HowTo native compilation ?

[darius]

Hi,

worked really hard, got help from many people and still see no chance to compile basic Linux application for a router, called Linux Dialog.

Could you kindly write HowTo native compilation ?


Please read the following thread
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=17717

Linux dialog sources
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool...21.orig.tar.gz

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created a toolchain for native compilation use:
ipkg install optware-devel

as advised by al37919

running
/opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc

i get the follwing errors

======================
[admin@oo /opt]$ mipsel-uclibc-gcc -o helloworld
-sh: mipsel-uclibc-gcc: not found
[admin@oo /opt]$ /opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc
/opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: /opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
[admin@oo /opt]$ /opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc --help
/opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: /opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
[admin@oo /opt]$


Any sollution for syntax error "(" ?

And what directory is/was correct to save optware-devel
and how to make

/opt/broadcom/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc-0.9.19/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc

running as
mipsel-uclibc-gcc
only ?

What is your solution ?

Tried to install
mkdir /opt
cd /opt < enter >
wget http://www.asuscom.de/pub/ASUS/wirel...3/GPL_1927.zip < enter >
tar zxf ./GPL_1927.zip < enter >
cp -R /opt/broadcom/opt/brcm /opt < enter >

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cd /var/tmp
wget http://oleg.wl500g.info/1.9.2.7-6b/w...2.7-6b.tar.bz2
tar xjf wl500g-1.9.2.7-6b.tar.bz2
cd wl500g-1.9.2.7-6b
make uClibc

but was low on memory (2GB pendrive)
and -j option didn't work.

Today
mipsel-uclibc-gcc

generates syntax error.

I need Linux dialog to test some shell scripts.


Darius

[wpte]

I already gave you this link: http://wpte.kicks-ass.net/forum/view...hp?thread_id=2

I''m working with this, and it works fine, since it''s the most obvious way to compile stuff...

these toolchains you have here are for machines that arent MIPS and want to compile something for MIPS called cross-compiling.
the only thing you need is GCC and some other basic things.

+ you need those ncurses headers wich I just compiled
the package dialog itself still contains some bugs, just some linking problems so I need to dive into that and fix the code

[darius]

I already gave you this link: http://wpte.kicks-ass.net/forum/view...hp?thread_id=2

I''m working with this, and it works fine, since it''s the most obvious way to compile stuff...

these toolchains you have here are for machines that arent MIPS and want to compile something for MIPS called cross-compiling.
the only thing you need is GCC and some other basic things.

+ you need those ncurses headers wich I just compiled
the package dialog itself still contains some bugs, just some linking problems so I need to dive into that and fix the code

Thanks.
So no chance for native dialog compilation as of today ?

I have already visited the link you provided:

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where to go now ?


Two other forum members already claimed Linux dialog native compilation to work

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Lesiuk Lesiuk is offline
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Download sources and compile it. I try it and it works. (I native compile it under my router.)

Link to sources: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool...21.orig.tar.gz
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al37919 al37919 is offline
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said:\

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to create a toolchain for native compilation use:
PHP Code:
ipkg install optware-devel
"

Darius

[al37919]

Well, may be instead of flooding the forum by endless and useless topics you make an effort to read what is already answered on your questions?

Hint: read two last lines of the following post 100 times until the Great Enlightenment comes to you: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=126157&postcount=18

I don't think that your flood in Russian forum will be honored either.

[darius]

Well, may be instead of flooding the forum by endless and useless topics you make an effort to read what is already answered on your questions?

Hint: read two last lines of the following post 100 times until the Great Enlightenment comes to you: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=126157&postcount=18

I don't see any flood in Russian forum will be honored either.

As there is no flood in Russian forum at all, very basic questions only,
let others to share their Linux experience.

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Russian Discussion
http://wl500g.info/forumdisplay.php?f=86
My dear friend,

I am surprised by your answer and really don't know what your problem is.
You are Forum Guru.
Aren't you ?

So I have asked you very basic question how to native compile Linux dialog
and still don't have your answer

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http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=126157&postcount=18

al37919 al37919 is nu online
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ìîñêâà, Ðîññèÿ
Posts: 2,049
Hm..., and where in this text you see the statement that this should be done on the router?
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I am not interested in philosophy.
I have asked very basic question and expected exact answer only.
Yes or No.

If you claim native compilation is not possible, just say so, to save my time.
But say it in plain words, avoding any philosophy.


Not giving exact anwers that's you generating the problem, forcing me to ask the same question again to other members.

None topic is endless and useless.
Native compilation is of great importance to users of Asus routers.

I don't need to read any post 100 times.
Read your answer once and run compiler and got syntax error message.

Is ")" syntax error ok for you ?

Asking questions is not flooding a forum.
Russian Discussion is populated by many experienced Linux developers
so I expect Linux dialog be compiled for a router,
by one such experienced Linux developer finally.

Native or cross compiled.

Asking question is expecting to get the right answer.
If I don't get it, I just say what I did, what results are, and ask what should I do next.

So what is your final answer to my question about native compilation of Linux dialog.

As I am not a Linux developer, Asus router user only, I expected to get help from this Forum's Guru, not another puzzle.

Can you write step-by-step Native Compile HowTo manual one day for beginners ?

If not Linux dialog, so what about native compilation of
ncurses.c / curses exaple
from
http://www.captain.at/howto-curses-example.php

Or some other solution for outputting shell script generated data to monitor screen ?
gmplot is for graphics,

installed ncurses interface
ipkg install ncurses and still don't know how to start
basic data viewer application (very very basic) on native Asus router.


As you see, I am really surprised, much more experienced Linux fans
didn't compiled Linux dialog yet.
One claimed a problem with ncurses compilation.

Have a nice day.

Darius

BTW
As your claims are totally unsupported
copy goes to my lawyer for review.

[wpte]

Well, may be instead of flooding the forum by endless and useless topics you make an effort to read what is already answered on your questions?

Hint: read two last lines of the following post 100 times until the Great Enlightenment comes to you: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=126157&postcount=18

I don't think that your flood in Russian forum will be honored either.

yeh... gotta agree with that tbh...
darius, I don't think ur a bad guy, but we are all here to learn and help. it's free and we do it voluntairy.
you can't just come here and shout to everyone that he needs to help you.
I didn't do everything by myself, and so didn't all the others here (if I may say that), but we did find out stuff for ourself and shared it here. so others can find their way to a nice router quickly.
I love reading and posting on the forums since I keep learning here, things I might use in my study

anyway... sorry for my site to have a bug I didn't discovered yet
probably have to change a few settings there
but here you go: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=14538

[darius]

yeh... gotta agree with that tbh...
darius, I don't think ur a bad guy, but we are all here to learn and help. it's free and we do it voluntairy.
you can't just come here and shout to everyone that he needs to help you.
I didn't do everything by myself, and so didn't all the others here (if I may say that), but we did find out stuff for ourself and shared it here. so others can find their way to a nice router quickly.
I love reading and posting on the forums since I keep learning here, things I might use in my study

anyway... sorry for my site to have a bug I didn't discovered yet
probably have to change a few settings there
but here you go: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=14538

wpte, I don't think ur a bad guy,

visited the above thread and followed your HowTo

ipkg update
ipkg upgrade

ipkg install optware-devel
ipkg install buildroot

Downloaded the source into /opt/dialog directory

./configure --prefix=/opt
make
make install

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The issue is, when I run
./configure --prefix=/opt


[admin@oo dialog]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/dialog
checking for package version... 1.1
checking for package patch date... 20080819
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

Ok. I am low on memory
and mayby I should copy dialog sources
into /mnt/share/dialog directory
as advised by wpte

I tested gcc, running it alone from a command line and it generated "(" syntax error.

How could I debug to see what's wrong ?

I am a beginner in Linux compilation.

As you can see there is a problem with c compiler.
How to debug it ?

Darius

[darius]

Hi,

please follow this logfile and tell me what can be done
with the last error notice

configure: error: No curses header-files found

Darius
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[admin@oo dialog]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/dialog
checking for package version... 1.1
checking for package patch date... 20080819
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... ./configure: ./configure: 1898: egrep: not found
./configure: ./configure: 1898: egrep: not found
gcc -E
./configure: ./configure: 1975: egrep: not found
./configure: ./configure: 1975: egrep: not found
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD compatible install... /opt/bin/install -c
checking for ar... ar
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for makeflags variable...
checking if filesystem supports mixed-case filenames... yes
checking for ctags... no
checking for etags... no
checking if you want to see long compiling messages... yes
checking build system type... mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
Configuring for linux-gnu
checking if gcc -U and -D options work together... yes
checking if we must define _GNU_SOURCE... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no
checking for fseeko... yes
checking whether to use struct dirent64... no
checking version of gcc... 4.1.1
checking if you want to check for gcc warnings... no
checking for ANSI C header files... ./configure: ./configure: 4126: egrep: not f ound
no
checking for inline... inline
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 for off_t... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for working mmap... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... no
checking for argz.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
no
checking for limits.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for locale.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for nl_types.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for malloc.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for stddef.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/param.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for feof_unlocked... yes
checking for fgets_unlocked... yes
checking for getcwd... yes
checking for getegid... yes
checking for geteuid... yes
checking for getgid... yes
checking for getuid... yes
checking for mempcpy... yes
checking for munmap... yes
checking for putenv... yes
checking for setenv... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for stpcpy... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strdup... yes
checking for strtoul... yes
checking for tsearch... yes
checking for __argz_count... no
checking for __argz_stringify... no
checking for __argz_next... no
checking for iconv... yes
checking for iconv declaration...
extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, ch ar * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
checking for nl_langinfo and CODESET... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... no
checking if -lm needed for math functions... yes
checking if you want to use dmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to use dbmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to use purify for testing... no
checking if you want to use valgrind for testing... no
checking if you want to perform memory-leak testing...
checking if you want --trace option... yes
checking if you want to build libraries with libtool... no
checking for extra include directories... no
checking if we have identified curses headers... none
configure: error: No curses header-files found
[admin@oo dialog]$

[darius]

ncurses installed

--------------------------

Makefile

all:: ncurses

ncurses: ncurses.c
gcc -o $@ $? -lncurses

clean::
rm -f ncurses

.PHONY: clean

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source file .c

#include <time.h>
#include <curses.h>

int current_getch;
int doloop = 1;
static WINDOW *mainwnd;
static WINDOW *screen;
WINDOW *my_win;

int now_sec, now_min, now_hour, now_day, now_wday, now_month, now_year;
time_t now;
struct tm *now_tm;

void screen_init(void) {
mainwnd = initscr();
noecho();
cbreak();
nodelay(mainwnd, TRUE);
refresh(); // 1)
wrefresh(mainwnd);
screen = newwin(13, 27, 1, 1);
box(screen, ACS_VLINE, ACS_HLINE);
}

static void update_display(void) {
curs_set(0);
mvwprintw(screen,1,1,"-------- HEADER --------");
mvwprintw(screen,3,6,"TIME: %d:%d:%d", now_hour, now_min, now_sec);
mvwprintw(screen,5,6,"DATE: %d-%d-%d", now_day, now_month, now_year);
mvwprintw(screen,7,6,"PRESS q TO END");
mvwprintw(screen,10,1,"-------- FOOTER --------");
wrefresh(screen);
refresh();
}

void screen_end(void) {
endwin();
}

void maketime(void) {
// Get the current date/time
now = time (NULL);
now_tm = localtime (&now);
now_sec = now_tm->tm_sec;
now_min = now_tm->tm_min;
now_hour = now_tm->tm_hour;
now_day = now_tm->tm_mday;
now_wday = now_tm->tm_wday;
now_month = now_tm->tm_mon + 1;
now_year = now_tm->tm_year + 1900;
}

int main(void) {
screen_init();
while (doloop) {
current_getch = getch();
if (current_getch == 113) {
doloop = 0;
}
maketime();
update_display();
sleep(1);
}
screen_end();
printf("TEST ENDS\n");
return 0;
}

============


[admin@oo ncurses]$ make
gcc -o ncurses ncurses.c -lncurses
ncurses.c:2:20: error: curses.h: No such file or directory
ncurses.c:6: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
ncurses.c:7: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
ncurses.c:8: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
ncurses.c: In function 'screen_init':
ncurses.c:15: error: 'mainwnd' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c:15: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ncurses.c:15: error: for each function it appears in.)
ncurses.c:18: error: 'TRUE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c:21: error: 'screen' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c:22: error: 'ACS_VLINE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c:22: error: 'ACS_HLINE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c: In function 'update_display':
ncurses.c:27: error: 'screen' undeclared (first use in this function)
ncurses.c: In function 'main':
ncurses.c:65: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf'
make: *** [ncurses] Error 1

[darius]

Hi,

tried to native compile Debian Dialog today as ncurses-dev is available.

What's wrong ?

Darius

run
./configure --prefix=/opt/dialog

[code]

[admin@oo dialog]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/dialog
checking for package version... 1.1
checking for package patch date... 20080819
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... ./configure: ./configure: 1898: egrep: not found
./configure: ./configure: 1898: egrep: not found
gcc -E
./configure: ./configure: 1975: egrep: not found
./configure: ./configure: 1975: egrep: not found
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD compatible install... /opt/bin/install -c
checking for ar... ar
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for makeflags variable...
checking if filesystem supports mixed-case filenames... yes
checking for ctags... no
checking for etags... no
checking if you want to see long compiling messages... yes
checking build system type... mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
Configuring for linux-gnu
checking if gcc -U and -D options work together... yes
checking if we must define _GNU_SOURCE... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no
checking for fseeko... yes
checking whether to use struct dirent64... no
checking version of gcc... 4.1.1
checking if you want to check for gcc warnings... no
checking for ANSI C header files... ./configure: ./configure: 4126: egrep: not found
no
checking for inline... inline
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 for off_t... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for working mmap... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... no
checking for argz.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
no
checking for limits.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for locale.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for nl_types.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for malloc.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for stddef.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/param.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for feof_unlocked... yes
checking for fgets_unlocked... yes
checking for getcwd... yes
checking for getegid... yes
checking for geteuid... yes
checking for getgid... yes
checking for getuid... yes
checking for mempcpy... yes
checking for munmap... yes
checking for putenv... yes
checking for setenv... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for stpcpy... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strdup... yes
checking for strtoul... yes
checking for tsearch... yes
checking for __argz_count... no
checking for __argz_stringify... no
checking for __argz_next... no
checking for iconv... yes
checking for iconv declaration...
extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
checking for nl_langinfo and CODESET... yes
checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... no
checking if -lm needed for math functions... yes
checking if you want to use dmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to use dbmalloc for testing... no
checking if you want to use purify for testing... no
checking if you want to use valgrind for testing... no
checking if you want to perform memory-leak testing...
checking if you want --trace option... yes
checking if you want to build libraries with libtool... no
checking for extra include directories... no
checking if we have identified curses headers... curses.h
checking for curses.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for terminfo header... term.h
checking for ncurses version... 5.7.20081102
checking if we have identified curses libraries... no
checking for tgoto... no
checking for tgoto in -lncurses... yes
checking for initscr in -lncurses... yes
checking if you want extra dialogs... yes
checking if you want config-file support... yes
checking if you want Xdialog-style dialogs... yes
checking if you want the form dialog... yes
checking if you want the gauge dialog... yes
checking if you want the tailbox dialog... yes
checking if you want the mixedform dialog... yes
checking if you want the mixedgauge dialog... yes
checking if you want the wide-curses features... no
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for opendir in -ldir... no
checking for search.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for term.h... (cached) term.h
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking for _nc_free_and_exit... yes
checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for tsearch... (cached) yes
checking for waitpid... yes
checking if we must define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED... unknown
checking for flushinp... yes
checking for getbegx... yes
checking for getbegy... yes
checking for getbegyx... yes
checking for getcurx... yes
checking for getcury... yes
checking for getmaxx... yes
checking for getmaxy... yes
checking for getmaxyx... yes
checking for getparx... yes
checking for getpary... yes
checking for getparyx... yes
checking for use_default_colors... yes
checking for wget_wch... no
checking for start_color... yes
checking for chtype typedef... yes
checking if chtype is scalar or struct... scalar
checking for sys/wait.h... ./configure: ./configure: 1: egrep: not found
yes
checking for union wait... no
checking if we must include wchar.h to declare mbstate_t... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating dialog-config
config.status: creating makefile
config.status: creating headers-sh
config.status: creating samples/install/makefile
config.status: creating dlg_config.h
config.status: dlg_config.h is unchanged
[admin@oo dialog]$

[darius]

follow-up

than run
make
what's wrong ?
Is system time an issue ?

Darius

/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:753: error: previous declaration of 'wclrtobot' was here
./curses.h:681: error: conflicting types for 'wclrtoeol'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:754: error: previous declaration of 'wclrtoeol' was here
./curses.h:682: error: conflicting types for 'wcolor_set'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:755: error: previous declaration of 'wcolor_set' was here
./curses.h:683: error: conflicting types for 'wdelch'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:757: error: previous declaration of 'wdelch' was here
./curses.h:684: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '-' token
./curses.h:684: error: conflicting types for 'winsdelln'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:770: error: previous declaration of 'winsdelln' was here
./curses.h:685: error: conflicting types for 'wechochar'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:759: error: previous declaration of 'wechochar' was here
./curses.h:686: error: conflicting types for 'werase'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:760: error: previous declaration of 'werase' was here
./curses.h:687: error: conflicting types for 'wgetch'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:761: error: previous declaration of 'wgetch' was here
./curses.h:688: error: conflicting types for 'wgetnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:762: error: previous declaration of 'wgetnstr' was here
./curses.h:689: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '-' token
./curses.h:689: error: conflicting types for 'wgetnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:762: error: previous declaration of 'wgetnstr' was here
./curses.h:690: error: conflicting types for 'whline'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:764: error: previous declaration of 'whline' was here
./curses.h:691: error: conflicting types for 'winch'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:765: error: previous declaration of 'winch' was here
./curses.h:692: error: conflicting types for 'winchnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:766: error: previous declaration of 'winchnstr' was here
./curses.h:693: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '-' token
./curses.h:693: error: conflicting types for 'winchnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:766: error: previous declaration of 'winchnstr' was here
./curses.h:694: error: conflicting types for 'winnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:768: error: previous declaration of 'winnstr' was here
./curses.h:695: error: conflicting types for 'winsch'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:769: error: previous declaration of 'winsch' was here
./curses.h:696: error: conflicting types for 'winsdelln'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:770: error: previous declaration of 'winsdelln' was here
./curses.h:697: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before numeric constant
./curses.h:697: error: conflicting types for 'winsdelln'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:770: error: previous declaration of 'winsdelln' was here
./curses.h:698: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '-' token
./curses.h:698: error: conflicting types for 'winnstr'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:768: error: previous declaration of 'winnstr' was here
./curses.h:699: error: conflicting types for 'wmove'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:775: error: previous declaration of 'wmove' was here
./curses.h:700: error: conflicting types for 'wnoutrefresh'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:776: error: previous declaration of 'wnoutrefresh' was here
./curses.h:702: error: conflicting types for 'wprintw'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:778: error: previous declaration of 'wprintw' was here
./curses.h:703: error: conflicting types for 'wredrawln'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:779: error: previous declaration of 'wredrawln' was here
./curses.h:704: error: conflicting types for 'wrefresh'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:780: error: previous declaration of 'wrefresh' was here
./curses.h:705: error: conflicting types for 'wresize'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:852: error: previous declaration of 'wresize' was here
./curses.h:707: error: conflicting types for 'wscanw'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:782: error: previous declaration of 'wscanw' was here
./curses.h:708: error: conflicting types for 'wscrl'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:783: error: previous declaration of 'wscrl' was here
./curses.h:709: error: conflicting types for 'wsetscrreg'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:784: error: previous declaration of 'wsetscrreg' was here
./curses.h:710: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before numeric constant
./curses.h:710: error: conflicting types for 'wattrset'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:743: error: previous declaration of 'wattrset' was here
./curses.h:711: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before numeric constant
./curses.h:711: error: conflicting types for 'wattrset'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:743: error: previous declaration of 'wattrset' was here
./curses.h:712: error: conflicting types for 'wtimeout'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:789: error: previous declaration of 'wtimeout' was here
./curses.h:713: error: conflicting types for 'wtouchln'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:790: error: previous declaration of 'wtouchln' was here
./curses.h:716: error: conflicting types for 'wvline'
/opt/include/ncursest/curses.h:791: error: previous declaration of 'wvline' was here
make: *** [trace.o] Error 1
[admin@oo dialog]$

[darius]

Hi,

downloaded, unrarred and installed
ncurses by wpte

run
[admin@oo dialog]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt


.................
...
checking if we have identified curses headers... none
configure: error: No curses header-files found

Any idea how to get Linux dialog finally compiled ?

Darius

[wpte]

Hi,

downloaded, unrarred and installed
ncurses by wpte

run
[admin@oo dialog]$ ./configure --prefix=/opt


.................
...
checking if we have identified curses headers... none
configure: error: No curses header-files found

Any idea how to get Linux dialog finally compiled ?

Darius

are you sure you placed the files in the correct folder?
I get this output:

checking if we have identified curses headers... curses.h
checking for curses.h... yes

you can also specify the right dir with:
./configure --with-curses-dir=[the dir you installed ncruses in]

[darius]

are you sure you placed the files in the correct folder?
I get this output:


you can also specify the right dir with:
./configure --with-curses-dir=[the dir you installed ncruses in]

Ok.
So tell me the right installation procedure and how to start with,
step by step.
Where download ncurses-5.7.rar to
and what commands, switches should I use with
unrar ... ncurses-5.7.rar

Mayby I should use an installer for uncurses to chmod for directories ?

Darius

[wpte]

well... I expect people to look inside an archive before just extracting it anywhere

the archive contains the folder opt, referring as your disk mounted as opt....

so if you use command line (and it works), you should first cd to home:

cd /

now you can unrar it I guess, if it works the same way as tar in commandline.

you can also extract it simply by winrar to a samba share of your /opt