kCometan3 make file problems

[Kannedheat]

Hi

I download kCometan3 screen saver and tried to install it but when I tried to "make" Konsole complained about No targets specified and no makefile found.

Shell session excerpt:

root@familyroom:~/Desktop# cd kcometen3-1.1
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# ./configure --prefix="/usr"
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... gawk
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 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 gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
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 -Wmissing-format-attribute... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-common... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking whether g++ supports -O0... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wl,--no-undefined... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined... yes
not using lib directory suffix
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
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 dependent libraries... pass_all
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 dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g77... g77
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for shl_load... (cached) no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... (cached) no
checking for dlopen... (cached) no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... (cached) yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... (cached) yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... (cached) yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for g77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g77 linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... msgfmt
found msgfmt program is not GNU msgfmt; ignore it
checking for xgettext... :
checking if C++ programs can be compiled... yes
checking for strlcat... no
checking if strlcat needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
checking for strlcpy... no
checking if strlcpy needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
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 sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
checking for poll in -lpoll... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence... no
checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h... no
checking if res_init needs -lresolv... yes
checking if res_init is available... yes
checking for killpg in -lucb... no
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for short... yes
checking size of short... 2
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for char *... yes
checking size of char *... 4
checking for dlopen in -ldl... (cached) yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no
checking for size_t... yes
checking size of size_t... 4
checking for unsigned long... yes
checking size of unsigned long... 4
checking sizeof size_t == sizeof unsigned long... yes
checking crt_externs.h usability... no
checking crt_externs.h presence... no
checking for crt_externs.h... no
checking for _NSGetEnviron... no
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# apt-get install gcc build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version.
build-essential is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kcometen3: Depends: kdelibs4c2 (>= 4:3.4.3-1) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kcometen3
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 229kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 204019 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kcometen3 ...
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1#

How do I correct this?

Thanks
Kannedheat

[mchuskie]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!
root@familyroom:~/Desktop/kcometen3-1.1# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

Don't try and make something before it's configured. Here, configure clearly ends with an error that you need to correct and rerun before you issue 'make'. You'll need to install the X development package (which may or may not be named something like xorg-dev). The rerun configure, and do the same for any other error messages you get.

[javierrivera]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

Short Answer:

Your problem is here:

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

You need to install the X include files. the xorg-dev package.

Long Answer:

Are you sure that you want to compile it?.
In the author page there are some deb files, you should probably try to install them first.

Compiling programs is not easy, and there will probably be more dependencies unmet (chances are that Kde includes at least will be needed, and probably some 3D library too), and you will need to be able to resolve them.

Javier.

[Rog131]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

DIY Compiling

When you get errors: Do a web search with the message (google, yahoo...) -> If you are lucky: Solution

Googling with the:

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

==>

X... configure: error: Can't find X includes
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=23570

Hi,
i think you have also to install these two packages:
x-dev
libx11-dev
....
Hi,

Try installing kdebase-dev.

Yes, thank you, that did the trick ...

[Kannedheat]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

I tried running

 sudo apt-get xlibs-dev

and konsole complained

E: Invalid operation xlibs-dev

What codes should I be using?
Thanks
kannedheat

[javierrivera]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

xorg-dev.

You need to install xorg-dev package. But you are going to need others.

Javier.

[mchuskie]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

Also, your syntax for the command is wrong. It should be sudo apt-get <operation> <package list>. Check the man pages (man apt-get) for clarification.

[Kannedheat]

Re: kCometan3 make file problems

Hi! I went over what was posted on this thread and I came up with the following

apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev
apt-get install kdebase-dev 
apt-get install libx11-dev

The first two installed xsever-xorg-dev and kdebase-dev. My libx-dev is the current version. I then compiled kcometan3 easily with no more problems. This screen saver is awesome! Thanks everyone I appreciate all of your help.