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zlib not found when running ./configure

Hi All,

Okay, so I'm having this strange problem. I downloaded the source for Celestia at celestia.sourceforge.net and I'm attempting to compile it. I followed the instructions, and typed "./configure --with-kde" at the prompt, and it was going through the configure when it abruptly ended ends. Here's a paste of the latest few lines, ending in the error "zlib not found":

-----------------------
checking whether to be pedantic... no
checking whether to do profiling... no
checking whether to enable GLUT... no
checking whether to enable GTK... no
checking whether to enable Gnome... no
checking whether to enable KDE... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... no
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... no
checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... no
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
checking whether g++ supports -frepo... no
checking whether g++ supports -instances=explicit... no
checking for X... no
checking for deflate in -lz... no
configure: error: zlib not found.
----------------------

At first I thought that zlib wasn't installed, so I downloaded it from www.zlib.org and compiled it and even ran the test program that came included with it and everything seems to be running properly on the zlib end. So, my question is, what is going wrong? How can I get this program to compile properly? I'm still relatively new at Linux so please understand if I'm missing something crucial here. If it's relevant, i'm running on the StartCom Multimedia distribution (based on RH9).

ALSO: Please note the following thread for the latest info regarding this issue: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...43#post1269243

Thank you,
Quordandis

you need to install the zlib-devel rpm from your distro cd's.

Ok,

So I downloaded and installed the zlib-devel rpm.....it installed ok... I tried to compile again, and got the SAME freakin error "zlib not found"

What SHOULD I DO?!?

hmmm, ok. what i'd do next is (after ensuring that running "rpm -qa | grep zlib" returns reference to zlib-devel) open up the ./configure script in an editor and see what the test is actually doing. then try to replicate it on the command line.

When I typed the rpm -qa | grep zlib command, it listed both zlib and zlib-devel...as for the second part of the post about looking into the ./configure script....I don't really know what I'm looking at... I mean, I can open it and all...but it's all gibberish to me.... I don't know how to interpret the script....

--Quordandis

You might find the configure.log slightly more legible. In any case, post the last couple dozen lines of it or so here -- it will show you exactly what test it ran and where it failed.

Well, here's a paste of the last few lines....

--------------------------------
## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=yes
ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu=no
ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value=
ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CXX_set=
ac_cv_env_CXX_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_exeext=
ac_cv_have_x=have_x=no
ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h=yes
ac_cv_header_inttypes_h=yes
ac_cv_header_memory_h=yes
ac_cv_header_stdc=yes
ac_cv_header_stdint_h=yes
ac_cv_header_stdlib_h=yes
ac_cv_header_string_h=yes
ac_cv_header_strings_h=yes
ac_cv_header_sys_stat_h=yes
ac_cv_header_sys_types_h=yes
ac_cv_header_unistd_h=yes
ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_lib_z_deflate=no
ac_cv_objext=o
ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c'
ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk
ac_cv_prog_CPP='gcc -E'
ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP=/lib/cpp
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB=ranlib
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_STRIP=strip
ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
ac_cv_prog_cxx_g=no
ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes
ac_cv_target=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_target_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu
am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type=gcc3
am_cv_CXX_dependencies_compiler_type=none
lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
lt_cv_file_magic_cmd='$MAGIC_CMD'
lt_cv_file_magic_test_file='/lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc-2.3.3.so'
lt_cv_ld_reload_flag=-r
lt_cv_objdir=.libs
lt_cv_path_LD=/usr/bin/ld
lt_cv_path_NM='/usr/bin/nm -B'
lt_cv_path_SED=/bin/sed
lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o=yes
lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o_CXX=no
lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o_GCJ=no
lt_cv_prog_compiler_rtti_exceptions=yes
lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes
lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe='sed -n -e '\''s/^.*[ ]$[ABCDGISTW][ABCDGISTW]*$[ ][ ]*$[_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*$$/\1 \2\3 \3/p'\'''
lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_to_c_name_address='sed -n -e '\''s/^: $[^ ]*$ $/ {\"\1\", (lt_ptr) 0},/p'\'' -e '\''s/^[BCDEGRST] $[^ ]*$ $[^ ]*$$/ {"\2", (lt_ptr) \&\2},/p'\'''
lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_to_cdecl='sed -n -e '\''s/^. .* $.*$$/extern int \1;/p'\'''
lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=32768
lt_lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o='"yes"'
lt_lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o_CXX='"no"'
lt_lt_cv_prog_compiler_c_o_GCJ='"no"'
lt_lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe='"sed -n -e '\''s/^.*[ ]\$[ABCDGISTW][ABCDGISTW]*\$[ ][ ]*\$\$\$[_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*\$\$/\\1 \\2\\3 \\3/p'\''"'
lt_lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_to_c_name_address='"sed -n -e '\''s/^: \$[^ ]*\$ \$/ {\\\"\\1\\\", (lt_ptr) 0},/p'\'' -e '\''s/^[BCDEGRST] \$[^ ]*\$ \$[^ ]*\$\$/ {\"\\2\", (lt_ptr) \\&\\2},/p'\''"'
lt_lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_to_cdecl='"sed -n -e '\''s/^. .* \$.*\$\$/extern int \\1;/p'\''"'

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE_NAME "celestia"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "celestia"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.3.2"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "celestia 1.3.2"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "celestia-developers@lists.sf.net"
#define PACKAGE "celestia"
#define VERSION "1.3.2"
#ifdef __cplusplus
void exit (int);
#endif
#define STDC_HEADERS 1
#define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
#define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
#define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
#define HAVE_STRING_H 1
#define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
#define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
#define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
#define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
#define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
#define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
#ifdef __cplusplus
void exit (int);
#endif
#define X_DISPLAY_MISSING 1

configure: exit 1
--------------------------------

If anyone could make heads or tails of this.....please let me know... :-)

Thanks,
Quordandis

Try without zlib

./configure --without-zlib

I ran into a similar problem where zlib-devel was installed. Turns out it was looking for perl-Compress-Zlib .

i configured afther a litte fight celestia
[code] ~]$ whereis zlib
zlib: /usr/include/zlib.h /usr/share/man/man3/zlib.3.gz
[/code[

Code:

]$ sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --with-gtk

--with-gtk becouse i am using KDE4 and not kde3

Code:



***************************************************************

** Celestia configuration complete. Now do a 'make' followed **

** by 'make install'                                        **

***************************************************************



Front-End: GTK

Use Cairo: yes

Use Lua: yes

Use Theora: no

now i needed to set up some cpp x86_64 binary's and lib's to get make running to make celestia at the c++ compilers and some other lib's and tools added to gcc

Code:

gcc --version

gcc (GCC) 4.5.1 20100924 (Red Hat 4.5.1-4)

Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Code:

~]$ rpm -qa | grep gcc

msp430-gcc-3.2.3-4.20100805cvs.fc14.x86_64

gccxml-0.9.0-0.3.20100715.fc14.x86_64

compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-20.fc14.x86_64

compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-20.fc14.x86_64

gcc-objc-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

gcc-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

libgcc-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

gcc-gnat-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

avr-gcc-c++-4.5.1-2.fc14.x86_64

gcc-java-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

gcc-gfortran-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

mingw32-gcc-4.5.0-1.fc14.x86_64

gcc-c++-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

mingw32-gcc-objc++-4.5.0-1.fc14.x86_64

mingw32-gcc-objc-4.5.0-1.fc14.x86_64

mingw32-gcc-gfortran-4.5.0-1.fc14.x86_64

avr-gcc-4.5.1-2.fc14.x86_64

mingw32-gcc-c++-4.5.0-1.fc14.x86_64

gcc-objc++-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64

compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-20.fc14.x86_64

libgcc-4.5.1-4.fc14.i686

and i needed to download
https://celestia.svn.sourceforge.net...runk/celestia/

the svn version of celestia to get rid of the EOF Error whit the latest GCC version

Code:

-DLUA_VER=0x050100 -DCELX  -MT command.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/command.Tpo -c -o command.o command.cpp

In file included from ../celestia/celestiacore.h:18:0,

                from command.cpp:12:

../celengine/overlay.h:30:26: error: ‘EOF’ was not declared in this scope

make[3]: *** [command.o] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia-1.6.0/src/celengine'

make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia-1.6.0/src'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia-1.6.0'

make: *** [all] Error 2

so started configureing again first the svn version has no configure file at standart
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celesti...Linux_platform

here they recommend to dir to the basic celestia build folder of your svn version
than

Code:

autoreconf -iv

now there is a nice configure file
so i can start building from configure

Code:

sh ./configure --with-gtk



***************************************************************

** Celestia configuration complete. Now do a 'make' followed **

** by 'make install'                                        **

***************************************************************



Front-End: GTK

Use Cairo: yes

Use Lua: yes

Use Theora: no

so the svn version does change the zlib error and niceley configures celestia
so ather i type

Code:

make

****************

Making all in scripts

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn/scripts'

make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/*****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn/scripts'

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

configure says like above to do a make install afther finishing make
but it cannot permit
so i do a

Code:

sudo make install

***************

test -z "/usr/local/share/celestia" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/share/celestia"

 /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 celestia.cfg controls.txt COPYING start.cel demo.cel guide.cel '/usr/local/share/celestia'

test -z "/usr/local/share/celestia/splash" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/share/celestia/splash"

 /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 splash.png '/usr/local/share/celestia/splash'

make  install-data-hook

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

if [ "" -a -d //celestia -a ! -h //celestia ] ; then \

        mv -f -b //celestia/* //usr/local/share/celestia/ ; \

        rmdir //celestia ; \

fi

if [ "" -a ! -h //celestia ] ; then \

        ln -s /usr/local/share/celestia //celestia ; \

fi

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/****/*(trash)*bin/celestia_svn'

and it runs fine

Code:

]$ celestia

Initializing ARB vertex programs . . .

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/diffuse_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/specular_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/haze_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/bumpdiffuse_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/bumphaze_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/shadowtex_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/diffuse_texoff_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/rings_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/ringshadow_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/night_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/glossmap_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/diffuse2_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/haze2_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/diffuse_texoff2_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/specular2_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/night2_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/star_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/multishadow_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/texphong_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/texphong_alpha_arb.vp

Loading ARB vertex program: shaders/ell_galaxy_arb.vp

All ARB vertex programs loaded successfully.

Initializing NV fragment programs . . .

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/shadow_on_rings_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/eclipse1_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/eclipse2_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/diffuse_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/bumpdiffuse_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/texphong_nv.fp

Loading NV fragment program: shaders/texphong_alpha_nv.fp

All NV fragment programs loaded successfully.

render path: 8

WELCOME TO CELESTIA VERSION 1.6.0

Quote:

so to be nice i do a sh ./configure --with-INTERFACE afther that make afther that sudo make install and type in your root password.

but whit this i could do

Code:

sh ./configure && make && sudo make install

right?