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Pyr0

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Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

Hi I am having a problem with compiling xfce on FreeBSD.

When compiling in the order given by the site e.g.

• xfce4-dev-tools

• libxfce4util

• libxfcegui4

• libxfce4mcs

• xfce-mcs-manager

• all other modules (you have to install xfce4 panel before compiling panel plugins).

I get as far as libxfce4mcs which compiles and installs fine, but when I go to compile xfce-mcs-manager the "./configure" finishes fine but the "make" errors out with the message:

make: don't know how to make xfce-settings-manager.desktop. Stop.
*** Error code 1

Has any one else come across this error? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thank you for your help.

Nick

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

Does compiling with --enable-maintainer-mode solve the problem?

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Pyr0

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

No it didn't

I'm guessing I was supposed to go:
# ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode
# make

Is that right? I'm a little new to this whole compiling the source from tar balls jive

Thanks for the reply though

Nick

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

./configure --prefix=<somepath> --enable-maintainer-mode
make && make install

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Pyr0

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

hmmmm...

What path should the prefix be set too? I haven't used that for compiling any of the previous modules.

I have had to set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to equal "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" though.

Also should I recompile all of the previous modules with the "--enable-maintainer-mode" option set?

Thanks for your help on this Nick

Pyr0

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

Has any one else got any ideas on this problem?

I've tried everything Nick suggested but it hasn't helped

Is there something that I should install? Since the compiler is having trouble with creating the xfce-settings-manager.desktop file, which I'm guessing is the file that is used to display the Setting Manager in xfce's main menu. So is it maybe that some directory structure isn't there that it needs of something?

I've had a pretty good search on the net for this problem but nothing comes up. It says on the xfce site that it should compile on FreeBSD, which it almost does apart from this one little thing

Pyr0

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Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

For extra information here is the output when I do the command ./confiure:

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
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 gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for intltool >= 0.31... 0.33 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for iconv... /usr/local/bin/iconv
checking for msgfmt... /usr/local/bin/msgfmt
checking for msgmerge... /usr/local/bin/msgmerge
checking for xgettext... /usr/local/bin/xgettext
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd6.1
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd6.1
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... f77
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether f77 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 65536
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for f77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if f77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if f77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the f77 linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking math.h usability... yes
checking math.h presence... yes
checking for math.h... yes
checking signal.h usability... yes
checking signal.h presence... yes
checking for signal.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for daemon... yes
checking for setsid... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking libintl.h usability... no
checking libintl.h presence... no
checking for libintl.h... no
checking for bind_textdomain_codeset... no
checking for locales directory... ${prefix}/share/locale
checking for additional xgettext flags... --keyword=Q_
checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
checking for pkg-config >= 0.9.0... 0.20
checking for libxfcegui4-1.0 >= 4.3.99.1... not found
*** The required package libxfcegui4-1.0 was not found on your system.
*** Please install libxfcegui4-1.0 (atleast version 4.3.99.1) or adjust
*** the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
*** installed the package in a nonstandard prefix so that
*** pkg-config is able to find it.
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
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 gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for intltool >= 0.31... 0.33 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for iconv... /usr/local/bin/iconv
checking for msgfmt... /usr/local/bin/msgfmt
checking for msgmerge... /usr/local/bin/msgmerge
checking for xgettext... /usr/local/bin/xgettext
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd6.1
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd6.1
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... f77
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether f77 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 65536
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for f77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if f77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if f77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the f77 linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd6.1 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking math.h usability... yes
checking math.h presence... yes
checking for math.h... yes
checking signal.h usability... yes
checking signal.h presence... yes
checking for signal.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for daemon... yes
checking for setsid... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking libintl.h usability... no
checking libintl.h presence... no
checking for libintl.h... no
checking for bind_textdomain_codeset... no
checking for locales directory... ${prefix}/share/locale
checking for additional xgettext flags... --keyword=Q_
checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
checking for pkg-config >= 0.9.0... 0.20
checking for libxfcegui4-1.0 >= 4.3.99.1... 4.3.99.1
checking LIBXFCEGUI4_CFLAGS... -DXTHREADS -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include/cairo -I/usr/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/X11R6/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include
checking LIBXFCEGUI4_LIBS... -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lxfcegui4 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lxfce4util -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lXrandr -lXi -lXinerama -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXcursor -lXfixes -lcairo -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lz -lpango-1.0 -lm -lXrender -lX11 -lXext -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -liconv
checking for libxfce4mcs-manager-1.0 >= 4.3.99.1... 4.3.99.1
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_MANAGER_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_MANAGER_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lxfce4mcs-manager -lxfce4util -lglib-2.0 -liconv
checking for libxfce4mcs-client-1.0 >= 4.3.99.1... 4.3.99.1
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_CLIENT_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_CLIENT_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lxfce4mcs-client -lxfce4util -lglib-2.0 -liconv
checking whether to enable debugging support... minimum
checking whether /usr/bin/ld accepts -O1... yes
checking whether to enable load profiling... no
checking PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS...  -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS
checking PLATFORM_CFLAGS...
checking PLATFORM_LDFLAGS...  -Wl,-O1
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/C/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/C/images/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/fr/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/fr/images/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/it/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/it/images/Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating xfce-setting-show/Makefile
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager.spec
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/Makefile
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/manager-plugin.h
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/xfce-mcs-manager.pc
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing intltool commands
config.status: executing default-1 commands

And here is the output from the make command:

make  all-recursive
Making all in doc
Making all in C
Making all in images
Making all in fr
Making all in images
Making all in it
Making all in images
Making all in po
Making all in xfce-setting-show
make: don't know how to make xfce-settings-manager.desktop. Stop
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src/xfce-src/xfce-mcs-manager-4.3.99.1.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src/xfce-src/xfce-mcs-manager-4.3.99.1.

Pyr0

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Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 6

Re: Problem With Compiling xfce 3.9 on FreeBSD

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

You have to compile the xfce-mcs-manager package with "gmake" not just "make".

So simple but could I find that answer any where? NOPE! But thanks to Ori_B on the xfce forum I gots the answer.

Cheers again Ori_B