not able to install emelFM

rangalo · 11-17-2005, 05:59 AM

Hi,

I am trying to install emelfm-0.9.2. I installed to source and also cheked that I have gtk+1.2

which is the major dependency for it.. but when I tried to make it i received following errors. Has anybody buit emelfm for slackware ? i m usign slackware 10.2

Code:

gcc -O2 -Wall -fPIC -DPIC `gtk-config --cflags`  -DENABLE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\" -o unpack.so unpack.c `gtk-config --libs` `glib-config --libs gthread` -shared
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hardik/dl/soft/emelfm-0.9.2/plugins'
[ -z -DENABLE_NLS ] || (cd po; make)
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hardik/dl/soft/emelfm-0.9.2/po'
for i in `ls *.po`; do \
        msgfmt -o `echo $i | sed -e s/.po//`.gmo $i; \
done
cs.po:709: `msgid' and `msgstr' entries do not both end with '\n'
cs.po:779: `msgid' and `msgstr' entries do not both end with '\n'
msgfmt: found 2 fatal errors
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hardik/dl/soft/emelfm-0.9.2/po'

and another general question. I am facing such problems when I try to install any new softwaer on slackware, even if I follow the readme instructions and check for all the dependencies. Is there any other way to install software painlessly on this box ?

thanks.

Hardik.

rangalo · 11-17-2005, 06:55 AM

ok, some more info.. the emelfm exe is created, but when I try to run it says unable to generate display or something in that sense..

..
Hardik.

gbonvehi · 11-17-2005, 09:24 AM

"Or something in that sense" is not very descriptive

Maybe you're running X under your user account and you're trying to run the program with root (which you probably used to compile) in that X server.

egag · 11-17-2005, 09:58 AM

---------------
make[1]: Entering directory ` '
for i in `ls *.po`; do \
msgfmt -o `echo $i | sed -e s/.po//`.gmo $i; \
done
cs.po:709: `msgid' and `msgstr' entries do not both end with '\n'
cs.po:779: `msgid' and `msgstr' entries do not both end with '\n'
msgfmt: found 2 fatal errors
---------------------

those " .po " files are translations.

you can just open the file " /home/hardik/dl/soft/emelfm-0.9.2/po/cs.po "
in an editor and take a look at lines 709 and 779

there are all sets of two lines like
----------
msgid "Number of files in folder '%s': %i\n"
msgstr "PoÄet souborÅ¯ v adresÃ¡Å™i '%s': %i\n"
----------

if one ends with " \n " and the other not, that's an error.
so you probably only have to add ( or remove ) a " \n " at the end of those lines ( 709 and 779 )

save the file and then try again.

also for Slackware packages you can take a look at www.linuxpackages.net.
as an alternative for compiling from source.
though i prefer compiling from source.

egag

tuxdev · 11-17-2005, 10:11 AM

you can disable the Internationalization if you edit Makefile.common. It doesn't effect emelFM if you always run it in english.

gnashley · 11-17-2005, 01:09 PM

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls should do it.
Since slack uses very up-to-date GCC, you'll have problems compiling some older software.

rangalo · 11-18-2005, 04:41 AM

Hallo,

thanks for ur answers

now it is working ...

Quote:

"Or something in that sense" is not very descriptive

Maybe you're running X under your user account and you're trying to run the program with root (which you probably used to compile) in that X server.

this was the problem

but the general question still remails, is there any way to install things without facing such errors at all !!!

Hardik.

tuxdev · 11-18-2005, 03:10 PM

Sure, if you want to take the time to fix it. That is what open source is all about.

bmike1 · 01-15-2012, 10:12 AM

I downloaded emelfm and unpacked it with tar. Ran make and make install. Now.... I know this is a stupid question but: How do I start it? I can't find anything to start it.....

I just realized something that might be a problem. I didn't run ./configure. But when I tried to I notice there is no configure file, only a makefile. hmmmm..... don't know what to do.

Just noticed something... I ran make again and it was saying

Code:

Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
Package gthread-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gthread-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gthread-2.0' found
generating 'objs/src/e2_task_backend.deps'

it seems I don't have gtk+-2.0 and synaptic doesn't have a gtk+ listed as available for install.... hmmmmm.

ponce · 01-15-2012, 11:06 AM

maybe should be easier making a package from Chess Griffin's slackbuild for emelfm2 (the original emelfm is unmaintained).

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/system/emelfm2/

bmike1 · 01-18-2012, 11:37 PM

Which file should I put gtk+ in to make it accessible to any program that might need it? /bin? /usr?
Is there any way to apt-get it?

bobzilla · 01-19-2012, 07:55 AM

@bmike1: is your question Ubuntu related? If it is, you got the wrong forum.