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**Fenyx** · Aug 07, 2007, 07:33 PM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

Another guide from the Ubuntu Community Documentation:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

**Rog131** · Aug 08, 2007, 03:34 AM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

That is good guide.

Thank you, Jucato

And more good links from Qqmike:

Compiling things on Ubuntu Linux the Easy Way
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

CheckInstall
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall

Adding links to the "Here is couple links how to install/compile from source:"

**Rog131** · Mar 01, 2008, 02:17 PM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

DIY Backport

Links to the Topic: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091916.0

UbuntuBackports
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports

What are Backports

Ubuntu releases a new version of its OS every 6 months. After a release, the version of all packages stays constant for the entire 6 months. For example, if Ubuntu ships with OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, it will remain at OpenOffice.org 2.0.x for the entire 6-month release cycle, even if a later version gets released during this time. The Ubuntu team may apply important security fixes to 2.0.x, but any new features or non-security bugfixes will not be made available.

This is where Ubuntu Backports comes in. The Backports team believes that the best update policy is a mix of Ubuntu's security-only policy AND providing new versions of some programs. Candidates for version updates are primarily desktop applications, such as your web browser, word processor, IRC client, or IM client. These programs can be updated without replacing a large part of the operating system that would affect stability of the whole system.

Backports is an official Ubuntu repository and maintained by knowledgeable Ubuntu developers who are often present on IRC and other communications media.

If your favorite package isn't backported, you can backport it yourself (or try to

).

Example

Backporting freedroidrpg from Hardy Heron (8.04) to the Gutsy Gibbon (7.10).

Donwloading the lastest (repo) version of freedroidrpg from Ubuntu Packages =>

Downloading:

freedroidrpg_0.10.3-3.diff.gz
freedroidrpg_0.10.3-3.dsc
freedroidrpg_0.10.3.orig.tar.gz

The Debian Maintenance HOWTO
Chapter 9 - Building Packages
http://www.infodrom.org/Debian/doc/m...-pkgbuild.html

9.1 Source Packages

The Debian distribution comes in form of binary and source packages. While you would only install binary packages, source packages can be of more interest to you. You can learn a lot by reading other peoples code or patches. This can also be important if you want to use the same software on different OSes or want to use a specific Debian patch somewhere else.

A Debian source package usually consists of three files:

* .dsc containing meta information about the source package
* .diff.gz containing all patches that Debian applied to the package
* .orig.tar.gz containing the pristine upstream source tarball

Automatic Dependency Solving

In the konsole:

Code:

sudo apt-get build-dep freedroidrpg

man apt-get

build-dep
build-dep causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.

=> installing:

libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-net1.2-dev
libsmpeg-dev...

Note !
The Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) has freedroidrpg 0.10.1-1ubuntu1, So this attempts to satisfy the build dependencies with freedroidrpg 0.10.1-1ubuntu1.

Compiling

In the same folder as .dsc, diff.gz and .orig.tar.gz :

Code:

dpkg-source -x freedroidrpg_0.10.3-3.dsc

man dpkg-source

dpkg-source - Debian source package (.dsc) manipulation tool

Moving to the freedroidrpg-0.10.3 folder. In the konsole:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

or

Code:

logsave /media/sda6/tmp/output.txt dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

if you want to check the output of the compilation process.

man dpkg-buildpackage

dpkg-buildpackage - build binary or source packages from sources

man fakeroot

fakeroot - run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation

man logsave

logsave - save the output of a command in a logfile

Result

Time passes... =>

freedroidrpg_0.10.3-3_i386.deb
freedroidrpg-data_0.10.3-3_all.deb

Installing - Topic: Making Local Repository

Installed the following packages:
freedroidrpg (0.10.3-3)
freedroidrpg-data (0.10.3-3)

and freedroidrpg seems to work.

Other Backports

ScummVM 0.11
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3092350.0

Kile 2
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3092369.0

Eric 4.
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3092578.0

**Rog131** · Mar 29, 2008, 01:17 PM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

DIY Forwardport

Links to the Topic: KSynaptics removed from repositories

Downloading from the Ubuntu Packages

ksynaptics_0.3.3-2ubuntu1.diff.gz
ksynaptics_0.3.3.orig.tar.gz
ksynaptics_0.3.3-2ubuntu1.dsc

In the same folder as .dsc, diff.gz and .orig.tar.gz :

Code:

dpkg-source -x ksynaptics_0.3.3-2ubuntu1.dsc

cd to the ksynaptics-0.3.3: In the konsole:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

=>

dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: cdbs libsynaptics-dev automake1.9 autoconf

Installing those: =>

Installed the following packages:
autoconf (2.61-4)
automake1.7 (1.7.9-9)
automake1.9 (1.9.6+nogfdl-3ubuntu1)
cdbs (0.4.51ubuntu1)
fdupes (1.40-4build1)
intltool (0.37.1-1ubuntu1)
libsynaptics-dev (0.14.6c-1)
libsynaptics0 (0.14.6c-1)
m4 (1.4.10-1)

Again:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

=> ksynaptics_0.3.3-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (225 k)

Notes
Using Kubuntu Hardy Heron Beta (8.04). Compilation output tells:

Log of dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc
Sat Mar 29 20:56:13 2008

snip
*************** Important *************************

This module contains unreleased software.

The software may compile and work, but it may just
as well neither compile nor work.

************************************************** **
snap

**Rog131** · May 24, 2008, 06:05 AM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

This is linking to the Topic: Dolphin RAW image thumbnails

KSquirrel

> KSquirrel Home
> KSquirrel / KDE-Apps
> KSquirrel wiki

Compiling KSquirrel in the Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron has in the repositories ksquirrel lib packages:

Ubuntu Packages

Package libksquirrel-dev

* hardy (libdevel): KDE image viewer [universe]
0.8.0-0ubuntu1: i386

Package libksquirrel-tools

* hardy (libs): KDE image viewer [universe]
0.8.0-0ubuntu1: i386

Package libksquirrel0

* hardy (libs): KDE image viewer [universe]
0.8.0-0ubuntu1: i386

BUT there are no main KSquirrel program. Bug #107228 in Ubuntu / [needs packaging] KSquirrel - image viewer for KDE tells:

Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04), the next version of Ubuntu, is in feature freeze. So ksquirrel will go into Ubuntu 8.10 as soon as it's developmented is kicked off.

One way to get Ksquirrel to the Hardy:

Downloading ksquirrel-0.8.0.tar.bz2 from the KSquirrel Home, unpacking it to the /media/sdc6/tmp_ksquirrel/ksquirrel-0.8.0/ source file is in the /media/sdc6/tmp_ksquirrel/path/.

In the /ksquirrel-0.8.0/ directory:

Code:

dh_make -e [email]name@domain.dom[/email] -f /media/sdc6/tmp_ksquirrel/path/ksquirrel-0.8.0.tar.bz2

Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or cdbs?
[s/m/l/k/b] s

Maintainer name : Rog131
Email-Address : name@domain.dom
Date : Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:15:32 +0200
Package Name : ksquirrel
Version : 0.8.0
License : blank
Type of Package : Single
Hit <enter> to confirm:
Done. Please edit the files in the debian/ subdirectory now. ksquirrel
uses a configure script, so you probably don't have to edit the Makefiles.

control - file in the debian subdirectory:

Source: ksquirrel
Section: unknown
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Rog131
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev
Standards-Version: 3.7.2

Package: ksquirrel
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs

epends}, ${misc

epends}
Description: Image viewer for KDE
KSquirrel is an image viewer for KDE implementing OpenGL. Homepage: http://ksquirrel.sourceforge.net/

changelog:

ksquirrel (0.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

* Initial release (Closes: #nnnn) <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>

-- Rog131 <name@domain.dom> Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:15:32 +0200

In the /ksquirrel-0.8.0/ directory:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

Errors:

checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X libraries. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

Installed:
kdebase-dev.

checking for ksquirrellibs... no
configure: error: Ksquirrel-libs development file (.pc) is not installed. Please install ksquirrel-libs first.

Installed the following packages:
libksquirrel-dev (0.8.0-0ubuntu1)
libksquirrel-tools (0.8.0-0ubuntu1)

checking for konq_operations.h... no
configure: error: "Header file konq_operations.h is missing. Please install libkonq-devel package."

Installed:
kde-devel

=> ksquirrel_0.8.0-1_i386.deb

Checking additional support =>

KIPI support: no
KEXIF support: no

Installed the following packages:
libkipi0-dev
libexif-dev
libkexif1
libkexif1-dev

Compiling:

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

=> ksquirrel_0.8.0-1_i386.deb 1,1 M

and

KIPI support: yes
KEXIF support: yes

**Rog131** · Jun 25, 2008, 04:06 AM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

From source to the Debian package (.deb)

This is linking to the Video previews.

Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex pre-alpha, KDE 4.1 Beta 2

Downloading source from the KDE-APPS.org > MPlayerThumbs

Version: 1.0

Description:
MPlayerThumbs is a video thumbnail generator for KDE file managers (Konqueror, Dolphin, ...) , now available also for KDE 4.
It needs mplayer (of course) to generate thumbnails, and it contains no linking to any library, so in a x86_64 system you can freely use the 32bit mplayer binary with win32codecs by configuring the application launching the mplayerthumbsconfig helper application.
It catches a random frame from 15% to 70%, checking also how contrasted is the image, and dropping bad frames.

Changelog:
2008-06-20 MPlayerThumbs 1.0
* First stable release
* Porting to KDE 4
* Refactoring code, for more stability and speed
* Also KDE 4 adds for us a free feature, random thumbnail generation on
the preview on the information toolbar on each mouseover

#1 Dropping mplayerthumbs-1.0.tar.bz2 to the /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/source

#2 Unpacking mplayerthumbs-1.0.tar.bz2 to the /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0

#3 cd to /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0

#4 Reading README file

#5 In the konsole:

Code:

export QTDIR=/usr/share/qt4
export KDEDIR=/usr
export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIR
export KDE_BUILD=$KDEDIR
export DBUSDIR=$KDEDIR
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$DBUSDIR/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
export PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDEDIR -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0

-- Found Qt-Version 4.4.0 (using /usr/bin/qmake)
-- Found X11: /usr/lib/libX11.so
-- Found Automoc4: /usr/bin/automoc4
-- Found Perl: /usr/bin/perl
-- Found KDE 4.1 include dir: /usr/include
-- Found KDE 4.1 library dir: /usr/lib
-- Found KDE4 kconfig_compiler preprocessor: /usr/bin/kconfig_compiler
-- Found KDE4 automoc: /usr/bin/automoc4
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0

#6 Debianzing (making /debian)

Code:

dh_make -e [email]name@domain.dom[/email] -f /media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/source/mplayerthumbs-1.0.tar.bz2

Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or cdbs?
[s/m/l/k/b] s

Maintainer name : Rog131
Email-Address : name@domain.dom
Date : Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:30:35 +0300
Package Name : mplayerthumbs
Version : 1.0
License : blank
Using dpatch : no
Type of Package : Single
Hit <enter> to confirm:
Done. Please edit the files in the debian/ subdirectory now. You should also
check that the mplayerthumbs Makefiles install into $DESTDIR and not in / .

#7 Editing:

/media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0/debian/changelog

mplayerthumbs (1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

* Initial release (Closes: #nnnn) <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>

-- Rog131 <name@domain.dom> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:30:35 +0300

/media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0/debian/control

Source: mplayerthumbs
Section: kde
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Rog131 <name@domain.dom>
Build-Depends: cmake, kdelibs5-dev, libqt4-dev, debhelper (>= 6)
Standards-Version: 3.7.3
Homepage: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=41180

Package: mplayerthumbs
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs

epends}, ${misc

epends}
Description: thumbnail generator for video files on Dolphin and Konqueror
MPlayerThumbs is a thumbnail generator for all KDE file managers (konqueror, dolphin, ...) It needs mplayer (of course) to generate thumbnails, and it contains no linking to any library, so in a x86_64 system you can freely use the 32bit mplayer binary with win32codecs by configuring the application launching the mplayerthumbsconfig helper application. Homepage: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=41180

/media/sdc6/tmp_mplayerthumbs/mplayerthumbs-1.0/debian/README.Debian

mplayerthumbs for Debian
------------------------

Compiled in the Kubuntu Intrepib Ibex pre-alpha, KDE 4.1 Beta 2

-- Rog131 <name@domain.dom> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:30:35 +0300

#8 finally building packages

Code:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

Result: mplayerthumbs_1.0-1_i386.deb (35 kB)

#9 Testing

Installing:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i mplayerthumbs_1.0-1_i386.deb

Looking info:

Code:

apt-cache show mplayerthumbs

Package: mplayerthumbs
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: unknown
Installed-Size: 180
Maintainer: Rog131 <name@domain.dom>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0-1
Depends: kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.0.66), kdelibs5 (>= 4:4.0.83), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libqt4-dbus (>= 4.4.0), libqt4-network (>= 4.4.0), libqt4-svg (>= 4.4.0), libqt4-xml (>= 4.4.0), libqtcore4 (>= 4.4.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4.4.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdmcp6, libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxrender1, libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: thumbnail generator for video files on Dolphin and Konqueror
MPlayerThumbs is a thumbnail generator for all KDE file managers (konqueror, dolphin, ...) It needs mplayer (of course) to generate thumbnails, and it contains no linking to any library, so in a x86_64 system you can freely use the 32bit mplayer binary with win32codecs by configuring the application launching the mplayerthumbsconfig helper application. Homepage: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=41180

Link to the Video previews.

Attached Files

**Rog131** · Dec 01, 2008, 12:08 PM

Re: FAQ: Installing from source

GCC 4.3/4.4

gcc 4.3, if you get FTBFS like this:

sq_converter.cpp: In destructor ‘virtual SQ_Converter::~SQ_Converter()’:
sq_converter.cpp:57: error: ‘free’ was not declared in this scope
sq_converter.cpp: In member function ‘void SQ_Converter::decodingCycle()’:
sq_converter.cpp:271: error: ‘realloc’ was not declared in this scope
sq_converter.cpp:312: error: ‘free’ was not declared in this scope
make[4]: *** [sq_converter.o] Error 1

It could be this > gcc 4.3 and archlinux

In the meanwhile, I found out one big change: gcc 4.3 doesn't include C
functions anymore when including c++ includes. This breaks a horrible
amount of packages, but fixing is easy:
Whenever there's a missing function, look it up in its manpage:

strcpy: man 3 strcpy, look for include, which will be <string.h> in this
case. As we're using C++ now and want a C include, this will become
#include <cstring> without the .h and a c prepended.

and more > GCC 4.4 related build problems: missing #include

By Martin Michlmayr

C++ header dependencies got cleaned up in GCC 4.3, which broke a lot of code which relied on headers to be included indirectly through some other headers. I found some new build failures with GCC 4.4 related to missing #includes; in particular, #include <cstdio> is missing in a lot of code.

Typical errors look like these:

error: 'sscanf' was not declared in this scope
error: 'EOF' was not declared in this scope
error: '::fseek' has not been declared
error: 'uint32_t' does not name a type

Below is a table showing which header needs to be included for a number of common functions:
Functions and defines Header
fopen, fwrite, fclose cstdio
fread, fseek, feof cstdio
sscanf, sprintf cstdio
rename, open cstdio
EOF cstdio
memset, memcpy, strdup cstring
va_list cstdarg
int16_t, uint32_t stdint.h

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