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Questions related to compiling software from sources, usually using the "make" command.

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gcc error libSDL missing while using "make"

I'm trying to compile a program. I first found out I needed the SDL1.2-devel package so I installed them all (manually, probably didn't do it right). Before I installed SDL-dev packages, I couldn't ...
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Could not find wx-config error when building Audacity from source

When building Audacity from source the configuration fails and prints this error: configure: error: Could not find wx-config: is wxWidgets installed? is wx-config in your path? I've read the build ...
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Getting this error while installing wifi driver Leoxsys in Ubuntu 16.04 [closed]

Realtek Wi-Fi driver Auto installation script November, 21 2011 v1.1.0 ################################################## Decompress the driver source tar ball: rtl8192EU_linux_v4.2.2_7585....
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What is the better way to install GCC6.1? [closed]

I'm deciding which way I want to install GCC6.1. There are two options, adding the ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test repository, and installing via apt. Or going to one of the mirrors of GCC, downloading a ...
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-lrandomProcesses not found

I am attempting to install a piece of software and when it is installing (technically compiling) I recieve an error called /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrandomProcesses I have looked on the internet ...
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g++-5.real: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-pthread-lQtGui’

I have configure my rcssmonitor and when I want to make the file it gets this error Can someone help me with? configure log: ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu checking for a ...
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unregonized command line option '--showme:link' error

I ma attempting to install OpenFOAM on ubuntu 14.04 on a virtualbox. However, when I run the script to compile the source, I receive a cc: error: unrecognized command line option '--showme:link' I ...
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Serious issue while compiling

So here i was, porting ubuntu touch, when suddenly this error pops up and i cant's really find a solution. it says "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL" please help me. Much appreciated. Thank you.
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VMware Workstation 12 wont compile modules on linux kernel 4.6

I recently had to install kernel 4.6 in my Ubuntu 16.04 to stop the random "suspend" crashes. After install I ran: sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all and got the error: <snip> ...
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Compile BCM4352 Wireless Driver

I was trying to compile the latests driver v.6.30.223.271-2 published in Broadcom site, reading this post I try to compile the driver following: http://askubuntu.com/a/652844 But I have an error ...
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How do I download (compile?) tar.gz2 or similar files?

I downloaded a tar.gz2 file and unpacked it using the package installer, but I don't know how to compile it. I looked at guides saying to find the README or INSTALL files, but I looked everywhere and ...
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OpenCL makefile error

I'm attempting to run a program (openGraphiti), and am running into some errors I can't seem to get past. Here is my full make error, but the relevant part is No rule to make target `/usr/lib/...
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CMake error HDF5

I´m trying to install a program on Ubuntu. Therefore, I´ve to install OpenMP, Eigen, CMake and HDF5. After compiling all these libraries with Cmake I finally got to the last step: Installing ParOSol ...
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Building UCB logo 6 - errors in mathcalls.h

After hearing of Seymour Papert's passing, I wanted to install Berkeley Logo (UCBLogo). The Ubuntu repos only have v5.5. After downloading and extracting the archive, working out its dependencies (...
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How to compile and run using GCC?

I'm taking this course from Coursera and they asked us to have at least some knowledge in C . So as they asked us to use GCC And Ubuntu , I installed both of them , I then followed this tutorial from ...
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porting package to newer ubuntu version

i want to port a package (tremulous) from 12.04 to 14.04 and 16.04. i never worked with ubuntu packages so i need some guidance. i did sudo apt-get build-dep tremulous sudo apt-get source ...
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Building nginx deb package with custom openssl

I'm trying to build nginx packages from a deb package source (from the popular, semi-official nginx mainline PPA) but linked to an openssl fork that contains ChaCha20 and Poly1305 additions. I ...
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Using ffmpeg to encode from yuv to m4v with MPEG-4 encoder

I am trying to encode a raw yuv file to m4v as follows: ffmpeg -s cif -r 30 -b 64000 -bt 3200 -g 30 -i akiyo_cif.yuv -vcodec mpeg4 a02.m4v But it did not work and I got this error from the console ...
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Makefile problem

I was trying to make make command for a code in the remote computer.I found there is a problem and refuse to complete compiling. I need to get the logic of thinking on how to know the problem and ...
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configuring kernel build

I hope this is the right place for such question (if not please tell me and I'll move the question). I am building ubuntu kernel, I use instructions in http://www.variwiki.com/index.php?title=...
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How to track files installed from source code?

When we install a package with package management, this program is able to track files which belongs to application. But when we compile and install a application from source code, package management ...
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What is the role of static libraries?

Static Libraries by default live in /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 but I deleted all of them in my OS with this command: find / -name *.a -exec rm -rf {} \; My linux is already OK and everything works good!...
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How to install jsconcpp in ubuntu 14.04 for C++ development?

As the question tells how should I install jsonccpp in ubuntu 14.04. I have downloaded the jsoncpp-src-0.5.0.tar.gz form sourceforge. Then I opened nautilus using sudo and copied,pasted and extracted ...
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How do you build a python application using snapcraft?

I'm trying for several hours, I'm getting this : Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-UWeLSq-build/ Command '['/bin/sh', '/tmp/tmpkajulyzd', 'python2', '/home/...
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Codeblocks error undefined reference to curl_global_ in C++

I new to the web application of c++ and trying to learn about fetching websites and its contents using curl in c++ . My aim is to create a c++ programe which can parse json data from a website. I am ...
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X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h: No such file or directory

I've tried to compile https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/228674 under Ubuntu. Unfortunately ending up with following error: /tmp/find-cursor$ make cc find-cursor.c -o find-cursor -lX11 find-cursor.c:...
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Snapcraft is downloading Ubuntu files

Just tried creating a snap yesterday for an application and failed miserably, I will go at it this evening after work. What bugs me though is the Ubuntu directory which gets created and where more ...
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How I can copy a src code from my computer to the remote computer

I am beginner in linux and I don't know many details about it. I am trying to copy a folder from my computer to remote computer to install it in the remote computer and work with it. how I can do that....
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How to install new versions of G++ that use the corresponding C++ standard library?

I am trying to install multiple versions of the g++ compiler for testing purposes. I would like to be able to install g++ 4.9.3,5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 6.1.0. I know that I can do sudo add-apt-...
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/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem

I'm building a third-party application and it can not find boost_filesystem. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS I already installed these: apt-get -y install libboost-dev apt-get -y install libboost-...
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Undefined References eclipse using libav

I am trying to install the newest version of libav from the libav website. Currently being version 11.7. I have unziped, configured, make, and make install. For ./configure I had tried using various ...
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How do I find what library was compiled with lto 4.0 instead of 4.1?

All of a sudden I've been getting the following error (something probably updated my gcc or something): lto1: fatal error: bytecode stream generated with LTO version 4.0 instead of the expected 4.1 ...
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Missing gnu/stubs-64.h in 32bit ubuntu on 64bit machine while compiling hyperterm

I've try to compile hyperterm but I have error that sys/cdefs.h is missing I have it in /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/sys/cdefs.h so I call: CPATH=/usr/include:/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu scripts/...
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Problem with cmake and package libccext2

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/etherlab ../pdserv-1.1.0 -- Mercurial was not found. -- checking for module 'libccext2' -- package 'libccext2' not found CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/...
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arm-linux-gnu-strip command

From Linux man pages: arm-linux-gnu-strip command discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of object files may include archives. When would one use this command and for what purpose?
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Which Ubuntu flavor? [closed]

I have a HP 255 G3 (specs can be found here) And I can't decide what Ubuntu flavor to install into it, vanilla, Gnome or Lubuntu, because I don't know the core differences in them. (The DE differences ...
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undefined reference to espeak function

after typing make to compile a project that is depends on espeak i got the following error at linking stage `EspeakTTSWorker.cpp:(.text+0x118): undefined reference to `espeak_Initialize' ...
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NS-2.31 Make fail while adding a transport layer protocol

While adding a transport layer protocol in ns-2.31 in ubuntu 14.04, I am coming across the following error that I have been unable to resolve. "make: *** [dtsncc/dtsncc-cache.o] Error 1" (...
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"fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or directory" compiling mitmproxy

I'm trying to install the mitmproxy package via pip like this: $ sudo pip install mitmproxy It terminates with following error message: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -...
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I get no output when I compile Java code from the Terminal

When I try to run my Hello World program it doesn't show any output: $ ls hello.class hello.java $ javac hello.java $
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Gedit error for non sudo - undefined symbol: cairo_surface_set_device_scale (undefined symbol: cairo_surface_set_device_scale)

for some reason I am unable to run gedit as a normal user. I get the following error: heberto@heberto-XPS-13:~$ gedit gedit: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0: undefined ...
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ld cannot find -lvulkan

After successfully installing the LunarG Vulkan SDK (or so I thought) and setting the environment variables in the /etc/profile I still can't build the Vulkan samples. I followed very carefully the ...
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compile lynx browser with ssl

cannot get compiled lynx to work with https. ./configure --with-ssl --with-gnutls --with-gnutls-openssl make sudo make install compile reports (in part): checking if you want ssl library... yes ...
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'autoconf' 2.50 not found when compiling 'mate-common' 1.15.0

I wanted to compile mate 1.15 on Ubuntu 16.04, but when I run ./autogen.sh in mate-common-1.15.0 it outputs this : checking for autoconf >= 2.53... testing autoconf2.50... not found. testing ...
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make dmrshark error : sqrtf@@GLIBC2.0 undefined reference

I want to make dmrshark from https://github.com/nonoo/dmrshark ,but when I make that, it gives an error while making it. Can anybody help me? Error message: make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/m/sdr/...
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Problem with programme installation in Ubuntu 16.04

The full error I get when I type make is Making install in libraries/utils make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ioanna/Desktop/Biogeme/biogeme-2.5/libraries/utils' make install-am make[2]: Entering ...
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Install old version of boost

I am trying to compile this program called Doppia and it requires an older version of Boost (somewhere around 1.54 - 1.55) however when I try to install it using sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev ...
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compile can't find GL lib

bjorn@bjorn-031:~/samples/SOP$ gcc -lGL /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL I've installed libglu1-mesa-dev and rebooted. I'm using Nvidia drivers. This output look strange to me though: ldconfig -v ......
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Where to find core dumps from gcc and g++ compiled code?

I compiled some C code, once with gcc, and then with g++, so I got two output executable files. When executing both files I found that it told me: Segmentation fault (core dumped) But there is no ...
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Missing SDL_ttf.h

I am trying to install Marathon on my laptop. Been following along with the instructions at: https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/wiki/Linux%20Install%20Instructions#ubuntu. I installed the ...
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