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./configure problem :(

Hey guys, Ive installed so many things for gcc and everything already and I still get some errors... Could you please take look at this:

Code:

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking for -p flag to install... yes

checking whether build environment is sane... yes

checking for gawk... gawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables...

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed

checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for g++... g++

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes

checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes

checking dependency style of g++... gcc3

checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... yes

checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... yes

checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... yes

checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes

checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes

checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E

checking whether g++ supports -frepo... yes

not using lib directory suffix

checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld

checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes

checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r

checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B

checking for a sed that does not truncate output...

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all

checking for egrep... grep -E

checking for ANSI C header files... yes

checking for sys/types.h... yes

checking for sys/stat.h... yes

checking for stdlib.h... yes

checking for string.h... yes

checking for memory.h... yes

checking for strings.h... yes

checking for inttypes.h... yes

checking for stdint.h... yes

checking for unistd.h... yes

checking dlfcn.h usability... yes

checking dlfcn.h presence... yes

checking for dlfcn.h... yes

checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768

checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok

checking for objdir... .libs

checking for ranlib... ranlib

checking for strip... strip

checking if gcc static flag  works... yes

checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no

checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes

checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build static libraries... no

configure: creating libtool

appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool

checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes

checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

appending configuration tag "GCJ" to libtool

checking if gcj supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... (cached) no

checking for gcj option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if gcj PIC flag -fPIC works... no

checking if gcj supports -c -o file.o... no

checking whether the gcj linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt

checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt

checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext

checking for main in -lutil... yes

checking for main in -lcompat... no

checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes

checking for socklen_t... socklen_t

checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no

checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no

checking for inet_ntoa... yes

checking for connect... yes

checking for remove... yes

checking for shmat... yes

checking crt_externs.h usability... no

checking crt_externs.h presence... no

checking for crt_externs.h... no

checking for _NSGetEnviron... no

checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes

checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes

checking for poll in -lpoll... no

checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability... no

checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence... no

checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h... no

checking for res_init... yes

checking if res_init needs custom prototype... no

checking for killpg in -lucb... no

checking for int... yes

checking size of int... 4

checking for long... yes

checking size of long... 4

checking for char *... yes

checking size of char *... 4

checking for char... yes

checking size of char... 1

checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes

checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no

checking for vsnprintf... yes

checking for snprintf... yes

checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct pat

Can someone tell me what to do?

Thanks,

Tom

First try 'urpmi libxfree86-devel' to install the missing headers it's complaining about.

If that doesn't work you should tell us what distro you're using (9.2, 10.0 etc) and what package you're trying to compile.

Also, did you check 'development' when you installed ? If you didn't it's likely that you're going to have to install more of the -devel rpms to get the libraries and headers you need before compiling becomes easy.

I'm using MDK 10, and I cannot install anything from the CD because then my PC freezes, I put it on this forum already, but I guess no one knew how to fix it, and i was trying to compile superkaramba...

what should I do?

Thanks,

Tom

could some please tell me what to do? because I cannot compile anything, I cannot install any apps that I have, please

Thanks,

Tom

Ok I got this "libxfree86-devel" installed, and now I get this error:

Code:

checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include

checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes

checking for libXext... yes

checking for Xinerama... no

checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes

checking for extra includes... no

checking for extra libs... no

checking for libz... -lz

checking for libpng... no

checking for libjpeg6b... no

checking for libjpeg... no

configure: WARNING: libjpeg not found. disable JPEG support.

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!

For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.

Tom

omg another error... :( :

Code:

 checking whether included gettext is requested... no

checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes

checking for wx-config... no

configure: error:

        Please check that wx-config is in path, the directory

        where wxWidgets libraries are installed (returned by

        'wx-config --libs' command) is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or

        equivalent variable and wxWidgets is version 2.4.0 or above.

        Or this might also be a bug in our configure. Please try again

        with --with-wx-config=/usr/bin/wx-config

        (replace /usr/bin/wx-config with a valid path to your wx-config)

        * Note:

        Most probably, either one of the above aren't correct, you don't

        have wxGTK installed, or are missing wxGTK-devel (or equivalent) package

I think you will have to install wx-config:

Code:

urpmi wx-config

This shows you should install qt:

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.

It should be greater then or equal to qt version 3.0

Code:

urpmi qt

If you haven't got it you can download it at http://www.rpmfind.com

If you see what ./configure is looking for is not found: for example:

Code:

checking for wx-config... no

Code:

checking for Qt... blahblah Qt blahblah not found

Then try to install it with urpmi.

Regards

I tried installing all of them, I missed wx-config tho, and Qt is not on the CD, will look for it today later on

thanks,

Tom

Tom, I read qt is called libqt3 on mandrake, else it can be qt3.

I know how annoying this is. I have always had these kind of problems when I was on Mandrake. I was supprised how easily it went after switching to Red Hat where I had never any dependecy problems. The same counts for Slackware and Gentoo where I'm now on.

Regards,

Ben

yes I understand it is easy on RedHat because I had it, but are RedHat or Slackware or gentoo user friendly?, or can you make ur desktop look nice? does it support mounting windows partitionS? i mean can you read windows partitions on them? and do they install all of your hardwar? because I dont think they are that way... I want a nice userfriendly (nice looking :-P) and pretty easy and useful OS, dont really know which one is that, Im switching all the time and I still cannot find THE ONE,

Tom

I downloaded Gentoo, but then I went on their website, and it seems like it is VERY HARD to install, I'm a linux newbie, I've installed only Redhat9 Suse 9.1 and MDK 10 before, and I dont know if I could handle Gentoo, do you think I should try?

Thanks,

Tom

I have asked on the gentoo forums if it would be to difficult too install Gentoo for a newbie. I can say you will learn a lot from it but I think if something goes wrong it can be hard to solve. Mandrake is actually something you could like, but I think you just have to adjust it a bit to your needs. I have heard good things about Suse but I haven't tried it. It should be a bit similar to Mandrake and RedHat. The advantage is that you can often use a GUI or a wizard to setup something in these distro's.
You can adapt your desktop the way you like it, you can for example choose to use transparant menu's, use different icon's and use different colors. You only have to adjust it using the options in the config center or something. There are also enough choices in different desktops you can choose from, like gnome and kde. To use a new desktop you'll probhably just have to install the one you like (urpmi gnome for example), whereafter you choose to startup with the new desktop in the config center of the desktop your now using. Mandrake is a bit annoiying because of those install difficulties.
Your Windows partitions are pherhaps already mounted under /mnt on Mandrake.
The hardware compatibility should be pretty the same on the distro's.
So I believe Suse, RedHat and Mandrake are pretty much the same, but Mandrake has those install difficulties.
You can take a look here to get an impression of what is possible with the desktops http://justlinux.com/forum/showthrea...hreadid=130938 You won't be dissapointed after adjusting them a bit.

I like Mandrake so far, and I also loved suse, but suse didnt have gcc, make or other important stuff like that either, thats why i changed it to mandrake with a hope i wouldnt have to do A LOT of compiling on it, ive read a lot of stuff about gentoo and ive read that it is very user unfriendly :( too bad i really wanted to try it lol, ive even downloaded it, but it scared me a lot, is there a possible installation of gentoo in not text mode, in like visual mode or something like that?

what do you suggest, what would be better for me to do, "I know I am a newbie, but not thhat much of a computer noobie, I know pretty much stuff about computers" should i stay with Mandrake and try to compile everything I can, or should I switch ?

Thanks for your time

Tom

There is Navyn OS which is based on Gentoo. I just read about it. You can install it with an installer that is on the cd's wereafter you will have a working Gentoo system. When you have it installed you can install every program on Gentoo with "emerge program" That will ./configure, compile and install the program for you automaticly.

http://www.edworak.os1.kappa.pl/index.php?id_article=1

Some people seem to have problems with setting up their partitions with Navyn OS. and maybe you will have to setup your network manually. The default desktop is fluxbox, you'll prophably want that to change to another desktop like gnome. I can help you with these things tomorrow if you like to.

Greetings,

Ben

Hmm... this looks interesting, and the other good part is, that it could be in polish language too... lol good think because I know more polish than english :-p, I might give it a try, but for sure not this week, because I got a lot of work, at work... :-p

Ben, could i maybe contact you on aim or messenger? if not then it is OK with me, I will give it a try next week, thanks for your help :)

Tom