[SOLVED] Compiling ledger-cli

usr345 · 06-14-2021, 04:28 PM

Slackware 14.2, 32 bit. I pulled the last ledger-cli from github and decided to recompile it. It compiled successfully in 2019, but unfortunately in 2021 I got the following errors:

Code:

CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:63 (find_package):
  By not providing "FindPython.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Python", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Python" with any
  of the following names:

    PythonConfig.cmake
    python-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "Python" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "Python_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "Python"
  provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
  installed.


CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1657 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.59.0

  Boost include path: /usr/include

  Could not find the following Boost libraries:

          boost_nowide

  Some (but not all) of the required Boost libraries were found.  You may
  need to install these additional Boost libraries.

The first one is warning, it seems that cmake want's some Python configs. The second is an error: it needs boost_nowide lib. I couldn't find it anywhere among slackbuilds.

Any tips?

jostber · 06-15-2021, 03:56 AM

You will find the latest version of Ledger at SlackBuilds.org that should work:

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...siness/ledger/

usr345 · 06-15-2021, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jostber

You will find the latest version of Ledger at SlackBuilds.org that should work:

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...siness/ledger/

I tried it already. It also breaks with a different error. I wrote to the slackbuild maintainer.

ponce · 06-15-2021, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usr345

I tried it already. It also breaks with a different error. I wrote to the slackbuild maintainer.

try building that removing first the dependency utf8cpp: that actually breaks the build here and ledger seems to work well without it (it has an internal version).

usr345 · 06-15-2021, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

try building that removing first the dependency utf8cpp: that actually breaks the build here and ledger seems to work well without it (it has an internal version).

I upgraded utf8cpp with help of ledger Slackbuild maintainer, but still get an error with boost lib:

Code:

[ 86%] Linking CXX executable ../ledger
../libledger.so.3: undefined reference to `boost::match_results<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > >::maybe_assign(boost::match_results<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > > > const&)'
../libledger.so.3: undefined reference to `boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > >, std::allocator<boost::sub_match<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char const*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > >, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > >::construct_init(boost::basic_regex<char, boost::regex_traits<char, boost::cpp_regex_traits<char> > > const&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)'
../libledger.so.3: undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::path_traits::dispatch(boost::filesystem::directory_entry const&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)'
../libledger.so.3: undefined reference to `boost::re_detail::cpp_regex_traits_implementation<char>::transform_primary[abi:cxx11](char const*, char const*) const'
../libledger.so.3: undefined reference to `boost::re_detail::cpp_regex_traits_implementation<char>::transform[abi:cxx11](char const*, char const*) const'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
src/CMakeFiles/ledger.dir/build.make:129: recipe for target 'ledger' failed
make[2]: *** [ledger] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:87: recipe for target 'src/CMakeFiles/ledger.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/ledger.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:160: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

business_kid · 06-16-2021, 02:13 PM

Don't know the software at all, but 'undefined reference' errors usually signify the required library (libboost in this case) is too old, and a later version is required. Can't you update boost, & try again?

jostber · 06-16-2021, 02:45 PM

You have the more recent boost package for 14.2 here:

https://slackware.pkgs.org/14.2/slac..._64-1.txz.html

usr345 · 06-20-2021, 04:20 AM

After careful debugging and reading I found the cause of the problem. My boost was compiled with gcc 5.5.0, while I upgraded it to 9.2.0. To solve it I needed to pass "-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" option to the compiler. So I changed the slackbuild a little:

Code:

cd build
 cmake \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" \ # <-- !
   ..
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG

And it compiled successfully.

Additional reading:

* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...53905#68053905
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...g-to-stdstring