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caermundh

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Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] problem installing Xfce4-4.4.1-install.run

ok, so i downloaded xfce4-4.4.1-install.run, installed all the prerequisite libraries, got the graphical installation interface to run with no problems, but when it goes to build/make xfce it gets to about 25% then fails while trying to do make all on the MCS manager!

I have Ubuntu 7.04 alternate install, and i tried the downloads from the sourceforge AND the US - ca-us.xfce.org mirrors (when I got the error the first time, i downloaded from another mirror on the off chance that one mirror might have a corrupt copy or something)

Here is the text from the end of my error log:

## Building xfce-mcs-manager
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager'
Making all in doc
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
Making all in C
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
Making all in fr
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
Making all in it
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/po'
file=`echo ar | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
      && rm -f $file &&  -o $file ar.po
/bin/sh: -o: not found
make[2]: *** [ar.gmo] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz5922/xfce-mcs-manager'
make: *** [all] Error 2
!! Failed to build xfce-mcs-manager, see the errors above
!! for details on the problem.

can anyone tell me why im getting this error?

caermundh

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Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] problem installing Xfce4-4.4.1-install.run

sudo apt-get install gettext solved THAT problem, but now im failing on the next app.

heres the error log:

## Configuring exo
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
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 if building for some Win32 platform... 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/bin/iconv
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /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 whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
!! Failed to configure exo, see the errors above
!! for details on the problem.

WTF??

caermundh

Member

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] problem installing Xfce4-4.4.1-install.run

OK, checked the FAQ and found out that "sanity check" errors are caused by having the wrong C compiler installed or whatever and it can be fixed by installing the g++ compiler, anyways:

sudo apt-get install g++

fixed that problem. NOW, im failing on the Volume control app.

error log:

## Configuring xfce4-mixer
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
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 strerror in -lcposix... no
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 ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes
checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes
checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking machine/soundcard.h usability... no
checking machine/soundcard.h presence... no
checking for machine/soundcard.h... no
checking soundcard.h usability... no
checking soundcard.h presence... no
checking for soundcard.h... no
checking sys/soundcard.h usability... yes
checking sys/soundcard.h presence... yes
checking for sys/soundcard.h... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /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 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... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for f90... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether  accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
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 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 static flag -static 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... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux 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... no
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++ static flag -static 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... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for XML::Parser... ok
checking for iconv... /usr/bin/iconv
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking what sound system to use... alsa
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for pkg-config >= 0.9.0... 0.21
checking for alsa >= 0.9.0... not found
*** The required package alsa was not found on your system.
*** Please install alsa (atleast version 0.9.0) 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.
!! Failed to configure xfce4-mixer, see the errors above
!! for details on the problem.

im going to see if  'sudo aptitude search alsa' returns any packages that sound like they might solve this problem

caermundh

Member

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] problem installing Xfce4-4.4.1-install.run

ok...'sudo apt-get install alsa' gets me this:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting alsa-base instead of alsa
alsa-base is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Why is it selecting alsa-base OVER alsa??????????? and how do i install alsa??

caermundh

Member

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] problem installing Xfce4-4.4.1-install.run

ok, found aonther thread where the guy was having this "alsa file not found" problem:

http://forum.xfce.org/index.php?topic=3340.0

This thread did not show up when i did a search for some odd reason, i only managed to find it by manually looking through the threads. *shrug*

Anyways, you appearently need to install libasound2-dev. this installs the alsa.pc file to /usr/lib/pkgconfig, which is the file its looking for.

After this, the rest of the install ran with no other problems (Fortunatly. if id even one more problem id probably have formatted the laptop and gone back to windows )