Compiling is the process of transforming source code into byte codes for a particular computer architecture.
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Where are my ALSA, pulseaudio lib
I tried to install darkice with lame. To compile it, I need ALSA and Pulsaudio:
checking for lame library at /usr ... found at /usr
checking for vorbis libraries at /usr ... configure: WARNING: not ...
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How to check if aptitude did something?
I've a CI build process during which I install a debian package from my local reprepro.
I have a Makefile which does call aptitude to install the package from its own repository like this
sudo ...
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Compiling programs to OSX
I have to decide between a MacBook Pro or an iMac. I have a desktop with Ubuntu and I love it. I have experience with terminal and I install texlive, TeXstudio, Bluefish, Geogebra, wxMaxima, gnuplot ...
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Compiling Wine 1.7.1 from git in Gentoo
Trying to compile Wine 1.7.1 with the great new D3D and Opengl patches.
I proceed like this :
1-Download the GIT source code from here : ...
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Change a driver's source code and compile
I have made some little change to if_igb in /usr/src/sys/dev/e1000/if_igb.c. How can I compile only this file and load it to kernel dynamically?
I'm using FreeBSD 8.2 Release.
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buildroot compiling driver
I'm using Buildroot for compiling embedded linux. It works well because I have target Makefile configurations, but now I need driver for my usb devices. I manage to compile Qt appilactions(c++) on my ...
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How to make EDID
I read the post here and I tried to make do with what I understood from the post but here are some questions:
Where is the /lib/firmware located in for example /usr/src/linux/lib/firmware or ...
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Compiling Kernel Question
When you compile a kernel from source how do you get hardware info and then know what drivers need to be kept in the kernel so the rest can be removed?
This is for a web server. I would like to ...
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making a toy unix os : issues with ld
So I'm following this tutorial on rolling out your own toy unix.
I'm stuck at compiling the sample source on this page. This is a download link to the sample source code
The Makefile looks like ...
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Compiling Android Image error: rebase-apply still exists but mbox given
I am building an android image on fedora, and I am running into some problems. I have done this before and had no issues. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
error: bootable/bootloader/lk/: ...
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How do I apply software patches?
I have an application foobar for which someone has written a patch to add a feature I like. How can I use the patch?
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Compilation of my wifi driver (RTL8192CE) fails
I'm kind of desperately trying to make my wifi work on my newly-installed Debian Sid (amd64, kernel 3.10.11-1). The relevant line of the output of lspci is :
06:00.0 Network controller: Realtek ...
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Linux USB Driver Compilation
I'm using Linux Mint 15. When I try to compile the EXAR UART driver file version for kernel v3.5.0 and later provided here:
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log4cxx/logger.h or libcql/cql.hpp fatal error while doing make -j4
I am running make -j4 and I am getting below exception...
userName@phx5qa01c-4e23:~/build$ make -j4
[ 1%] [ 2%] Building CXX object nda/common/loadtest/CMakeFiles/loadtester.dir/LoadTester.cc.o
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netcdf installation and usr/local… folders
I need to install netcdf on a SuSE Linux machine but I am having a few problems understanding the usr/local/ folders and my the myusername/local/ folders. What I think I need to do is go into the ...
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Build bash (or alternate linux package) with custom binary/doc name
I am trying to build Bash 4.2 as an RPM package for use on Enterprise Linux 5 systems, which come by default with 3.2.25. This works successfully, however, I want both versions to co-exist on the ...
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GLIB_GSETTINGS not found while compiling gnome extension
having failed to install a gnome extension from their website I looked for another way on Google. The guide I found was like:
sudo apt-get install gnome-common
git clone ...
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Unable to boot using self built kernel
I built kernel 3.11.3 following the instructions here.
There were no issues in the build. The steps I followed automatically made entries in grub and copied the image to /boot too.
At boot time, when ...
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Kernel panic after building kernel in Red Hat Linux?
I've been trying to build a new kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual installs under VM Ware. I've followed these steps so far:
Download the kernel from kernel.org.
Extract the downloaded ...
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Does Debian have any kind of virtual environment for make install?
If someone used a Python virtualenv he knows we can run scripts in its own environment installing all necessary libraries which won't impact main python distribution.
Do we have something similar in ...
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How can I compile, install and run the tools inside kernel/tools?
There are some tools in side the kernel,
<kernel source root directory>/tools
perf is one of them.
In ubuntu I think the tools inside this folder is available as package linux-tools
How ...
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Does `build_packages` download all libraries again in the case of a failed build?
I have been trying to set up and build an image of the Chromium OS from the instructions available here. My laptop was running the build_packages script for about 7-8 hours after which it failed on ...
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How can I compile DSniff on Kali Linux?
For some reason, Dsniff isn't found on my Kali system. So I downloaded the DSniff tar.gz file and extracted it on my desktop using:
tar zxvf dsniff-2.3.tar.gz
cd dsniff-2.3
./configure && ...
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application requires 32bit libs be installed on my 64 bit system — having trouble installing them
I want to install SimpleScreenRecorder (SSR) from git as recommended by the developer. The binary version crashes while the git version fixes my crash problem. Unfortunately, to build the git version ...
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How to compile video4linux for ARM?
I would like to use a webcam using a Linux over ARM board. Through reading, I have discovered video4linux so I would like to compile it for ARM. My unique notes are:
git clone ...
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Where to place source code for applications compiled from source?
In the past when I have compiled applications from source I have extracted the source code to ~/src and compiled from there.
I realize now that there may be no need for me to create the ~/src ...
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How can I make https://code.google.com/p/bluez-tools/ without reference errors in Linux Mint 15?
I'm trying to make https://code.google.com/p/bluez-tools/. Configure seems to have found the headers. I have obexd-client package installed and BlueZ 4.101.
This is my first experiment at compiling ...
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Differences between Chromium OS overlays?
In the ChromiumOS source, there are currently the following build overlays offered:
overlay-amd64-corei7
overlay-amd64-drm
overlay-amd64-generic
overlay-amd64-host
overlay-arm-generic
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Debian package available for ia64 but not for x86_64?
I want to download aptitude to build it from source on my 64bit machine.
It is a Thinkpad with a normal x86_64 CPU, nothing special.
The download page only has:
alpha
amd64
armel
armhf
hppa
...
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Compiled, can't access with sudo
So I compiled FFmpeg from this guide as a standard user and it works fine as the user I compiled with but if i do sudo ffmpeg the program can't be found. Is it possible to make it accessible by root ...
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Compiling a simple character device driver as a module
I wrote a simple character device driver & wanted to cross-compile it for craneboard (ARM architecture). My file name is gDev.c. I copied the file to kernel/drivers/char directory in craneboard ...
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Package shout was not found
I was trying to install icegenerator. First I installed libshout successfully. When I tried to install icegenerator, I got these error from the configure command:
SHOUT library
checking for ...
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Missing libraries in fedora 19
On fedora 19 64bit, which packages should I install for the compilation options -lz and -lcrypto? I am trying to compile git statically. This is the complete error message:
[rubenroy@localhost git]$ ...
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bmake error on Mandrive: “bmake: no system rules (sys.mk)”
I'm trying to use bmake to build OS161 on Mandriva. When I try to run bmake, I get the following error:
bmake: no system rules (sys.mk)
I get the same error, even when I run
bmake -m ...
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Gcc Error: cc1 not found
I've a system with gcc 4.2.4 on board, but when I try to compile even a simple hello world I obtain this error:
$ gcc helloworld.c
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory
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How to compile the C compiler from scratch, then compile Unix/Linux from scratch
Let's say I work for a large services organisation outside the US/UK. We use UNIX and Linux servers extensively.
Reading through this article it mentions that it would be easy to insert a backdoor ...
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How does RPM handle file locations?
I am trying to create a .spec file for creating mapserver as an rpm package. I am building on an RHEL6 64-bit server. I am a bit new to the whole concept, so bear with me if I am not seeing something ...
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Error building Oracle client 11g R2 on RHEL 5.5
We are trying to install oracle 11g R2 64 bit in Rhel 5.5 machine ( 64 bit ). Kernel version is 2.6.18-194.el5. We are getting the below error while installation.
error in invoking target 'mkldflags ...
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How to make OpenWrt Makefile compile faster?
I have recorded that it took 50 minutes for an initial compilation of the OpenWrt firmware image, assuming all the necessary packages have been installed via sudo apt-get install. My BuildRoot Root ...
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Compile the Ubuntu “Raring” Kernel with the Intel Compiler
Of course, the first question is: why I'm doing this. Just for fun! I'm learning more about Linux kernels and I have a virtual machine that I can replace in 15 minutes.
Getting to business, I don't ...
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Install Fedora/Ubuntu from its source code using virtual box
How can I compile Fedora/Ubuntu from its source code by using some kind of virtual machine?
Actually I want to trace some signals; especially termination signals SIGTERM SIGINT and SIGKILL. ...
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linking problems when installing python module and dependencies as non-root
I want to install a certain (non-public, numerical) python module on a remote (Debian squeeze) system on which I do not have root (or sudo) privileges. As the python-dev package was not installed, I ...
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Does SerNet compile Samba 4 with CUPS support? (How to tell in general?)
I have SerNet Samba 4.0.9 installed on CentOS 6.4. How can I tell if it was compiled with CUPS support?
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ZoneMinder compiling error: “missing binary operator before token ”(“”
When installing ZoneMinder 1.25.0 in CentOS 6.4 (64-bit) the following error pops up when executing make:
zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp:105:44: error: missing binary operator before token "("
Full log:
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What is the correct name for BUILD (config.guess) on Debian (or Ubuntu)?
I'm building a few packages from source and wondering what the correct --build=? is for Debian (or Ubuntu), if any?
When I run config.guess manually, the return value is x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. The ...
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ices-cc (libvorbis) linking fails on Ubuntu 13.04 - lgcc_s not found
I'm trying to compile compile ices-cc into a set of static files on Ubuntu Server 13.04. I use the automatic Centova's build-ices.sh script and use the following command:
./buildices.sh ...
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FFmpeg-php installation error on CentOS 6 x64 bit
I'm trying to install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-php. FFMpeg installed perfectly. When I try to install ffmpeg-php, I'm running ./configure and it's configured fine. However, when I run make it gives me the ...
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What are .in files?
Sometimes in the sources of projects I see "*.in" files. For example, a bunch of "Makefile.in"s. What are they for and/or what does the ".in" part mean? I assume that this has something to do with ...
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Running make with vermagic kernel string with parentheses causes /bin/sh syntax error
I am on Ubuntu Server 12.04 x86_64 and I need to build Android CyanogenMod 7.2 kernel module. My phone has custom ROM and a patched kernel:
adb shell cat /proc/version
yields
Linux version ...
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Compiling PHP-FFMPEG Extension
cd ffmpeg-php*
phpize
./configure --with-ffmpeg=/usr/local/cpffmpeg
make
Then I end up with the following issues on my make:
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/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c:86: warning: ...
