can't ever compile anything :-(

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Fred Nastos wrote:

> On January 25, 2004 08:18 pm, Trevor Smith wrote:
> >
> > For example, I'm desperately trying to get *any* gnutella client to run on
> > this machine so I don't have to boot to Windows for bearshare.

This won't to solve the compiler issue or anything but limewire, the java
base gnutella client will work just fine... install the sun jre 1.4.1 rpms
and install limewire and you can p2p to your hearts content...

> Should be
> > simple, right? I tried mutella but running the 'make' step generates errors
> > including:
> >
> > [...]
> > g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -D_REENTRANT
> > -D_MIT_POSIX_THREADS -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -g -O0 -c -o gnushare.o
> > `test -f 'gnushare.cpp' || echo './'`gnushare.cpp
> >  gnushare.cpp: In member function `void MGnuShare::ResetDirectories(long
> > unsigned int&, u_long*)':
> >  gnushare.cpp:220: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function)
> >  gnushare.cpp:220: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > for each function it appears in.)
> > [...]
> 
> I get the same error.
> 
> > (Actually that's copied from another person's post who had the same
> > problem.) I posted to the help forums for that software but no one replied
> > so I gave up and tried qtella. It claims:
> >
> > 'All you need are the Qt libraries compiled with thread support. You can
> > check whether these libraries exists by typing "locate qt-mt". If locate
> > does not list the libraries...'
> >
> > No problem, on my system "locate qt-mt" says:
> >
> > [trevor at localhost qtella-0.6.4]$ locate qt-mt
> > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2.3
> > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2
> 
> On my system I have qt-3.1 instead of 3.2.  ./configure worked just fine, and 
> qtella is compiling as I write this.... can't wait to try it (my first p2p).
> 
> > I figure that means yes, I have them so I try to follow the instructions:
> >
> > 1. tar xzf qtella-VERSION.tar.gz
> >  2. cd qtella-VERSION
> >  3. ./configure
> > ...
> >
> > But at step 3 I get:
> >
> > [trevor at localhost qtella-0.6.4]$ ./configure
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > /home/trevor/qtella-0.6.4/missing: Unknown `--run' option
> > Try `/home/trevor/qtella-0.6.4/missing --help' for more information
> > configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
> > checking for gawk... gawk
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> > checking for g++... g++
> > checking for C++ compiler default output file name... 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 g++ accepts -g... yes
> > checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> > checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > 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 for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking for Qt moc...
> > Qt's moc not found! If you have installed Qt in an
> > unusual place, please use the "--with-qt-moc=" option
> >
> > So obviously "all I need" is not what is claimed. :-(
> >
> > One caveat: I did upgrade to the new KDE beta release so I have some newer
> > version of Qt on my system I think.
> >
> > 1. Should someone without system-level programming experience on linux ever
> > attempt to compile software? It is certainly incomprehensible to me and any
> > error stops me dead in the water. The info generated never enlightens me or
> > gives me any idea how to "fix" the problem of the moment.
> >
> > 2. Why can a plain vanilla, out of the box FC1 system never successfully
> > compile any source I ever download? Is there something else I should
> > install on my system to be able to compile most software out there? Or do I
> > generally need to become an expert on each individual package I download
> > and try to install?
> >
> > 3. How many years of computer science classes will I realistically need to
> > attend before I can understand half of what is going on when I try to
> > compile any non-trivial linux program?
> >
> > frustrated beyond description at all the days I've wasted without any
> > results. :-(
> >
> > --
> >  Trevor Smith    |    trevor at haligonian.com
> 
> 

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