Questions tagged [compiling]
Compiling is the process of transforming source code into byte codes for a particular computer architecture.
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gcc - unknown switches (absent also from the manpage)
I'm trying to experiment with shared objects and found the below snippet on http://www.gambas-it.org/wiki/index.php?title=Creare_una_Libreria_condivisa_(Shared_Library)_.so
gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,...
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Compile a library aiming to reduce size as much as possible
I have to 'squeeze' all the needed code to run ldaps on an embedded system. So the 3 MiB of lybcrypto and almost 700KiB of libssl are way too much.
I'm now experimenting on ldapsearch because reading ...
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Replace application from computer with cpu SPARC 64b to computer with cpu Intel 64b [on hold]
I have application compiled on server with Solaris 8 and CPU UltraSPARC-III+ x64b
and need replace it (due to server end of life) to another new machine with CPU INTEL 64b , its may be same OS or ...
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Why does my Makefile not compile and how can I fix it?
I have been having problems compiling a router's kernel for QEMU. I have the router working in QEMU using an OpenWRT kernel, but networking does not work. This is why I want to compile the original ...
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Compiling vsftpd on CentOS7, getting “/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcap” error
I am in the process of compiling vsftpd, but keep getting this error:
[alex@lab vsftpd-3.0.3]$ make
gcc -o vsftpd main.o utility.o prelogin.o ftpcmdio.o postlogin.o \
privsock.o tunables.o ftpdataio....
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How different is compiling source code in Debian GNU/Hurd from Debian GNU/Linux?
I was trying to compile libnetfilter_conntrack source from github as it was requested by iptables while compiling iptables and as any of these were not available in the HURD software repo and ended up ...
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Curl is not supporting SSL (./configure --with-ssl)
I am trying to install curl in opensuse Leap 15.0. I have downloaded the .zip file from this link (version 7.63.0)
I am running this command from the curl root directory:
./configure --with-ssl=/usr/...
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What microarchitecture are packages on apt/yum typically built/tuned for?
I'm just learning a bit about lower-level languages and I've noticed that gcc you can specify -march and -mtune parameters to optimise the software for particular CPU families.
But I've also found ...
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Alpine Linux - can't build libtorrent, missing linux/netlink.h
I'm trying to compile libtorrent on Alpine Linux.
autogen and configure work fine but after invoking make it fails with the following message:
local_addr.cc:45:10: fatal error: linux/netlink.h: No ...
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What is the difference between crypt in unistd.h and crypt.h? [migrated]
crypt has two definitions, from the docs,
One of them uses unistd.h
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <unistd.h>
This is defined as
#ifdef __USE_MISC
/* ...
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Build OpenSSH client only
I'm trying to build OpenSSH 7.9p1 from source, but I can't find a way to delete (or not include), for instance, ssh-agent, ssh-keygen, scp, sftp, sshd, etc. – of course, assuming none of those are ...
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John The Ripper Compilation Error
I want to install John The Ripper.
I am following instructions in this blog.
After ./configure
I run make -s
But I got this error :
/usr/bin/ar: creating aes.a
dynamic_fmt.o: In function `...
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LD cannot find lib even with specified path
What I've tried:
gcc -L/path/to/lib/ -llib ...
gcc -l/path/to/lib/lib.so.x.x.x ...
Update ldconfig
Added path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
file shows correct build version and link to the correct file
No ...
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Can I limit a process's access to specified files and stdout only without root?
I want to setup a server for students to upload C code. The server compiles C code, run the binary and shows output to students.
Now I am having security concern. Students can upload any code, but I ...
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How to build openconnect-gui? [closed]
In OS Windows I used openconnect-gui. After I changed the OS on Debian, I didn't find a version for Debian and I don't understand how to build openconnect-gui for Debian.
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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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I tried to use wireguard docker image,but I failed
I deleted all the datas in VPS,and reinstall a new Centos 7
and I downloaded the lastest stable kernel source code 4.20 and extracted it to the source directory which is /usr/src,then I builded it.the ...
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GPU/CUDA Compile Error
I am trying to compile some CUDA/GPU code on Ubuntu 16.04 with CUDA 8.0, but I am receiving the following error. I'm not sure how to debug this.
nvcc -I/usr/local/cuda/include -gencode arch=...
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How to get php-cgi with phpbrew (PHP5.3.x)
I installed php-5.6.40 php-7.1.14 with phpbrew and I've got php-cgi binaries on these both version. I used this command for get php-cgi 5.6.40
phpbrew install 5.6.40 +default+fpm+mysql+sqlite+mb+...
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How to build openWRT with specific version?
I want to build openWRT 18.06.1 for my mt76x8 device, and the source code I'm using is from https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/archive/v18.06.1.tar.gz.
When I tried to install kmod-mii package, I got ...
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How to install Musescore 3 on Debian?
I'm using Debian testing and I'm having problem with installing Musescore 3. I'm trying to compile it, and I have tried following these guides:
General linux and BSD instructions
Ubuntu 14.10 and 16....
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Where can I find precompiled bootloader files (initramfs-linux.img)?
I need the boot files (initramfs-linux.img and vmlinuz-linux) from Arch 4.20-1 to fix a system. Is there a standard place where these can be found, or can they only be custom built?
When I look in ...
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Can I build from source using just the PKGBUILD file, or do I have to checkout the whole source tree?
I want to build Vim from source in Arch Linux to get various non-standard features in the resulting binary. I notice that the PKGBUILD file has URLs in it. Does this mean I can do the build with just ...
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Compiled kernel 4.19 will not boot: “Kernel panic not syncing : System is deadlocked on memory”
I am compiling kernel 4.19 on Ubuntu 14.04 because I have a assignment to add a system call, but when I try to boot this kernel there's a error:
Kernel panic - not syncing: System is deadlocked on ...
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How to install libpq.so.4.x on Debian 9
I try to compil from source PHP5.3.29 on Debian 9. The make command stopped in error at this step
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath=/opt/OpenSSL/openssl-1.0.1u/lib,-rpath=/opt/CURL/curl-7.26.0/lib" make
.../...
(...
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Are CentOS 7 binaries the same of Ubuntu or any other GNU distribution?
I need to compile and run binaries on CentOS 7 but I'm having hard time running my wrapper app due to Python versions and other issues. If I compile and test binaries on Ubuntu (or any other ...
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Possible to “build world” in FreeBSD without root? [duplicate]
The FreeBSD jail manpage has instructions on building a jail distribution tree:
D=/here/is/the/jail
cd /usr/src
mkdir -p $D
make world DESTDIR=$D
make distribution DESTDIR=$D
Is it possible to ...
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Is it possible to add compile options to an already-installed program?
If I have installed a program from source (.tar.gz) using ./configure, make, make install – and then later on, want to add a build option (not sure the proper terminology – compile option?), is this ...
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How to compile a “.pc” file on Debian 9?
I need to compile a Pro*C - .pc file on Ubuntu.
So far what I have realised is that I need a Pro*C compiler to translate the Pro*C - .pc file into pure / standard C code.
But I need to have Oracle ...
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Kernel compiling - Error during sync of the configuration
I am trying to compile the 4.19 kernel on my Linux Mint machine. I copied my current config (which is from 4.15), opened make menuconfig in order to append a local version string, saved it and then ...
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Gentoo “profile” definitions?
I'm using the Pentoo installer and it's asking me to select a profile.
I believe the "amd64" profile will compile software from source. The "binary" profile will instead use precompiled binaries ...
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Configure mount to recognize self compiled fuse exfat
after removing the default exfat-fuse package version 1.2.5 from my Debian Stretch system and replacing it with version 1.3.0, compiled from source, running mount using type exfat results to an ...
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Could not find libmount
During compilation of customized distribution (using buildroot v. 11.2018)
I have problem with libmount library (the problem appeared after I had included efl package in buildroot menuconfig - Target ...
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create a vdso in linux [closed]
I'm currently trying to implement my own VDSO. I have seen this tutorial which explains how to do this.
However, this tutorial is made for Linux 2.6.x and I would like to use it on Linux 4.8.x. But ...
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libzip Linux cross-compile configuration
I am trying to cross compile libzip-1.5.1 having previously successfully complied zlib-1.2.11 (these are required by libzip and I have installed in a local home path), but I am experiencing problems ...
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Android kernel compiling error
When compiling the kernel, if I choose Ethernet Gadget (with CDC Ethernet support) or Network Control Model (NCM) instead of the Android composite device, I get an error:
drivers/built-in.o:coresight-...
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Why the same executable in different location loaded different libc.so
I compiled a simple C(only contained an empty main function) file into a.out, and run it in different loaction:
user@host:~$ md5sum /home/work/a.out /tmp/a.out
dcbdb836569b99a7dc83366ba9bb3588 /home/...
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Why won't make let me build my kernel from source?
$ make menuconfig
Makefile:128: *** main directory cannot contain spaces nor colons. Stop.
I get this error message. Why?
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Some Installing Errors while building owncloud client
I want to develop my OwnCloud client so I cloned a client of OwnCloud repository from GitHub and I read this documentation. Firstly, I want to say my system property. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64 ...
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How do I install Redshift 1.12 on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon from source?
Redshift
packages which are available in most distributions are dated 2016-01-02, which is > 2.5 years ago.
Like on my system - Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 64-bit - there is only 1.11 version available:
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List all 32 Bit packages on a Gentoo System
How can I get a list of all installed 32 Bit packages on a Gentoo Linux system?
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Rebuild from src.rpm using new version
This is a follow up to my previous question regarding Building QuantLib on Amazon Linux.
I followed the instructions in the answer posted by MLu:
Download the source RPM (QuantLib-1.4-7.el7.src.rpm)
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Mint 19 - Pidgin IM Purple plugin - Error while configuring: No package 'json-glib-1.0' found
System: Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 64-bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04.
Pidgin: Built from source, version 2.13.0.
Purple Facebook: I'd like to build it from source, version 0.9.5.
But I get missing package ...
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Building QuantLib on Amazon Linux
I am trying to get QuantLib version 1.13 running on Amazon Linux.
I found some .rpm files at https://pkgs.org/download/QuantLib, although there is an up to date .rpm for Fedora, there isn't one for ...
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Actual compilation differences between CPUs
For a project I intend to compile various *NIX OSs and their relative packages with different CPUs in order to maximize optimization and performance for specific systems. In order to save time and ...
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Getting 'rxvt-unicode': unknown capability while compiling urxvt 9.22
I am working on Debian. I ran this command:
./configure && make && sudo make install
and I got this error:
./etc/rxvt-unicode.terminfo", line 57, col 20, terminal 'rxvt-unicode': ...
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rtlwifi compilation on Debian 7
I use Debian 7 Wheezy, and I have an error when I try to type make command.
I am trying to compile rtlwifi driver.
This is the error message:
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-686-pae/build: No ...
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How to compile LESS pager?
I would like to compile less with latest fixes.
I do this:
git clone https://github.com/gwsw/less
cd less/
autoheader
autoconf
./configure
make
But make says this:
make: *** No rule to make target ...
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Recompile a kernel including a firmware
How can i recompile the kernel? I' m trying this guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel.
I' m using lubuntu 18.04 on a tablet, i want a custom kernel to enable the touchcreen.
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How to compile VLC 3.0.3 tarball on Arch Linux?
I'm trying to report a VLC crash, but compilation fails:
$ ./configure CFLAGS="-g" CXXFLAGS="-g" --enable-debug && make
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CC codec/libx264_plugin_la-x264.lo
In file included from ../...
