Questions related to compiling software, normally using the "make" command.

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Autocomplete while compiling a file with c++ is gone

I am using Ubuntu 13.04 and have been programming mostly in C++. I use vim editor and c++ command to compile my .cpp file. What I have noticed is after typing c++ and pressing the Tab key, an ...
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I have two versions of glib on my system, and I don't know how to remove the old one

While trying to compile a program (pygobject), running ./configure I am told that I don't have glib. So, I download the tarball and compile and install, no problems. now when I try to ./configure ...
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Installing binutils-2.22 on Ubuntu 10.04

I am trying to install binutils-2.22 on Ubuntu 10.04. I have downloaded the source code of binutils-2.22, configured it with a custom prefix (to not conflict with the system binutils) and built it. ...
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Problem with compiling fft using gcc

I have downloaded the source codes of Splash2 from here and i tried to compile fft.c using gcc command on my own machine but i got this error : fft.c:62:28: fatal error: parmacs_config.h: No such ...
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Problem with /usr/bin/ld: main.o: undefined reference to symbol 'exp@@GLIBC_2.2.5'

During installation Emerald in ubuntu 13.04 when I write "sudo make" I have problem: libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -pthread -I/usr/include/libwnck-1.0 -I/usr/include/compiz -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 ...
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install qtSerialPort library

I want to install qtserialport in precise1-Ubuntu. I got the source directory using git. next I download lib-qt4-dev and qmake. I ran qmake. it works fine. but, make fails with the following error: ...
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How can I use Stroustrup's graphics libraries (Simple_window.h, Graph.h,…) in Netbeans

I'm reading and learning Bjarne Stroustrup's "Programming principles and practice using C++". I want to use graphics libraries from chapter 12-16 in Netbeans 7.3. I have already added header files ...
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Installing gphoto2 to use the python binding not working

I want to use the Python bindings that are available for gphoto2 and this requires a build from their tarballs. My first step is simply to build gphoto2 such that it recognizes my camera and thus far ...
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Where can I download mingw32 version 4.72 for ubuntu?

I am cross compiling some software for linux that needs the 2.72 version of the mingw32 compiler to work. However, the version in the repos is only 4.4, where can I find 4.72?
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I have a problem installing activestate python instead of the default. How can I fix it? Syntax error: “)” unexpected

I am getting this error when trying to run the ./install.sh for ActivePython. How can I correct this? cd /tmp wget ...
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Which settings for re-compiling libav-tools?

Which settings is Ubuntu's package libav-tools compiled with? I want to re-compile libav-tools (even better: the whole libav) without adding or removing its features.
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How do you rebuild and apply a portion of the kernel?

I was following the steps here to build my own kernel, which worked great, then I wanted to make a small tweak to the setup file (/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c) and rebuild it to see my message printed in ...
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vlc no gui from build

When I start VLC(installed version), I get output like the following in a Terminal window and then a new VLC player in graphical window: $ vlc VLC media player 2.0.5 Twoflower (revision ...
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How can I direct make-kpkg to output .deb files to a different location?

I am compiling a new kernel on my Ubuntu 12.04.1 using make-kpkg. In order to do so, I'm doing the same process as suggested in izx's answer. However, I want to direct the generated .deb files to my ...
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What glib do I need?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and I am trying to compile the cpabe toolkit, but first I have to compile libbswabe. However, when I try to build libbswabe-0.9 it gives me an error stating that glib.h ...
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Error during “Make Install” while installing Player

I want to install Player on Ubuntu Platform. 1) I give "configure" . This is done successfully. 2) After giving "sudo make install" , I get the following error: Making install in replace make[1]: ...
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SQLite encryption what package

I have an application witch uses an encrypted sqllite db with AES 128.I receive the error : File is encrypted or not a database. It is an ok database because on windows I can read it using the same ...
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Abaqus: “bad value” in the object file

I was trying to run a model in Abaqus using a user defined subroutine. When I complied the code, it gave me the following errors: ld: shell.o(shell_vuel.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local ...
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Compiling vim from source :libSM.so: undefined reference to `uuid_unparse_lower@UUID_1.0'

I wanted to use all the vim customizations from Steve Francis (https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim) . I am using Ubuntu 10.04 , 64 bit The customizations required vim 7.3 and so I am trying to ...
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ld cannot find -limf -lsvml -lipgo -ldecimal -lirc

I have installed the ICC recently, the XE composer 2013 version and I don't get success for running it because I have some errors to find libs that I don't know, however, I think that the artifact ...
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How to fix 'error: GLib >= 2.28 is required' when compiling linux-nfc on Ubuntu 10.04?

I try to compiled linux-nfc code, and running its configure file, but I get an error: configure: error: GLib >= 2.28 is required I try to update the glib with apt-get install libglib2.0-0 ...
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Compilation fails due to “linux/smp_lock.h No such file or directory” error

After the update or install a program This message appears Package operation failed The installation or removal of a software package failed. installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... ...
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netCDF and nf-config on 10.04: why does R not find them?

I hope someone can provide an explanation in plain English for this problem. My questions are 1) why is this happening, 2) how can I solve it. Trying to install in R a package called ncdf4 I got the ...
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line disc installation timed out

Hi All I am using pandaboard omap4 I am trying to boot the board with built in images avilable at http://releases.linaro.org/images/12.02/oneiric/nano for nano 12.02 and 12.03 . When i boot my board ...
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How do I install/compile CORSIKA & FLUKA for 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04?

I want to use some programs (CORSIKA and FLUKA) which are essentially designed for 32 bit systems. I've installed the 32-bit version of 12.04 on my system (Intel® Core™ i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz × 8). ...
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Is default Octave linked to libhdf5-serial-dev

I'm trying to read a .h5 file with octave using load("-hdf5","finalProg.h5") But I'm getting the error below. Looking at the octave documentation for load with -hdf5, it says "This format is only ...
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Undefined GSL to program

I have some problem about linking the GSL to cblas.. First, I want to run my program (simple_cosfitter) use GSL so I was installed lib GSL in -L/usr/local/lib and the header GSL in ...
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Multiple undefined references using FFMPEG libs

I installed FFMPEG libraries and headers as it is described here . In my C++ application when I compile (gcc) I am getting this : /usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(libfaac.o): In function ...
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Module Not Loaded

I am new to Linux driver development, and I just stated to do some driver programming beginning with "hello.c" on Ubuntu 12.10... but unfortunately my Makefile didn't compile the kernel code... and ...
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Changes to the KDE library prevent compiz 0.9.7.12 from compiling

I have been been following a tutorial on modifying existing compiz plugins, but run into the following error when compiling compiz-0.9.7.12: In file included from ...
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Are there any non-standard steps required to build a single module for a realtime kernel?

I am trying to build a modified driver for the PSEye camera. I am able to compile and load the module for a generic kernel without any issues. But when I use the same procedure for a linux realtime ...
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hostapd compile error

while trying to build hostapt I get the following error. make ../src/crypto/tls_openssl.c:17:25: fatal error: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make: *** ...
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Pitivi and Frei0r plugins for the transformation feature

I compiled Pitivi 0.15.2 It working well, but no additional capabilities. It required me to install "frei0r-plugins" for the transformation feature . I downloaded the source frei0r-plugins (1.4.0 ), ...
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C/C++ - HWInfo - libhd - Which libraries to link?

(This exact same question can also be found on Stack Overflow) I have gotten into libhd (included in hwinfo) since I need to get device information. I got into the documentation and tried this ...
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How to rebuild the kernel module after code change for the same kernel level

I installed openvswitch kernel module using apt-get and seems like apt-get build and install that package using dkms. Apt-get installs sources in /usr/src/openvswitch-version/ directory. I need to do ...
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Rootstock not working

Im getting this error: hello, Im having some trouble with roostock, the error Im getting is : ./rootstock: 1000: ./rootstock: cannot create /tmp/tmp.C7sAyhcAxf/tmpmount/etc/fstab: Directory ...
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Compile sk98lin driver in 13.04

I just upgraded to 13.04 and I'm having issues trying to compile the Marvell sk98lin ethernet driver: Execute: make prepare (done) ...
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Installing and keeping recompiled packages

There are a few packages I want to recompile on my system using a different compiler and flags. I've had no problems doing the following: $ apt-get --compile source <packagename> The problem ...
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Ubuntu Touch “No rule to make target” Build Error

I'm currently trying to port Ubuntu Touch (following the Touch/Porting wiki) to the Nexus S (GT-i9023) and I have encountered this build error that I cannot seem to find a fix for: make: *** No rule ...
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Getting my sound from my HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card to work in Ubuntu 13.04

I have a dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 (was beta testing, just upped to final release). In Win7 the sound card works great (I output through the optical cable). In Ubuntu the card is detected ...
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Dansguardian error on compilation from source

./configure ( compilation is done) make command giving error below make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/dansguardian-2.12.0.4-all_patch/configs' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[3]: ...
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Compilation Exaile from src - error

First, I got errors when I compile Exaile from exaile-3.3.1.tar.gz $ make `command -v python2` -m compileall -q xl xlgui /bin/sh: -m: not found make: *** [compile] Error 127 I replaced python2 with ...
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how to remove httpd built from source

I'm aware of the post: How do I remove apache installed with make install and use apache from the repositories?. I installed httpd2.4 from source. But for httpd2.4, there is no make uninstall ...
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activate custom CFLAGS & CXXFLAGS on dpkg-buildpackage system (for firefox20 build)

i need activate -O3 -march=native -mtune=native options on CFLAGS CXXFLAGS. now i cant this on dpkg-buildpackage. system using its own settings.
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cannot compile ralink driver in 12.04!

Well, trying to setup wifi. Concern is with compilation issue ( i think so!). make/make install are not working and showing errors with datatype miss-match and so on. When I try to update linux ...
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installing Transmission Daemon (newer version) over existing Transmission Daemon (older version) on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

In relation to this thread How do I compile & install the newest version of Transmission? Managed to follow the mentioned thread (as well as other resources in the Internet) and make a successful ...
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undefined reference to symbol dgemm cblas error

I am trying to compile a code package, which makes use of cblas and Lapack. Thus, after specifying the path of Lapack and cblas in its makefile, when I try to make or compile, I get the following ...
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Compiling patched Wine from git

I'm attempting to install SW:TOR on 12.10 and from what I've read I need to compile Wine with a patch in order to run it. These were the commands I used: sudo apt-get install git git clone ...
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Pidgin 2.10.3 compiling the source on 12.04 gives Farsight not found,searching the cache using apt-get no farsight-dev is found

When I compile the source of pidgin 2.10.3 it gives Farsight not found on 12.04. In apt-cache search there is no such package. I externally downloaded the Farsight tar file, compilation and all ...
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Kernel compiling: `nvidia config not found!`

I am trying to compile a new kernel from source. Specifically, I am using the localmodconfig option. Whenever I type make localmodconfig, I get the following output: $ make localmodconfig using ...

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