[Wylug-help] compiling slackware pkg from source

[Shaun Laughey]

On Friday 07 July 2006 15:29, Emon wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am newbie running Slackware10.2 with KDE desktop.
> I am trying to get "freevo" up & running, but it seem to have a billion
> dependencies; for most of which there does not seem to be a slackware pkg.
>
> I use the program "checkinstall" to build slackware pkg.
>
> I am now trying to build a pkg for "mmpython-0.4.9" but it keeps giving
> me a lot of error; I am pasting a few lines below
>
> ***********************
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:68: error: syntax error before
> "uint8_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:70: error: syntax error before
> "second"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:71: error: syntax error before
> "frame_u"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:78: error: syntax error before
> "uint8_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:143: error: syntax error before
> "uint16_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:145: error: syntax error before
> "code_extension"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:146: error: syntax error before
> "unknown3"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:175: error: syntax error before
> '}' token
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:231: error: syntax error before
> "uint8_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:258: error: syntax error before
> "uint8_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:260: error: syntax error before
> "lang_extension"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:261: error: syntax error before
> "code_extension"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:270: error: syntax error before
> "uint16_t"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:272: error: syntax error before
> "nr_of_cell"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:273: error: syntax error before
> "last_byte"
> /usr/local/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:274: error: syntax error before
> '*' token
> ***********************
>
> I have got the "libdvdread-0.9.6" pkg installed, which was also made by
> me from source using "checkinstall"
>
> I also tried to make a "lsdvd-0.16" pkg but when I tried to run
> "./configure" it kept giving me an error; something like.... "header
> files for dvdread could not be found"
>  but the files were clearly there!!
>
> bash-3.00$ ls /usr/local/include/dvdread/
> cmd_print.h   ifo_print.h  ifo_types.h  nav_read.h
> dvd_reader.h  ifo_read.h   nav_print.h  nav_types.h
> bash-3.00$
>
> So I even tried to do this
> ./configure --includedir=/usr/local/include/dvdread/
>
> but to  no effect..  :-(
>
> So is something wrong with the libdvdread-0.9.6 pkg or am I missing
> something here....
>
> Thanks in advance
> Emon
>
>
>
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It's not finding your header files for dvdread.

Try looking at this:

http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-7324.html

Good luck.
Shaun Laughey.