using cmake

[errol]

I am trying to install a program from source. I "untarred" the program and used cd to enter the directory. I then typed "sudo ./configure" which worked (i.e. the program configured), but when typing "make" I got the message "***no targets specified and no makefile found. stop."
After browsing and asking it was suggested that I use cmake which I installed. How should I proceed from here. When typing "cmake" in the directory of the untarred program I get a list of options to use with cmake. Is there a HOWTO somewhere for cmake?
TIA
Errol

[blobfish]

Re: using cmake

What program is it? Normally you don't want to use sudo with ./configure and make. It makes the root the owner of the files and a pain to delete.

./configure
make
sudo make install

Kubuntu should use sudo checkinstall instead of sudo make install.

[errol]

Re: using cmake

The program is a photographic database program called iota.

[gnowak]

Re: using cmake

errol, did you retry the process in a new clean folder with:

./configure

instead of sudo ./configure

??

[errol]

Re: using cmake

yes. It gives me all kids of permission denied notices. The exact text is:
:~/iota-0.8$ ./configure
./configure: 94: cannot create conftest.sh: Permission denied
./configure: 94: cannot create conftest.sh: Permission denied
chmod: cannot access `conftest.sh': No such file or directory
./configure: line 85: conftest.sh: Permission denied
./configure: line 86: conftest.sh: Permission denied
chmod: cannot access `conftest.sh': No such file or directory
./configure: line 196: conf11518.file: Permission denied
./configure: line 970: config.log: Permission denied
Only when I use sudo or kdesudo does the configure work but then there is no make command that works. After configure working I get:
errol@errol-linux:~/iota-0.8$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
I can paste the whole configure process if it will help.

[gnowak]

Re: using cmake

what does:

sudo ./configure

say?

What does the README.txt and/or INSTALL.txt say?

[errol]

Re: using cmake

gnowak, thanks for the inter3est. This is what I get with sudo ./configure. I don't understand most of it. That is why I thought (incorrectly?) that cmake could do the job. Here is the sudo ./configure results:
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 for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... 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 dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking whether g++ supports -frepo... yes
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 dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 73729
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... no
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
creating libtool
updating cache /dev/null
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
ltcf-cxx: with_gcc=yes ; with_gnu_ld=yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 73729
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... msgfmt
found msgfmt program is not GNU msgfmt; ignore it
checking for xgettext... :
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 for main in -lutil... yes
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes
checking for socklen_t... socklen_t
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for inet_ntoa... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for res_init... no
checking for killpg in -lucb... no
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for char *... yes
checking size of char *... 4
checking for char... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no
checking for X... libraries /usr/lib, headers .
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for Xinerama... no
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for extra includes... no
checking for extra libs... no
checking for libz... -lz
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for libjpeg6b... no
checking for libjpeg... -ljpeg
checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.3) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.

By the way config.log is a huge file wtih nearly 1000 lines which is even more confusing to me.

[gnowak]

Re: using cmake

Okay, do you have a README.txt or INSTALL.txt? Please attach them.

You can check dependencies there.. probably...

I think the problem here is

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.3) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!

If you don't know what Qt 3.0.3 is, you can try:

apt-cache search qt

Then you will get many results, take your time and find something that matches headers and/or libraries.

I would give it a go with

sudo aptitude install libqtcore4 qt4-dev-tools qt4-qtconfig

Then try to ./configure the app again.

By the way, please attach logfiles and system output. Don't post them in the posts.

How to attach when you reply or create a post: Additional Options... -> Attach -> Choose...

Please post your results to help others ;-)

[Rog131]

Re: using cmake

Your error was:

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.3) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.

By the way config.log is a huge file wtih nearly 1000 lines which is even more confusing to me.

From FAQ: Installing from source

Error message:

checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.3) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!

?? But, i do have:

libqt3-headers; Qt3 header files
libqt3-compat-headers; Qt 1.x and 2.x compatibility includes
libqt3-mt; Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime version), Version 3
libqt3-mt-dev; Qt development files (Threaded)

libqt4-dev; Qt 4 development files
libqt4-qt3support; Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 4

JDoyle: Ho to install kmediagrab

You need to set the qt directory in the PATH. Do this, add thes lines to your ~/.bashrc file
QTDIR=/usr/share/qt3
PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH
MANPATH=$QTDIR/doc/man:$MANPATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export QTDIR PATH MANPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Alternative is to use:

QTDIR=/usr/share/qt3
PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH
MANPATH=$QTDIR/doc/man:$MANPATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export QTDIR PATH MANPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
./configure

Here it gives:

...
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/share/qt3/lib, headers /usr/share/qt3/include using -mt
checking if Qt compiles without flags... yes
...

More at: Qt headers not found!

[errol]

Re: using cmake

gnowak I'll attach the files and then read and try your solutions and Rog131
I added the .txt ending to enable the files to be attached. They weren't in the original file

[errol]

Re: using cmake

Thanks to you two I'm really making headway. Now after doing sudo ./configure I get this at the end. Where to next?
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/lib/qt3/lib, headers /usr/lib/qt3/include using -mt
checking if Qt compiles without flags... yes
checking for moc... /usr/lib/qt3/bin/moc
checking for uic... /usr/lib/qt3/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L ... yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload ... yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg... no
checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!

[gnowak]

Re: using cmake

Mkay. When you come across such an crazy error try to search on google:

google: "checking for KDE... configure: error: in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed"

And you will find that you can try to install kdelibs4-dev

sudo aptitude install kdelibs4-dev

source: (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=376026)

Try it out.. or find another solution on google..

[errol]

Re: using cmake

gnowak with your help I'm almost there. Most of the compiling is working out ok. One more message which seems to be connected to a Berkely db which has to be installed (and I did). The message is:
utilDb.c:104: warning: passing argument 2 of '(*dbp)->open' from incompatible
pointer type
utilDb.c:104: warning: passing argument 4 of '(*dbp)->open' makes pointer from
integer without a cast
I am using your wise suggestion and googling for a solution. I came across people with a similar question but no solutions yet. Will keep you posted as to developments (unless you have the solution)
Once again THANKS for all your help and if you know the solution to the present problem please post it
Errol

[blobfish]

Re: using cmake

Those are warnings not errors might have made the executable.

[errol]

Re: using cmake

Thanks for the clarification tanderson. As the program doesn't work I print here the full script after the "make" command.

errol@errol-linux:~/iota-0.8$ sudo make
cd . && \
CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_LINKS= \
CONFIG_FILES=Makefile /bin/bash ./config.status
fast creating Makefile
config.status: executing default-1 commands
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8'
Making all in iota
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8/iota'
Making all in libbackend
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8/iota/libbackend'
source='utilDb.c' object='utilDb.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/utilDb.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/utilDb.TPo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/bash ../../admin/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/lib/qt3/include -I. -I/usr/local/include/db41 -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -O2 -c `test -f utilDb.c || echo './'`utilDb.c
utilDb.c: In function ‘dopen’:
utilDb.c:104: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘(*dbp)->open’ from incompatible pointer type
utilDb.c:104: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘(*dbp)->open’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
utilDb.c:104: error: too few arguments to function ‘(*dbp)->open’
utilDb.c: In function ‘dstats’:
utilDb.c:380: error: too few arguments to function ‘dbp->stat’
make[3]: *** [utilDb.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8/iota/libbackend'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8/iota'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/errol/iota-0.8'
make: *** [all] Error 2
errol@errol-linux:~/iota-0.8$

AnYbody with suggestions?
ERROL