Questions tagged [autotools]
Autotools, or the GNU build system, is a set of tools used to generate a configure script that generates a Makefile.
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Permission denied error when using make all-recursive?
I am using autotools and GNU make to build a C library, there is a line
all: config.h
$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
In the Makefile, and I get an error compiling
make all-recursive
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GNU MPFR not found
I am running autotools and then ./configure, but this line in configure.ac isn't able to find GNU MPFR despite being installed:
AC_CHECK_LIB(mpfr, mpfr_init2,
[gnumpfr_present=yes],
[AC_MSG_WARN([...
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Install multiple versions of an info manual
I have GNU Guile 2.2.6 installed on my system as guile, and GNU Guile 3.0.5 installed as guile3. I would like to install the info manuals for both versions. Both want to install the info files as /usr/...
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How do I modify a debian/ubuntu based gnu autotooling build to fedora 32?
Slurm is an open source project using gnu autotools to build.
The problem is as follows:
when applying autoreconf to the project, the Makefile.in files created are missing the runstatedir macro.
I'm ...
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How friendly is checkinstall with CMake rather than autotools?
It's been recommended to me to use the checkinstall mechanism to install artifacts I build from source. But - the example involves GNU autotools (./configure) while I use CMake. How "friendly" is ...
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autoconf: continue after package check failure
In my configure.ac script, I have a basic check for X11:
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(X11, x11 > 1.6.4, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_X11)], [])
If this fails, I still want to continue. I thought since I added a blank ...
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./configure checking whether vs checking if
./configure script outputs checking if and checking whether on execution
how the two results are different for checking conditions?
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How to prevent automake from overwrting _DATA file
In Makefile.am we have:
bin_PROGRAMS = sample
sample_SOURCES = main.cpp
sampleconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/sample
sampleconf_DATA = sample.cfg
whenever I install the application using make install, the ...
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Configure cannot find intltool installed in custom path
I'm trying to build transmission-2.94 on a remote server where I have no privileged access. I, therefore, wanna install all custom software under ~/.local.
I have successfully installed gettext and ...
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`openocd` configure script cannot find `libusb`
I'm installing OpenOCD on my Debian stretch system. When I run ./configure it reports it cannot find libusb.
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checking for LIBUSB1... no
configure: WARNING: libusb-1.x not found, trying legacy ...
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Autotools: Code snippet (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE)
As for this code snippet:
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
if test "x$enable_maintainer_mode" = xyes; then
AC_PATH_PROG(PERL,perl)
if test -z "$PERL"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found])
fi
fi
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./configure : Show all missing packages at once
I have compiled a package that uses autotools as build system (autoreconf, ./configure, make, make install).
./configure stops when a package is missing.
For each missing package, I look up its name,...
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Use pkg-config to test the version on an installed program?
I am working from a shell script (and not an Autotools script). According to the pkg-config(1) man page, "Return meta information about installed libraries". For example, here is a check of Nettle 3.4 ...
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Is intltoolize obsolete? If so, is there any alternatives?
From GNOME page, it states:
If you are still using the almost obsolete intltoolize, then add the following line immediately before autoreconf:
intltoolize --force --copy --automake || exit 1
Is ...
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Invalid package name due to Bash array dereference [duplicate]
I'm trying to build Emacs from sources. When configure options were listed without an array Emacs configured properly. When I added a Bash array to add optional options it broke configure. Here is the ...
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What does exactly does GNU make dep do?
I am trying to understand GNU Make and trying to understand some c code and GNU autotools.
There's a folder let's say lib, with three subfolders and a makefile.
lib
...libA
...---compile.sh
...---...
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What is the Linux equivalent of Inno Setup on Windows?
Looking to create a Linux installer that will work similar to Inno Setup on Windows (which is a great little tool to create installers on Windows).
My project is really simple (just a couple of ...
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Automake distcheck of symlinked sources
I maintain a "master" makefile for a project with many submodules, each of which has its own autotools structure. This project is tested in a number of configurations (e.g. built against different-...
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GNU autotools configure autoreconf
I have a question when working with autotools, specifically when working with generating configure scripts by running
autoreconf -fi
I'll get these warnings:
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in ...
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Building packages from source on Arch linux
I've recently set up Arch linux on my desktop PC as a project over the summer, and I'm trying to figure out how to install programs from source. From what I've gathered I have to get the tarball file, ...
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How to set shell environment variable from autotools .am file?
I need to get the shell equivalent of
export PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY=0
to work in an autotools .am file, but can't get it working. I currently have this declaration in my Makefile.am file:
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What is the reason that configure file is required for uninstalling an application installed via configure, make and make install?
In https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/141619/674
I wouldn't store just the makefile. While the uninstall target may not
(or perhap, should not) need anything else to succeed, that's not a
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Problems packing a .deb from autotools. (checkinstall, debhelper, ...)
I'm currently building a large project that contains sources written in few languages such as C,C++ & Python. I recently managed to (painfuly) handle autotools to make a proper install. Next step ...
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Specify script to run with install command automake
I'm currently building a large package which is handled with automake.
Package is composed by C,C++ and Python.
So far i have good results with C/C++ but i'm blocked when it comes to python ...
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What does `minix/config.h` do?
Many times when I run configure, I get this message:
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
configure runs without errors or ...
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Using *Autotools*, how do I save the compiler listing on a file by file basis?
Please understand I'm using Autotools / Automake / Autoconf, and I can not use redirection because it needs to be applied command by command in the make file generated by autotools.
I need a way for ...
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How to build a specific file from a GNU Automake package?
Given a source package that uses GNU Automake, the typical build goes like this:
cd ${srcdir}
./congigure
./make
To build a single file rather than everything, make would normally accept this:
$ ...
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Why does configure take variables as arguments?
Is VAR=value ./configure the same as ./configure VAR=value?
In the first case, the shell sets the environment variable and in the second the configure script takes the string 'VAR=value' as an ...
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Install Mesa3D on Debian - LIBDRM not found by configure autoconf
I am trying to compile and install mesa3D from source.
(ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/11.0.0/mesa-11.0.0-rc3.tar.gz)
I am at the configure step
./configure \
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g -...
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How to remove a license file when debian packaging using autotools automake?
My Debian package produces a lintian error:
rhythmbox-plugin-alternative-toolbar: extra-license-file usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/alternative-toolbar/LICENSE
This is because the source contains the ...
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automake error: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated
After compiling and installing GNU automake 1.15, I get this error whenever I run automake:
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex;
marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- ...
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bash: ./configure: no such file or directory
I am experimenting with Linux, and my work uses CentOS 6.5, so I am using that at home. I am following a tutorial, followed it closely I believe, yet I am hitting an error like the one mentioned in ...
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How to add a precompiled library in autotools?
I have a precompiled shared object that I need to distribute with the package I'm building, how do I get automake to copy the shared object to the lib/ folder where it places all of the rest of the ...
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'pkglibexecdir' is not a legitimate directory
I'm following some outdated instructions in an attempt to compile some proprietary, closed-source, unsupported, legacy code. Here is what a typical shell session looks like:
$ autoreconf -fi
src/...
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Moving to FHS 3: How to overwrite GNU Autotools directory variables?
In GNU Autotools, the directory variables $sharedstatedir and $localstatedir expand to $(prefix)/com and $(prefix)/var respectively.
However the com and var directories don't exist anymore in FHS 3, ...
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How to prevent automake from overwriting INSTALL?
I'm working on a project that has a custom INSTALL file. Running automake --add-missing (or more precisely, autoreconf -i) will generate the GNU default INSTALL file, and overwrite our file with it.
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Can not run configure command: "No such file or directory"
I'm trying to install a Debian package from source (via git). I downloaded the
package, changed to the package’s directory and ran ./configure command but
it returned bash: ./configure: No such file ...
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Hardcoded /usr/bin/env in configure scripts
I'm building a Linux system that doesn't have a /usr directory. Getting the toolchain to work was surprisingly easy, but I'm hitting this irritation with a lot of auto* scripts: configure, etc. often ...
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An obscure autotools error with Epson iscan project
I'm seeing the following error when attempting to build iscan using the master branch on Debian wheezy.
This project provides support for Epson scanners, in cases when SANE doesn't. This project ...
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