guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[msematman]

Dear all,

I am a non-root user on a 64bit machine.
I have been trying to install guile 2.0.7 from the tarball.

After ordinary ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local or even just ./configure
did not work, I have
tried with:
CC=gcc LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64/" ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local

First few lines of the configure output:
*******************************************

checking for a BSD-compatible install... 
    The current directory must be set to the ITT directory.
    Change the default to the ITT directory and re-run
    this script.
        
/usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
...
...
...

Last line of configure output:
********************************
...
...
...
checking for libltdl... no

and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.

However, libltdl exists on the system:
****************************
ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
libltdl.so.3.1.4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4


Why does the configure step break down? Is the library too old?

A remark. The following snippet,

     "checking for a BSD-compatible install... 
         The current directory must be set to the ITT directory.
         Change the default to the ITT directory and re-run
         this script."

occurs because the IDL is in my PATH as well, and it contains 
an executable named install. I don't know if this confused the configure
script. 
It seems not.


Kind regards


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  msematman@myopera.com

Re: guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

msematman@myopera.com skribis:

> checking for libltdl... no
>
> and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.
>
> However, libltdl exists on the system:
> ****************************
> ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
> libltdl.so.3.1.4
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4
>
>
> Why does the configure step break down? Is the library too old?

Can you please look for the line ‘checking for libltdl’ in the file
‘config.log’, and post the details that follow?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[Mark H Weaver]

msematman@myopera.com writes:
> Last line of configure output:
> ********************************
> ...
> ...
> ...
> checking for libltdl... no
>
> and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.
>
> However, libltdl exists on the system:
> ****************************
> ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
> libltdl.so.3.1.4
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4

Most likely, this is because you don't have /usr/include/ltdl.h, which
is needed to compile programs against libltdl.

Modern distributions typically separate libraries into at least two
packages: the main package, and a "development package" which includes
header files, etc, needed during compilation.  For example, on
Debian-derived systems, the main package is called "libltdl7", and the
development package is called "libltdl-dev".

To compile Guile, you will need the development packages for all of the
libraries needed for Guile.

If you cannot persuade the administrator of your system to install the
needed packages, then there are a number of ways to proceed.  The most
straightforward is to compile+install the needed libraries from source
code into your home directory, and then build Guile against those
locally-installed libraries.  There are a few gotchas, but it is doable.

    Regards,
      Mark

Re: guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[msematman]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012, at 08:24 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> msematman@myopera.com writes:
> > Last line of configure output:
> > ********************************
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > checking for libltdl... no
> >
> > and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.
> >
> > However, libltdl exists on the system:
> > ****************************
> > ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
> > libltdl.so.3.1.4
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4
> 
> Most likely, this is because you don't have /usr/include/ltdl.h, which
> is needed to compile programs against libltdl.
> 
> Modern distributions typically separate libraries into at least two
> packages: the main package, and a "development package" which includes
> header files, etc, needed during compilation.  For example, on
> Debian-derived systems, the main package is called "libltdl7", and the
> development package is called "libltdl-dev".
> 
> To compile Guile, you will need the development packages for all of the
> libraries needed for Guile.
> 
> If you cannot persuade the administrator of your system to install the
> needed packages, then there are a number of ways to proceed.  The most
> straightforward is to compile+install the needed libraries from source
> code into your home directory, and then build Guile against those
> locally-installed libraries.  There are a few gotchas, but it is doable.
> 
>     Regards,
>       Mark


Thanks Ludo', Mark for the quick responses.

/usr/include on the machine does not contain ltdl.h, but
/usr/share/libtool/libltdl/ does.

I tried the following combo:
 CC=gcc CFLAGS="-I/usr/share/libtool/libltdl/" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64/"
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local

Still the same result, the exact same error.

A tiny excerpt from the config.log (if somebody wants more of it, let me
know):
...
...
configure:40108: checking for libltdl
configure:40130: gcc -o conftest -I/usr/share/libtool/libltdl/ 
-L/usr/lib64/ conftest.c  -lltdl >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lltdl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:40130: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU Guile"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "guile"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.0.7"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU Guile 2.0.7"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "bug-guile@gnu.org"
| #define PACKAGE_URL "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/"
...
...
...



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Re: guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[dsmich]

---- msematman@myopera.com wrote: 
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012, at 08:24 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> > msematman@myopera.com writes:
> > > Last line of configure output:
> > > ********************************
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > checking for libltdl... no
> > >
> > > and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.
> > >
> > > However, libltdl exists on the system:
> > > ****************************
> > > ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*
> > >
> > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
> > > libltdl.so.3.1.4
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4
> > 
> > Most likely, this is because you don't have /usr/include/ltdl.h, which
> > is needed to compile programs against libltdl.
> > 
> > Modern distributions typically separate libraries into at least two
> > packages: the main package, and a "development package" which includes
> > header files, etc, needed during compilation.  For example, on
> > Debian-derived systems, the main package is called "libltdl7", and the
> > development package is called "libltdl-dev".
> > 
> > To compile Guile, you will need the development packages for all of the
> > libraries needed for Guile.
> > 
> > If you cannot persuade the administrator of your system to install the
> > needed packages, then there are a number of ways to proceed.  The most
> > straightforward is to compile+install the needed libraries from source
> > code into your home directory, and then build Guile against those
> > locally-installed libraries.  There are a few gotchas, but it is doable.
> > 
> >     Regards,
> >       Mark
> 
> 
> Thanks Ludo', Mark for the quick responses.
> 
> /usr/include on the machine does not contain ltdl.h, but
> /usr/share/libtool/libltdl/ does.
> 
> I tried the following combo:
>  CC=gcc CFLAGS="-I/usr/share/libtool/libltdl/" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64/"
>  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
> 
> Still the same result, the exact same error.

Does it work better if you leave of the /'s from -I and -L ?

-Dale

Re: guile 2.0.7 installation problems: configure issues libltdl error

[msematman]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012, at 04:54 PM, dsmich@roadrunner.com wrote:
> 
> ---- msematman@myopera.com wrote: 
> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012, at 08:24 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> > > msematman@myopera.com writes:
> > > > Last line of configure output:
> > > > ********************************
> > > > ...
> > > > ...
> > > > ...
> > > > checking for libltdl... no
> > > >
> > > > and an error is issued complaining about the absence of libltdl.
> > > >
> > > > However, libltdl exists on the system:
> > > > ****************************
> > > > ls -l /usr/lib64/*ltdl*
> > > >
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    16 Nov 21  2011 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 ->
> > > > libltdl.so.3.1.4
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29952 Dec 16  2009 /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3.1.4
> > > 
> > > Most likely, this is because you don't have /usr/include/ltdl.h, which
> > > is needed to compile programs against libltdl.
> > > 
> > > Modern distributions typically separate libraries into at least two
> > > packages: the main package, and a "development package" which includes
> > > header files, etc, needed during compilation.  For example, on
> > > Debian-derived systems, the main package is called "libltdl7", and the
> > > development package is called "libltdl-dev".
> > > 
> > > To compile Guile, you will need the development packages for all of the
> > > libraries needed for Guile.
> > > 
> > > If you cannot persuade the administrator of your system to install the
> > > needed packages, then there are a number of ways to proceed.  The most
> > > straightforward is to compile+install the needed libraries from source
> > > code into your home directory, and then build Guile against those
> > > locally-installed libraries.  There are a few gotchas, but it is doable.
> > > 
> > >     Regards,
> > >       Mark
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Ludo', Mark for the quick responses.
> > 
> > /usr/include on the machine does not contain ltdl.h, but
> > /usr/share/libtool/libltdl/ does.
> > 
> > I tried the following combo:
> >  CC=gcc CFLAGS="-I/usr/share/libtool/libltdl/" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64/"
> >  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
> > 
> > Still the same result, the exact same error.
> 
> Does it work better if you leave of the /'s from -I and -L ?
> 
> -Dale
> 

All right, I got the configure to finish without complaining. The
libltdl problem went away when I softlinked the libltdl.so.3.1.4 as
$HOME/local/lib64/libltdl.so . I didn't know that version number after
'so' matters for using
the '-l' flag.
 
No such luck with gc and unistring libraries which i had to download and
install separately. 

Thanks for all the pointers!

Todor
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