So a couple of weeks back, I asked for help installing kmuddy. You can read that in the archives here
So I have to rebuild the rpm with a slight change to the .spec file, and then execute: rpmbuild -ba kmuddy.spec, but I get an error. After a giant list of files it starts going through what I think is a dependencies check? Not sure, still trying to get used to the whole Linux thing.
Not enough room to post entire output. I’m posting that as a reply to this thread.
What else do I have to do?
This is everything after the file creation list is finished.
- STATUS=0
- ‘’ 0 -ne 0 ‘]’
- cd kmuddy-0.8
++ /usr/bin/id -u
- ‘’ 0 = 0 ‘]’
- /bin/chown -Rhf root .
++ /usr/bin/id -u
- ‘’ 0 = 0 ‘]’
- /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
- /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w .
- KDEDIR=/opt/kde3
- LOCALFLAGS=’–enable-final --with-sdl’
- ./configure --prefix /opt/kde3 --enable-final --with-sdl
checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install… /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install… yes
checking whether build environment is sane… yes
checking for gawk… gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… yes
checking for kde-config… /opt/kde3/bin/kde-config
checking where to install… /opt/kde3 (as requested)
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 g++… g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler… yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g… yes
checking dependency style of g++… gcc3
checking whether gcc is blacklisted… no
checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute… yes
checking whether gcc supports -Wmissing-format-attribute… yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef… yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long… yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-non-virtual-dtor… yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions… yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new… yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-common… yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions… yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor… g++ -E
checking whether g++ supports -O0… yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wl,–no-undefined… yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wl,–allow-shlib-undefined… yes
not using lib directory suffix
checking for a sed that does not truncate output… /usr/bin/sed
checking for egrep… grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc… /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld… yes
checking for /usr/i586-suse-linux/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 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 dlfcn.h usability… yes
checking dlfcn.h presence… yes
checking for dlfcn.h… yes
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… gfortran
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler… yes
checking whether gfortran accepts -g… yes
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 static flag works… yes
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 supports -c -o file.o… yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/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 for shl_load… no
checking for shl_load in -ldld… no
checking for dlopen… no
checking for dlopen in -ldl… yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself… yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself… yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries… yes
checking whether to build shared libraries… yes
checking whether to build static libraries… no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag “CXX” to libtool
checking for ld used by g++… /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld… yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries… yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC… -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works… yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o… yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries… yes
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 for shl_load… (cached) no
checking for shl_load in -ldld… (cached) no
checking for dlopen… (cached) no
checking for dlopen in -ldl… (cached) yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself… (cached) yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself… (cached) yes
appending configuration tag “F77” to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries… yes
checking whether to build shared libraries… yes
checking whether to build static libraries… no
checking for gfortran option to produce PIC… -fPIC
checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works… yes
checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o… yes
checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries… yes
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 for msgfmt… /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt… /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext… :
checking if C++ programs can be compiled… yes
checking for strlcat… no
checking if strlcat needs custom prototype… yes - in libkdefakes
checking for strlcpy… no
checking if strlcpy needs custom prototype… yes - in libkdefakes
checking for main in -lutil… yes
checking for main in -lcompat… no
checking for crypt in -lcrypt… yes
checking for socklen_t… yes
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet… no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub… no
checking for inet_ntoa… yes
checking for connect… yes
checking for remove… yes
checking for shmat… yes
checking for sys/types.h… (cached) yes
checking for stdint.h… (cached) yes
checking sys/bitypes.h usability… yes
checking sys/bitypes.h presence… yes
checking for sys/bitypes.h… yes
checking for poll in -lpoll… no
checking Carbon/Carbon.h usability… no
checking Carbon/Carbon.h presence… no
checking for Carbon/Carbon.h… no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability… no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence… no
checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h… no
checking if res_init needs -lresolv… yes
checking for res_init… yes
checking if res_init needs custom prototype… no
checking for killpg in -lucb… no
checking for int… yes
checking size of int… 4
checking for short… yes
checking size of short… 2
checking for long… yes
checking size of long… 4
checking for char *… yes
checking size of char *… 4
checking for dlopen in -ldl… (cached) yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld… no
checking for size_t… yes
checking size of size_t… 4
checking for unsigned long… yes
checking size of unsigned long… 4
checking sizeof size_t == sizeof unsigned long… yes
checking for PIE support… yes
checking if enabling -pie/fpie support… yes
checking crt_externs.h usability… no
checking crt_externs.h presence… no
checking for crt_externs.h… no
checking for _NSGetEnviron… no
checking for vsnprintf… yes
checking for snprintf… yes
checking for X… libraries /usr/lib, headers .
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE… yes
checking for libXext… yes
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread… yes
checking for extra includes… no
checking for extra libs… no
checking for libz… -lz
checking for libpng… -lpng -lz -lm
checking for libjpeg6b… no
checking for libjpeg… no
configure: WARNING: libjpeg not found. disable JPEG support.
checking for perl… /usr/bin/perl
checking for Qt… configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.1 (20021021) and < 4.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.91153 (%prep)
RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.91153 (%prep)
do you have the qt devel libraries installed?
I reinstalled them and tried again. Same error.
Okay, I installed qt3-devel and ran the rpmrebuild -ba command again. It got a little further before it ran into another problem.
checking for Qt… libraries /usr/lib/qt3/lib, headers /usr/lib/qt3/include using -mt
checking for moc… /usr/lib/qt3/bin/moc
checking for uic… /usr/lib/qt3/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L … yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload … yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg… no
checking for rpath… yes
checking for KDE… configure: error:
in the prefix, you’ve chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7817 (%prep)
RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7817 (%prep)
What does it mean by prefix? I don’t remember having chosen anything, prefix or otherwise, so I am guessing this is something I’m going to have to go into a file to change? What file? What change(s) do I need to make?
In the header of your earlier post, there was:
- STATUS=0
- ‘’ 0 -ne 0 ‘]’
- cd kmuddy-0.8
++ /usr/bin/id -u
- ‘’ 0 = 0 ‘]’
- /bin/chown -Rhf root .
++ /usr/bin/id -u
- ‘’ 0 = 0 ‘]’
- /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
- /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w .
- KDEDIR=/opt/kde3
- LOCALFLAGS=’–enable-final --with-sdl’
- ./configure --prefix /opt/kde3 --enable-final --with-sdl
Note the --prefix given to configure! That’s the option it’s complaining about. Check the KDEDIR is correct, and make sure you have the kdebase-devel (I think that’s the one) installed.
I installed kdebase-devel and got a lot further along. Still hit an error though. It’s looking for:
/tmp/kmuddy-0.8/opt/kde3/man/man1/kmuddy.1.gz
instead that dir has:
kmuddy.1
How do I take care of this? Do I just rename the file? Do I have change the line in the kmuddy.spec file like the license/copyright issue I had earlier?
I guess I’d try to gzip it. Only rename it if it’s already compressed.
Can you gzip a file that doesn’t end in .gz? More importantly, this is a file that is being created by the rpmbuild -ba command. If I run that again, wont it just recreate the wrong file and throw up the error again?
Renaming the file didn’t work. When I ran the rpmbuild -ba command again it replaced the file (to be fair, I thought that would happen), so I went in and edited the .spec file to look for what was actually being created. Then everything was fine. Well, at least, I got an rpm & it installed. Now I just have to learn how to use it! Thanks for the help!
Thanks for posting! I’ll be reviewing this thread if I ever want to try out kmuddy!