Compiling is the process of transforming source code into byte codes for a particular computer architecture.
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Unable to mount root fs after new kernel compile in VMware
So, I'm attempting to compile and use the 3.6.2 kernel on my Debian 6 VM (running under Windows 7 in VMware Workstation 9). I've already had several hick ups, but I am slowly getting through them but ...
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Present USE flags upon emerging a package in gentoo
I was wondering if there are any tools to present the compile time options/ flags of a package in Gentoo when emerging. I am referring to something like this
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Enable kernel module for VPN
I'm trying to turn on modules for VPN so I followed this tutorial to compile new ubuntu kernel 3.8.6 .
But the features I've turned on using make menuconfig seem not to be enabled.
(the features I ...
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I need a step by step guide to build kernel modules in ChrUbuntu
I don't have experience building kernel modules. And worse, I'm trying to do it on ChrUbuntu, so it seems that I cannot follow the existing Ubuntu guides. For example, this command fails:
# apt-get ...
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Error compiling OSSEC HIDS with Mysql support
I work with OSSEC HIDS In Ubuntu 11.10 from the instructions on the OSSEC wiki.
When I install with mysql support, I get this error
/tmp/ccuS4FYw.o: In function mysql_osdb_connect': ...
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Build Operating System version is different from Kernel version. Can this cause trouble?
I have recently messed up my Debian Squeeze installation. (click for more). I fixed audio but my battery state indicator and touchpad isn't working. In my attempt to fix this I observed that Kernel ...
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I can not get my Realtek 8723 driver source compiled
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13. WLAN won't work out of box with fedora 18. So I googled around and found this 2 links:
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Adding Buildroot Package
I'm trying to add a package to buildroot, but I'm not having much success. The package I'm trying to add is an autotools package called scew. I've followed the buildroot guidelines about adding ...
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“ unsupported for `ljmp' ” error while compiling minimal bootloader and kernel
I'm using gmake to compile this code, but I'm stuck on this error message:
+ as kern/entry.S
kern/entry.S: Assembler messages:
kern/entry.S:55: Error: unsupported for `ljmp'
gmake: * ...
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GCC fails to build at linking libquadmath
I'm trying to build GCC (GCC 4.8, at revision 195144), but I get the following error:
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libquadmath.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libquadmath.la" ...
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Building pango-1.32.6 for use in building gtk3 from git
I'm trying to build pango-1.32.6 to use when building gtk+3 from git, but I'm getting the following error:
checking for CAIRO... yes
checking which cairo font backends could be used... none
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Yarbu Execution
I am attempting to use a Project called Yarbu
It appears to be exactly what I am looking for. However I am a noob at Linux and am having difficulty getting it to work.
I successfully completed the ...
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Debugging information in GCC preprocessor output [migrated]
I was inspecting the preprocessed output generated by GCC, and I see a lot of these in the .i file that I generated using the -save-temps flag:
# 8 "/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/gnu/stubs.h" 2 3 4
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Need general guide on how to build Linux Stream (LiS) under RedHat 6.2
Day 1
I have hit into some error, and the build simply fail, saying that there is some conflict. Thus I believe a .o file cannot be made and then result fatal error during linking, anyone have steps ...
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Compile mkvtoolnix for router with customized firmware
I am using my router (asus-rt66u with customized firmware (tomato) as a media server. To get the tools I need, I have been using the optware package manager which has has bunch of cross-compiled ...
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How to compile tmux 1.7 on CentOS 5.8?
I would like to have tmux 1.7 on my machine with CentOS 5.8 (64 bit).
It requires libevent in version at least 1.4.14b or 2.0.20 and the latest version in yum packages for CentOS 5.8 is 1.4.13 .
I ...
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Effect of compiling from source on already installed applications
I use Ubuntu 12.04. Say I have installed package x from the repository (with all its dependencies) at version 1.7 but I need some functionality that is only available in version 1.8, so I download the ...
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Installing required libs/frameworks/packages for compilation on OSX
I'm trying to compile SmartSim for OSX Lion, and at the moment I'm at the ./configure stage.
Here is a dump of what I've managed to get so far:
$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ...
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How do you compile your own kernel on a RHEL6 system?
In RHEL6, the kernel is 2.6.32. What is the procedure to compile your own kernel?
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Running 'make test' on an individual module for Python 2.7.4 build
I am working on building Python 2.7.4 on CentOS 6.4. When running the make test step, the test_gdb step fails, and I would like to get some more info as to why.
Build commands I'm running:
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net-snmp-5.7.2 compilation fail
I am currently trying to compile net-snmp-5.7.2 on rhel 6 64bit system.
./configure step is fine, but when I do the make step I got the following error :
gcc -shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall ...
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Kernel headers for VMware tools
I tried to compile VMware tools on my server. I compiled the kernel myself, I didn't use RPM. As VMware tools needs the kernel header files, I executed the following command in my kernel folder ...
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Force directory to always be in cache
I've been testing out different methods to improve the time it takes to compile my entire c++ project. Currently it takes ~5 minutes. I experimented with distcc, ccache, and others. Recently, I ...
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What is the meaning of Scratchbox2?
Somewhere i heard the term 'Scratchbox2'. Why this is used? what is the exact meaning of this?
What is the advantages over Scratchbox 1?
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Installing packages and tools on a local non-standard directory
TLDR: What environment variables should I update to guarantee that my system has access to everything a package provides when building it on a non-traditional path?
I usually don't have root access ...
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Linux From Scratch 7.2:Error while making binutils-2.22 in chapter 6
I get the following error while executing make tooldir=/usr
../../binutils-2.22/libiberty/regex.c:130:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
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USB-Serial Driver(Exar Xr21v1414) Run Error
I'm currently trying to run the bellow driver in linux-3.8.3 on Exar xr21v1414
http://www.exar.com/connectivity/uart-and-bridging-solutions/usb-uarts/xr21v1410,
but when i install the driver ...
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compiling with gcc broken for users but fine for root
So somewhere along the way compiling as a regular user has stopped working on my server. I'm on Debian Stable. Can't think what has changed on my system that would result in this, or how to fix it, ...
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Specifying local install directory for ./configure for pango-1.32.6
I have built cairo-1.7.6 for use in building pango-1.32.6, and I have installed it to a directory in my home directory: /home/me/local/cairo-1.7.6. Under this directory are the expected include, lib ...
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Files created by 'make' aren't getting executable permissions by default
I'm trying to build a project, and when I use the command make, I get the following errors:
/bin/sh: line 4: .deps/ipset_bitmap_ipmac.Tpo: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [ipset_bitmap_ipmac.lo] Error ...
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About ncurses header file [closed]
I' running Fedora 15 (32-bit). But I can`t compile and run an ncurses program. Also, colours are not working in the terminal. What can I do to fix this?
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Eglibc cannot compile suffix of object files while trying to cross compile
I'm currently making my way through Trac's CLFS book.
When trying to configure the 32-bit version of EGLIBC-2.15, using the options:
BUILD_CC="gcc" CC="${CLFS_TARGET}-gcc ${BUILD32}" \
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Need these offline installing packages [closed]
I'm an offline Linux Mint user. I go to cafes and download my software there which is most probably in .tar.gz or tar.bz2 files.
We need to compile them to install the software. After reading through ...
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rrdtool 1.4.7 compilation fail : glib-2.0/glib.h
I am trying to compile rrdtool from the source package. I don't use RPM packages, so don't ask me to install packages ;)
I compile all the required software before rrdtool according to ...
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Can't compile XBMC 12 because of TAGLIB problem
I am trying to compile the latest version of XBMC on CentOS 6 x64 but on ./configure I get:
checking for TAGLIB... no
configure: error: Could not find a required library. Please see the README for ...
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sipe (plugin pidgin-gaim) unable to find libpurple headers
I downloaded : pidgin 2.10.6 and sipe 1.14.1 from sourceforge.
I install pidgin with the following command in the folder of pidgin (2.10.6):
./configure --prefix=/home/tony/soft/pidgin_sipe ...
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Make Completion Progress Script
Any time I'm executing a build process that takes several hours, I inevitably stare at my terminal and wonder, "how much longer?" Sometimes, I manually pick up on some pathname echoed to the terminal ...
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Compiling multiple source file with arm-ulinucxeabi-gcc including -o -c option
I am compiling multiple c source which depend on multiple header files.
Makefile
SHELL=cpp2
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Where should I put software I compile myself?
I need to compile some software on my Fedora machine. Where's the best place to put it so not to interfere with the packaged software?
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Where is the frame.h located in modern Linux implementations? (ubuntu specifically)
A book I am reading refers to an include file that shows how a stack frame looks on one's UNIX system.
In particular: /usr/include/sys/frame.h
I am having trouble finding the modern equivalent. ...
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Building Emacs from trunk without admin access
I cloned the official trunk branch with:
bzr branch bzr://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/trunk
I then built autoconf, automake and texinfo. I also updated my PERL5LIB to make it include ...
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Disable stack protection on Ubuntu for buffer overflow without C compiler flags
I'd like to try some shell codes and I want to disable linux protections.
I know I could compile using flags but I know another way exists to disable these protections in general I just can't ...
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Ubuntu: can't find ndbm.h
I need to compile an old apache version, 1.3 and compilation process fails because:
mod_auth_dbm.c:77:18: fatal error: ndbm.h: File or directory not found
where is it?
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CMake Error: The current directory is different than
I'm trying to compile the source code for Shrewsoft VPN. The instructions say to compile the source on step 4. However... I get this error:
user@ubuntu:~/Ubuntu One/Programs/ShrewSoft VPN$ sudo ...
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Is there a Linux distro compiled with clang/llvm?
Is there a Linux distro compiled with clang/llvm? It looks like as of late 2010 the kernel was working. If not, would it be more likely to be a technical or licensing issue?
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Troubles installing php with MySQL support
So I wasn't sure if this question would go best here or on Overflow or Server Fault, but decided to try here first. I'm installing LAMP on a VPS, and am running into issues configuring and building ...
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Unable to install libevent without admin priviledges
I just downloaded libevent-2.0.21-stable, which I am hoping to compile so that I can use tmux. However, when I run:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/libevent-2.0.21-stable/
make
make install
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How do I compile wxWidgets with the same options as the package as the repository?
I am compiling wxWidgets as a pre-step to compiling the newest version of pgAdmin3 since there isn't a deb version in the repository that supports version postgres 9.2. I am having troubles and ...
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Compling KUTE traffic generator 1.4 on Fedora Core 5
I am trying to install KUTE traffic generator on Fedora Core 5 kernel version 2.6.15.
When I try to complile I get this error message:
[root@dhcppc128 kute-1.4]# make
make modules
make[1]: Entering ...
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How do I remove/uninstall a program that I have complied from source? [duplicate]
How do I remove a program that I have compiled from source using the ./configure; make; make install method? Does it matter whether I have kept the original directory that the source was stored in or ...
