Problem compiling w3m: Missing gc.h

ixhabbaba · 10-09-2007, 12:08 PM

Hello!

I decided to give w3m a try, but when ./configuring,
I'm told that a file named gc.h is missing.
The README file implies that this file should come
with the GNU C library, although find couldn't find
any such file on my system.

Please help me! I love text based apps, and I really
want to try this one.

Nylex · 10-09-2007, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixhabbaba

The README file implies that this file should come
with the GNU C library

No it doesn't. It says the following:

You need latest version of GC library (at least 6.1?).
You can get GC library from
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/

Note: if you're using GC library 6.1, you should install gc.h
to PREFIX/include:
# cp gc-6.1/include/gc.h PREFIX/include

So, get the library and then try again.

ixhabbaba · 10-09-2007, 12:33 PM

I downloaded gc 7.0, which compiled just fine.
However, w3m gives an error message while compiling:

./mktable 100 functable.tab > functable.c
./mktable: error while loading shared libraries: libgc.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
make: *** [functable.c] Error 127

EDIT:
I didn't find any PREFIX folder in the
gc package, so I assumed the cp command
was just for the 6.1 version. Was I wrong,
and how terribly?

Nylex · 10-09-2007, 01:03 PM

Perhaps you need to run "ldconfig" first. PREFIX isn't a folder, it's the installation prefix for your w3m installation, e.g. if you add "--prefix=/usr" to your configure line, then the prefix is /usr (so the files will go in subdirectories of /usr, e.g. /usr/lib, /usr/bin, /usr/include).

ixhabbaba · 10-09-2007, 01:11 PM

Thanks. It compiles now, and works fine in xterm,
but not in tty:s, where it exits due to a
"segmentation fault", a term I am unfamiliar with.