[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.18.1 compile problem

[Piers Kittel]

Problem fixed.  How?  I've no idea.... somehow I fixed it.... lucky me!

Cheers - Piers

Piers Kittel wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Have wiped my MythTV's hard drive to start again, installed Debian 
> Sarge, but have not installed X as the box will not be used as a 
> frontend (though am worrying how I would run setup without X...).
> 
> Anyway, am having a problem with missing libraries, but seem to have 
> installed everything that's required, so am tearing my hair out now why 
> it's not compiling.  The error is as of:
> 
> cd libmyth && make -f Makefile
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libmyth'
> rm -f libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18.1 libmyth-0.18.1.so libmyth-0.18.1.so.0 
> libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18
> g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libmyth-0.18.1.so.0 -o libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18.1 
> dialogbox.o lcddevice.o mythcontext.o mythwidgets.o oldsettings.o 
> remotefile.o settings.o themedmenu.o util.o mythwizard.o uitypes.o 
> xmlparse.o mythplugin.o mythdialogs.o audiooutput.o inetcomms.o 
> httpcomms.o mythmedia.o uilistbtntype.o uiphoneentry.o generictree.o 
> managedlist.o DisplayRes.o volumecontrol.o volumebase.o 
> audiooutputbase.o dbsettings.o screensaver.o screensaver-null.o output.o 
> langsettings.o mythdbcon.o audiooutputnull.o DisplayResScreen.o 
> util-x11.o qmdcodec.o audiooutputoss.o mythcdrom.o mythmediamonitor.o 
> mythcdrom-linux.o jsmenu.o jsmenuevent.o moc_dialogbox.o moc_lcddevice.o 
> moc_mythcontext.o moc_mythwidgets.o moc_settings.o moc_themedmenu.o 
> moc_mythwizard.o moc_uitypes.o moc_mythdialogs.o moc_inetcomms.o 
> moc_httpcomms.o moc_mythmedia.o moc_uilistbtntype.o moc_uiphoneentry.o 
> moc_managedlist.o moc_mythcdrom.o moc_mythmediamonitor.o moc_jsmenu.o 
> -L/usr/share/qt3/lib -L../libmythsamplerate -lmythsamplerate-0.18.1 
> -L../libmythsoundtouch -lmythsoundtouch-0.18.1 -lqt-mt -lXext -lX11 -lm 
> -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18.1] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libmyth'
> make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1/libs'
> make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
> mythtv:/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1#
> 
> Did a lot of googling, seems that I need the xlib-static-dev and the 
> libxext-dev packages but:
> 
> mythtv:/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1# apt-get install xlibs-static-dev libxext-dev
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> xlibs-static-dev is already the newest version.
> libxext-dev is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> mythtv:/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1#
> 
> Even tried the build-dep thing:
> 
> mythtv:/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1# apt-get build-dep mythtv
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> mythtv:/usr/src/mythtv-0.18.1#
> 
> I have put in the relevant info in the sources.list file required for 
> build-dep to work.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Thanks very much for your help in advance!
> 
> Cheers - Piers
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