problem with graphical installer

bloodyscript · 2007-07-15 02:29:36

my machine is running debian etch 4.0 i downloaded and got the graphical installer to run and installed all dependencies and then starts to config make and make install everything but at xfce mcs manager it configs but at make it failes this is the error log output fir mcs manager

## Configuring xfce-mcs-manager
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
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 egrep... grep -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
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 minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for intltool >= 0.31... 0.35.0 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for iconv... /usr/bin/iconv
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking for msgmerge... msgmerge
checking for xgettext... xgettext
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
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 dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for f90... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether accepts -g... no
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 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 static flag -static 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 if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking math.h usability... yes
checking math.h presence... yes
checking for math.h... yes
checking signal.h usability... yes
checking signal.h presence... yes
checking for signal.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for daemon... yes
checking for setsid... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking libintl.h usability... yes
checking libintl.h presence... yes
checking for libintl.h... yes
checking for ngettext in libc... yes
checking for dgettext in libc... yes
checking for bind_textdomain_codeset... yes
checking for msgfmt... no
checking for bind_textdomain_codeset... (cached) yes
checking for locales directory... ${prefix}/share/locale
checking for additional xgettext flags... --keyword=Q_ --from-code=UTF-8
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for pkg-config >= 0.9.0... 0.21
checking for libxfcegui4-1.0 >= 4.4.0... 4.4.1
checking LIBXFCEGUI4_CFLAGS... -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0
checking LIBXFCEGUI4_LIBS... -L/usr/local/lib -lxfcegui4 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lxfce4util -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangocairo-1.0 -lfontconfig -lXext -lXrender -lXinerama -lXi -lXrandr -lXcursor -lXfixes -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lX11 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0
checking for libxfce4mcs-manager-1.0 >= 4.4.0... 4.4.1
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_MANAGER_CFLAGS... -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_MANAGER_LIBS... -L/usr/local/lib -lxfce4mcs-manager -lxfce4util -lglib-2.0
checking for libxfce4mcs-client-1.0 >= 4.4.0... 4.4.1
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_CLIENT_CFLAGS... -I/usr/local/include/xfce4 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking LIBXFCE4MCS_CLIENT_LIBS... -L/usr/local/lib -lxfce4mcs-client -lxfce4util -lglib-2.0
checking whether to enable debugging support... no
checking whether /usr/bin/ld accepts -O1... yes
checking whether to enable load profiling... no
checking PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS... -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS -DG_DISABLE_ASSERT -DG_DISABLE_CHECKS
checking PLATFORM_CFLAGS...
checking PLATFORM_LDFLAGS... -Wl,-O1
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/C/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/C/images/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/fr/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/fr/images/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/it/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/it/images/Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating xfce-setting-show/Makefile
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager.spec
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/Makefile
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/manager-plugin.h
config.status: creating xfce-mcs-manager/xfce-mcs-manager.pc
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing intltool commands
config.status: executing default-1 commands
config.status: executing po/stamp-it commands

## Building xfce-mcs-manager
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager'
Making all in doc
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
Making all in C
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/C'
Making all in fr
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/fr'
Making all in it
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
Making all in images
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it/images'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it/images'
make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc/it'
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/doc'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/po'
file=`echo ar | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
&& rm -f $file && -o $file ar.po
/bin/sh: line 1: -o: command not found
make[2]: *** [ar.gmo] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/selfgz7836248/xfce-mcs-manager'
make: *** [all] Error 2
!! Failed to build xfce-mcs-manager, see the errors above
!! for details on the problem.

so did i miss sumthing that i was sapose to do or is it a problem with the installer or is it my machine ? any way i can fix it so i can install xfce

RGRagosta · 2007-07-15 11:27:53

Sorry you're having issues with the Graphical Installer. Couple of basic questions:

- what Xfce install version are you attempting? Where did you get the Installer from?
- Have you confirmed that your Installer download was totally AOK prior to usage?
- have you cross-checked your overall "Environment variables" and paths?
- did you absolutely confirm that you have "pkg-config" installed and its path is accurate and set?

Finally, since I'm also using Xfce as my primary DM with Debian Etch have to ask- Why are you using the graphic install method where there is already a complete Desktop meta-package for Xfce readily available..??

Regards-

bloodyscript · 2007-07-15 13:14:11

"
- what Xfce install version are you attempting? Where did you get the Installer from?"

i got it from sourceforge.net and downloaded fxce4-4.4.1-installer.run

"- Have you confirmed that your Installer download was totally AOK prior to usage?"

i was pretty sure it was aok how would i check to see if its not?

"- have you cross-checked your overall "Environment variables" and paths?"

mmm no idea what u mean by that? if your talking bout the dependencies i istalled them via apt-get

"did you absolutely confirm that you have "pkg-config" installed and its path is accurate and set?"

wat is pkg-config cuz i know i didnt istall it but if the graphical installer installs it then i dunno

RGRagosta · 2007-07-15 15:54:52

Thank you for the clarifying responses- very helpful. To continue in the spirit of helpfulness, I'll make the following comments,observations, and recommendations:

1. In the world of Open-Source "freedom" has a diversity of meanings/realizations; you're definitely free to do whatever you want with your system and ignore directives, recommendations, suggestions, etc.

2. In reviewing your responses I'll note:
a. Nothing out of ordinary regarding source for Graphical Installer (Sourceforge). However, I will note that the Xfce 4.4.1 environment DOES break a number of goodies and panel plugins which have not been well maintained (but are neat nice-to-haves regardless). For me there is nothing in the 4.4.1 upgrade that is compelling to forego some of the plugins I currently utilize-enjoy..
b. As regards environment variables-paths, these are aspects of your system and user working environments that set basic location references or environment indicators to be used by a variety of utilities, desktop services, etc.. Be assured these items ARE important; your lack of knowledge/appreciation for them is OK (your prerogative, experience level)- but they are GNU/Linux aspects you should be very aware of..
c. as for pkg-config these are a set of references and "services" that establish reference items for pointing to and resolving Library module dependencies/items; especially utilized in software ("package") installs

3. Considering the above info, I'll make these recommendations:
a. abandon using the Graphic Installer approach to install your Xfce environment. Simply, you do NOT need the 4.4.1 release at this time. Additionally, the Xfce4 environment is fully-readily available in Etch already.
b. You have a GREAT deal of exploring to undertake for basic-introductory aspects of: Linux, Debian Etch, Xfce4, and the associated utilities, applications, and infinite configuration possibilities
c. Recommend you do a standard Debian Etch install of Xfce4 utilizing Aptitude, NOT apt-get. Apt-get is not the recommended install, software-pkg management tool in Debian. Does it make a difference- Yes! particularly in dependency management, resolution, and future Debian package directions... Simply:

$su
Password: blah-blah
#aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xfce4-appfinder

will provide you with a fully and correctly installed Xfce 4 desktop environment. Which will present you with innumerable opportunities to explore: Linux, Debian, Xfce, and everything else FOSS.

Of course you're "free" to accept/reject any of the above- your choice. Enjoy!

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problem with graphical installer

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