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:115:44: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
115 | for (i = 0; i < (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->height; i++) {
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:127:52: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
127 | for (i = 0; i < (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->height; i++) {
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:136:44: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
136 | for (i = 0; i < (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->height; i++) {
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c: In function ‘ReadPngData’:
src/hpdf_image_png.c:158:44: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
158 | for (i = 0; i < (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->height; i++) {
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c: In function ‘LoadPngData’:
src/hpdf_image_png.c:305:17: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
305 | if (info_ptr->bit_depth == 16)
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:308:40: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
308 | if (PNG_COLOR_MASK_ALPHA & info_ptr->color_type) {
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:320:17: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
320 | if (info_ptr->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE)
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:322:22: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
322 | else if (info_ptr->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY)
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:348:65: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
348 | if (HPDF_Dict_AddNumber (image, "Width", (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->width)
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c:352:66: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
352 | if (HPDF_Dict_AddNumber (image, "Height", (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->height)
| ^~

src/hpdf_image_png.c:357:36: error: invalid use of incomplete typedef ‘png_info’ {aka ‘struct png_info_def’}
357 | (HPDF_UINT)info_ptr->bit_depth) != HPDF_OK)
| ^~
src/hpdf_image_png.c: In function ‘PngBeforeWrite’:
src/hpdf_image_png.c:389:49: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ‘HPDF_FileReader_New’ differ in signedness [-Wpointer-sign]
389 | png_data = HPDF_FileReader_New (obj->mmgr, s->value);
| ~^~~~~~~
| |
| HPDF_BYTE * {aka unsigned char *}
In file included from include/hpdf_encoder.h:21,
from include/hpdf_objects.h:18,
from include/hpdf_image.h:18,
from src/hpdf_image_png.c:17:
include/hpdf_streams.h:150:36: note: expected ‘const char *’ but argument is of type ‘HPDF_BYTE *’ {aka ‘unsigned char *’}
150 | const char *fname);
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:137: src/hpdf_image_png.o] Error 1"

Let me make sure I understand. Did you get the above quoted error when you ran make, then you ran make install?

If that is the case, you need to resolve the "make" error first. Unfortunately, when I tried a web search for that error, I turned up a confusing mish-mosh of responses.

Also, please surround any terminal output with "code" tags which become available when you click the "Advanced" button beneath the compose/edit post window. It makes terminal output much easier to read.

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libharu is in ArchLinux' [community] repository. Should be in Manjaro's too. I don't think you need to compile it manually.

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yes, try to install it from repository. Otherwise would be nice to know what did you try to make exactly (what did you download from where), what other steps did you execute before, what OS, compiler do you have exactly.
what you posted (the error message) is not enough to diagnose, it looks like a step was missing or some kind of incompatibility.

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@ms1689, if you really want to compile libharu from source:

The "year 2013 stable release v2.3.0" http://libharu.org/ → → https://github.com/libharu/libharu/a...EASE_2_3_0.zip

Or: https://github.com/libharu/libharu

Please remember that such obvious spammers accounts need to be removed completely because they often put spam links in their profiles, too.

I wanted to edit the post to portray quality's of Asian women.
I get yelled at when I delete posts.

Not sure I understand.
Not sure you understand.
The above user's profile page contains a spam link; the whole account has to be removed to get rid of that, not just one post.

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Possibly, only jeremy='root' can delete accounts. (like can't #rm -rf ..)
Use the 'Contact Us' link at bottom of page. (vs pm/email 'root')
(suggest root remove posts #6-on from this thread &also)

I see no link on their profile page.

It's at the bottom, under "Contact Info" > "Home Page".

I have no access to delete that as far as I know.

Knowing that jeremy moderates that subforum, I have added a link to one such offending profile to this thread.
Somebody might open a dedicated thread for reporting such profiles.