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Re: gEDA-user: Help request

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Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Help request
From: sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:17:18 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi --

1.  I don't recommend using Ubuntu to build software.  Ubuntu doesn't
come with the usual build tools (gcc, header files and all that)
installed.  That's why you had all the dependecies to deal with.

Ubuntu is good for e-mail and text editing, but not at all good for
the task you are attempting.  Try Fedora Core or SuSE instead.  They
are reasonably user friendly, and are *complete* distributions.

2.  If you insist on using Ubuntu, your problem here:

> cd . \
>           && CONFIG_FILES=3D CONFIG_HEADERS=3D[config.h] \
>              /bin/sh ./config.status
> config.status: creating [config.h]
> config.status: error: cannot find input file: [config.h].in
> make[2]: *** [stamp-h] Error 1

occurs because you are missing the file config.h.in in the directory 
/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda.  Look in
the directory to verify that it exists.  If it doesn't, there was a
problem in either downloading the CVS stuff, or in createing
config.h.in.  

This file is processed by the automake stuff to create the header file
config.h.  This might be an issue with your build tools.  Can you run
the following commands: 

automake --version
autoconf --version
autoheader --version

(Does autoheader return a version string?)

Good luck!

Stuart



> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to build gEDA from CVS. I do have really hard time to travel =
> thru the linux flavors jungle, I have installed five linux versions =
> simultaneously only to be able to find one useful for gEDA. Only Ubuntu =
> was friendly enough for me, still I could not overcome a few problems. I =
> am not familiar with linux or gEDA but I am committed to learn. Please =
> help me to figure out what I am doing wrong. Looks like the instruction =
> from the official gEDA site are for =93standard=94? linux distro. On my =
> Ubuntu Dapper (AMD K7 kernel with AMD64 processor) it is not possible to =
> make use of a normal =93export=94 instruction. Only with help from:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D141647
> sudo gedit /root/bashrc (added lines):
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D/home/work/programs/gEDA/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> PATH=3D/home/work/programs/gEDA/bin:${PATH}
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=3D/home/work/programs/gEDA/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
> 
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> export PATH
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> 
> I was able to set somehow the PATH variables. I suspected this is what I =
> was missing according to =93- Set shell variables.  *VERY IMPORTANT*=94 =
> from the README file. Still my adventure of:
> $time { make install;  }
> is ending with:
> 
> ...
> Processing s_undo.texi ...
> Processing s_toplevel.texi ...
> Processing u_basic.texi ...
> cd . \
>           && makeinfo `echo libgedadoc.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> make[3]: Entering directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/docs'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /home/work/programs/gEDA/info
> mkdir /home/work/programs/gEDA/info
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./libgedadoc.info =
> /home/work/programs/gEDA/info/libgedadoc.info
> make[3]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/docs'
> make[2]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/docs'
> Making install in share
> make[2]: Entering directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/share'
> make[3]: Entering directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/share'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /home/work/programs/gEDA/share/gEDA
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./prolog.ps =
> /home/work/programs/gEDA/share/gEDA/prolog.ps
> make[3]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/share'
> make[2]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda/share'
> make[2]: Entering directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda'
> make[3]: Entering directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda'
> cd . && autoheader
> make[3]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda'
> cd . \
>           && CONFIG_FILES=3D CONFIG_HEADERS=3D[config.h] \
>              /bin/sh ./config.status
> config.status: creating [config.h]
> config.status: error: cannot find input file: [config.h].in
> make[2]: *** [stamp-h] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory =
> `/home/backups/src/electro/geda/sources/geda/devel/libgeda'
> make: *** [libgeda_install] Error 2
> 
> real    2m44.956s
> user    1m11.153s
> sys     0m22.148s
> 
> Please help me here, I have no clue at all what is wrong. I tried to =
> satisfy somehow the endless dependencies with:
> 
> sudo apt-get install pkg-config libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev libpango1.0-0 =
> libpango1.0-dev groff \
> 	guile-1.6 guile-1.6-dev libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev gcc g++ gcc make =
> build-essential \
> 	autoconf automake libtool gettext tetex-extra tetex-base tetex-doc =
> latex2html texinfo \
> 	libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-dev python-wxgtk2.6 libxaw7 libxaw7-dev =
> xaw3dg xaw3dg-dev \
> 	libxaw-headers libxpm-dev python-wxversion wx2.6-headers gperf flex =
> bison tcl8.4 tcl8.4-dev \
> 	libdirectfb-0.9-22 libdirectfb-dev libgtk+2.0-directfb-dev =
> libgtk+2.0-directfb0 gawk \
> 	libgtk+2.0-directfb0 libgtk+2.0-directfb-dev libglade2-dev
> 
> In addition, with help from =93Linux From Scratch=94  I installed some =
> more packages:
> 
> # install readline
> # /usr/local/include/readline/readline.h or =
> /usr/include/readline/readline.h
> cd /home/backups/src/linux
> #wget -c ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-5.1.tar.gz
> tar -xzf readline-5.1.tar.gz
> cd readline-5.1
> sudo ./configure --prefix=3D/usr/local
> sudo make
> sudo make install
> sudo ldconfig
> cd /home/backups/src/linux
> sudo rm -rf ./readline-5.1
> 
> # install diffutils
> cd /home/backups/src/linux
> tar -xzf diffutils-2.8.1.tar.gz
> cd diffutils-2.8.1
> patch -Np1 -i ../diffutils-2.8.1-i18n-1.patch
> touch man/diff.1
> ./configure --prefix=3D/usr
> make
> make install
> cd /home/backups/src/linux
> rm -rf ./diffutils-2.8.1
> # install diffutils END
> 
> glibc-2.3.6 (too long to paste the content here, if anyone is interested =
> just ask)
> 
> Some packages I choose here are not required at all but I do not have =
> the knowledge to fine tune this. I spend quite a few nights and weekends =
> with trials and errors to get here. Anyway, I was able to install the =
> gEDA from geda-install-20060124.iso image with no problems. I had no =
> time yet to verify that my CD installation is working with the twisted =
> =93export=94 for PATH.
> To avoid this painful update process and to stretch my lifespan, could =
> somebody out there implement some sort of =93live update=94 mouse click =
> shortcut for a quick on-line update for the whole gEDA package at once?
> And another request. I would like to avoid this unbelievable mess of =
> PATH. It will be possible to replace this mechanism with some sort of =
> *ini or *cfg file inside of gEDA distro (or any other software trick) =
> where the main interface program to look for any required PATH, instead =
> of relaying on the myth of  =93standard=94 linux?
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian Nania
> 
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