On January 25, 2004 08:18 pm, Trevor Smith wrote: > > For example, I'm desperately trying to get *any* gnutella client to run on > this machine so I don't have to boot to Windows for bearshare. Should be > simple, right? I tried mutella but running the 'make' step generates errors > including: > > [...] > g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -D_REENTRANT > -D_MIT_POSIX_THREADS -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -g -O0 -c -o gnushare.o > `test -f 'gnushare.cpp' || echo './'`gnushare.cpp > gnushare.cpp: In member function `void MGnuShare::ResetDirectories(long > unsigned int&, u_long*)': > gnushare.cpp:220: error: `assert' undeclared (first use this function) > gnushare.cpp:220: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > for each function it appears in.) > [...] I get the same error. > (Actually that's copied from another person's post who had the same > problem.) I posted to the help forums for that software but no one replied > so I gave up and tried qtella. It claims: > > 'All you need are the Qt libraries compiled with thread support. You can > check whether these libraries exists by typing "locate qt-mt". If locate > does not list the libraries...' > > No problem, on my system "locate qt-mt" says: > > [trevor@localhost qtella-0.6.4]$ locate qt-mt > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2.3 > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2 On my system I have qt-3.1 instead of 3.2. ./configure worked just fine, and qtella is compiling as I write this.... can't wait to try it (my first p2p). > I figure that means yes, I have them so I try to follow the instructions: > > 1. tar xzf qtella-VERSION.tar.gz > 2. cd qtella-VERSION > 3. ./configure > ... > > But at step 3 I get: > > [trevor@localhost qtella-0.6.4]$ ./configure > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > /home/trevor/qtella-0.6.4/missing: Unknown `--run' option > Try `/home/trevor/qtella-0.6.4/missing --help' for more information > configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for g++... g++ > 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 g++ accepts -g... yes > checking for style of include used by make... GNU > checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 > checking for gcc... gcc > 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 for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking for Qt moc... > Qt's moc not found! If you have installed Qt in an > unusual place, please use the "--with-qt-moc=" option > > So obviously "all I need" is not what is claimed. :-( > > One caveat: I did upgrade to the new KDE beta release so I have some newer > version of Qt on my system I think. > > 1. Should someone without system-level programming experience on linux ever > attempt to compile software? It is certainly incomprehensible to me and any > error stops me dead in the water. The info generated never enlightens me or > gives me any idea how to "fix" the problem of the moment. > > 2. Why can a plain vanilla, out of the box FC1 system never successfully > compile any source I ever download? Is there something else I should > install on my system to be able to compile most software out there? Or do I > generally need to become an expert on each individual package I download > and try to install? > > 3. How many years of computer science classes will I realistically need to > attend before I can understand half of what is going on when I try to > compile any non-trivial linux program? > > frustrated beyond description at all the days I've wasted without any > results. :-( > > -- > Trevor Smith | trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- _______________________________________________________ Fred Nastos Ph.D. Candidate Department of Physics Tel: 416-978-4364 University of Toronto Fax: 416-978-2537 60 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 1A7 Web: www.physics.utoronto.ca/~nastos _______________________________________________________
