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recompiling a huge software stack like mozilla

A small change in a 1000's of lines of code leads to running the ./configure again on the entire software. Is there any alternative, where we can compile only the changed file and the files associated with it? ...

On Ubuntu, how do you install a newer version of python and keep the older python version?

Background: I am using Ubuntu The newer python version is not in the apt-get repository (or synaptic) I plan on keeping the old version as the default python when you call "python" from the command line I plan on calling the new python using pythonX.X (X.X is the new version). Given the background, how do you install a newer version ...

How can I compile libpoppler-qt with Nokia's Qt SDK

Morning ! I would like to compile libpoppler and libpoppler-qt4 (the Qt Api/bindings) with the Nokia's mac sdk available on the website. I've tried a lots of configure switch but it does not works. Any hint ? ...

Rsyslog to get logs from one machine to another

Hi I am very new to this... please help me configure rsyslog to get log from one machine to another machine. I am trying to get the log files from multiple systems to a base system. I have installed rsyslog on Ubuntu and tried configuring it But it did not work ...

Problem with "make & make install" software on linux

I have worked on Linux for a year. One thing bothers me is that I am not familar with the process of installing new software with source code(I can't install them from netword due to environment limitations). I was often blocked with different kinds of error, for example: ------------------------ libtool: install: error: relink `Magick...

How to manually configure Qt in Eclipse for existing C++ project.

I know this sounds like a stupid question but for some reason the way I'm doing it keeps giving me crashes with "symbol lookup error"/"undefined symbol". This is what crashes: #include <QVariantAnimation> #include <QDebug> class MyAnimacion : public QVariantAnimation { public: MyAnimacion() : QVariantAnimation() {} ~MyAnimacio...

Linking to specific or greater library versions using GCC

I am trying to build the BlueZ bluetooth stack to run on an ARM powered GP2X wiz device. I am cross-compiling for the ARM device on a debian machine. I have built the complete stack and all its dependencies, (libusb0.12, dbus, glib-2.0, etc) but I run into issues when running them on the target, and it appears dbus doesn't want to play....

Unable to configure my App ID in iPhone developer portal

Hi all!! Iam able to create a new apple ID from the provisioning portal from manage tab. But it always shows the app ID as unavailable for Push notification service. Action is to view the details. When i click on that it says, ""Note: Only explicit App IDs can be used to access the Apple Push Notification service. Please use an existin...

Find underlying compiler in configure

I have an application which is compiled using compiler wrappers such as h5fc/h5cc (the HDF5 compiler wrappers), or mpif90/mpicc (the MPI compiler wrappers). These are just wrappers, and it is possible using the -show argument to see the real underlying compiler, e.g. $ h5fc -show ifort -fPIC [...] -lz -lm $ mpif90 -show ifort [...] -lmp...

configure the left and right mac 'command' keys differently?

I'm wandering if I can set the right mac 'command' to act like the ctrl key, but keep the default functionality of the left 'command' key. Thanks. ...

Build 32bit on 64 bit Linux using a configure script

I'm using a 64bit system but want a set of 32bit binaries. What options must I pass to a configure script to generate a 32bit/x86 makefile? ...

Autoconf Produces configure with Broken Functions (ac_fn_set_status, ac_fn_exit)

I'm trying to set up autoconf for my project. I have everything working "properly" except that the ac_set_<...> functions are not being found in ./configure. They work fine in configure.status if I run it directly. Specifically, I am having trouble with as_fn_set_status and as_fn_exit. If I manually edit the config file and move the ...

Writing perl6 Programs using Rakudo Star: Can't install on OS X

I'm trying to install Rakudo Star on OS X 10.6, and I've reached the always frustrating point where my build has failed and I'm not sure how to procede. Does anyone here know a way past this? (I'm trying to set this up to write some local perl6 programs, so I'm not sure if The Rules want this on Server Fault or on Stack Overflow, slap me...

How to configure default paths in Jammit ?

Hi, I have a Jammit gem installed. I want to configure it a little: it must pack all the stuff into "public/assets_cache" folder, so, the packaged stuff will not make clutter in "public/assets", that has all .js and .css files. I have followed documentation here and here environment.rb is: require "Jammit" ... config.gem "jammit" ...

How to link to a specific version of the standard library (with gcc)

I've installed GCC 3.4 to /opt/gcc-3.4, and I'm using it to compile legacy code which is incompatible with GCC 4. This also means old versions of the C(++) standard libraries, binutils, and utility libraries. It works fine for some libraries, but fails when compiling libtiff, because it picks up the system libraries in /usr/lib (see out...

including static library to ./configure

how do i include two static library while executing the command ./configure. Ex: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ LDFLAGS="-L/home/lancy/dictionary/src/WordNet-3.0/lib -lWN" here only one static library is include. how do i add such another static library to LDFLAGS in the same command. ...

pass option containing comma to configure script (Linux)

Hi, I have a configure script where I need to pass an option that contains a comma. Now if it weren't for the comma I could put some "s around to make configure recognize the string as a whole: ./configure --with-arpack="-Wl,-rpath,/my/path -L/my/path -larpack" But the commas are interpreted as option delimiters, so the script only ...

GCC 4.5: "checking whether the C compiler works... no" error when CFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

I compiled and installed GCC 4.5.1 via MacPorts in my installation of Mac OS X 10.6.4. When trying to ./configure software (such as, but not limited to: Wine 1.3.0, libjpeg, etc.), I set the compiler flag to CFLAGS = "-arch x86_64 -m64" to make sure that the compiled program will be 64-bit enabled. But I got an error during configure say...

Compiling PHP with modified DEBUG_ZEND level

I'm debugging a PHP extension and found this while poking through the PHP source code: #if DEBUG_ZEND>=2 printf("Reducing refcount for %x (%x): %d->%d\n", *zval_ptr, zval_ptr, Z_REFCOUNT_PP(zval_ptr), Z_REFCOUNT_PP(zval_ptr) - 1); #endif So I want to compile with DEBUG_ZEND set to 2. In Zend/zend_compile.h, I saw: #define DEBUG_Z...

Adding a custom installation directory option to Autoconf-generated configure scripts

configure scripts always include something like the following in the help message: ... By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'. For better control, use the options bel...