Questions tagged [autotools]
13 questions
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Why can't I find termcap library when I build gdb?
make and then failed with:
configure: error: no termcap library found, but that termcap lib is just there, why can't make find it?
checking for library containing zlibVersion... -lz
checking zlib.h usability... yes
checking zlib.h presence...…
hugemeow
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Why did rtorrent fail to build?
I am not root, so I have to build rtorrent from source and hope to install it in my home directory, but it failed, why?
[mirror@hugemeow rtorrent]$ ls
AUTHORS autogen.sh ChangeLog configure.ac COPYING doc INSTALL Makefile.am NEWS rak …
hugemeow
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How to compile GTK2 on Linux machine without administrator privileges?
I'm working on a "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)" machine, which has GVim version 6.4.6, which is quite old, and not supported by some plugins.
This is a corporate machine, and no one will do any administrative changes just because I want…
Zvika
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1 answer
How to update autoconf if I don't have root privilege?
Failed to run autoreconf -iv, for i am using a old autoconf, but i can not update it using system package manager since i am not root
so how to update autoconf from 2.59 to 2.64?
error message when run autoreconf:
[mirror@hugemeow gdb-7.5]$…
hugemeow
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How do install POEdit on CentOS 7?
I want to install POEdit on CentOS 7.
After running ./configure, I receive a message about several libraries not being installed, such as wxWidgets and Boost. I've installed these libraries and it moves past that phase of the configuration, but now…
Magnus
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Why did I fail to build ctags for vim?
I got the latest, unreleased version of the ctags source code from the svn repository using
svn co https://ctags.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ctags
I ran ./configure, which failed with the following error:
config.status: creating…
hugemeow
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Stuck on "checking the maximum length of command line arguments..." when running make on MSYS2
I am working with an autotools project.
It works on the CI however, when I run it on my work PC it freezes when running make
checking for af77... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for f90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for pghpf...…
JKRT
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Why gdb is bind to fixed version of autoconf?
Edit 1: I am trying to build gdb from source.
Why can't I use autoconf 2.65 instead of 2.64? It is confusing:(
/var/lib/gforge/chroot/home/users/mirror/ins/ins-autoconf/bin/autoreconf -iv
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac:…
hugemeow
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What should I do in order to build curl without an error?
This failed when I run ./buildconf
The error information is as follows:
[mirror@home curl]$ ls
acinclude.m4 CMakeLists.txt GIT-INFO MacOSX-Framework packages TODO-RELEASE
Android.mk configure.ac include …
hugemeow
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0
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Speeding up ./configure script restarts when it fails
How to optimize restarting of ./configure script when it fails?
E.g. start ./configure to figure out missing dependency; start it again to figure out the next missing dependency and so on. If we have N missing dependencies, we have to wait for…
Vi.
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1 answer
autotools dosnt create Makefile.im or Makefile on new computer
So i have a problem compiling my software project on my new computer. Unfortunately my old computer is broken and i have to use the new one.
My Problem is, that i cant build my software project the way it worked on the old one. The old on runs with…
Bertram
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2 answers
How to run autotools from a nonstandard directory?
I'm trying to build a library on a remote CI server, but I don't have root privileges. The library requires autoconf, automake and libtool packages to be installed. I can't do that with apt-get install, so I tried to do a workaround: downloading the…
Machta
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Why did I fail to build boost from source?
This issue is not the same as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7644205/is-it-possible-to-have-an-unrelated-autotools-project-inside-an-autotools-projec
The error message is as follows:
[mirror@hugemeow tmp]$ ./configure
configure: error: cannot…
hugemeow
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