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Mickey White
2024-09-09
2024-09-09

  • Mickey White

    Mickey White - 2024-09-09

    I had a crash on my Linux Ubuntu box when I updated from Ubuntu 22 to 24, the new version as of 08/2024.
    It would not boot so I had flash the Ubuntu 24 ios file and install it on a more or less empty box. The install then went OK but I had to Mount my old drives so it would see them. I then installed berkeley db and Jason (I think). I put my old disk in the PATH statement.
    Then I tried to Install GnuCOBOL 3.3 dev and Got ./configure errors on Jason and Berkeley and perhaps XML. and the Install fails and is listed below. My box is probably not right, and I am not a sys admin... I need help ! I have been working on this for a week... 

    mickeyw@mickeyw-Meerkat:~/gnucobol-3.3-dev$
mickeyw@mickeyw-Meerkat:~/gnucobol-3.3-dev$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for make... make
checking whether make can handle common constructs... yes
checking whether make supports order-only prerequisites... yes
checking whether CFLAGS -O can be modified... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
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 ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
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 minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for __INTEL_COMPILER... no
checking for __clang__... no
checking for __xlc__... no
checking for __WATCOMC__... no
checking for __SUNPRO_C... no
checking how to error on warnings during configure checks... -Wall -Werror
checking for windres... no
checking for ar... ar
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) 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 for shl_load... no
checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
checking for dlopen... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for flex... no
checking for lex... no
checking if flex is the lexer generator... no
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking if bison is the parser generator... no
checking for diff arguments... --strip-trailing-cr
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking signal.h usability... yes
checking signal.h presence... yes
checking for signal.h... yes
checking stddef.h usability... yes
checking stddef.h presence... yes
checking for stddef.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
checking for inttypes.h... (cached) yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for size_t... yes
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for sig_atomic_t... yes
checking for inline keyword... __inline
checking for vprintf... yes
checking for _doprnt... no
checking for memmove... yes
checking for memset... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for fcntl... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strrchr... yes
checking for strdup... yes
checking for strstr... yes
checking for strtol... yes
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for localeconv... yes
checking for getexecname... no
checking for canonicalize_file_name... yes
checking for popen... yes
checking for raise... yes
checking for readlink... yes
checking for realpath... yes
checking for setenv... yes
checking for strcoll... yes
checking for flockfile... yes
checking for timezone variable access... yes
checking for designated initializers... yes
checking whether to build with code coverage support... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
configure: Checks for math library ...
configure: none needed
configure: Checks for GMP/MPIR ...
checking for gmp... yes
checking gmp.h usability... yes
checking gmp.h presence... yes
checking for gmp.h... yes
checking whether linking against libgmp with "-lgmp " works... yes
checking matching GMP version... yes (6.3)
checking for __gmp_get_memory_functions in -lgmp... yes
checking for iconv... yes
checking for working iconv... yes
checking whether iconv is compatible with its POSIX signature... yes
checking for libxml-2.0... yes
checking libxml/xmlwriter.h usability... yes
checking libxml/xmlwriter.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/xmlwriter.h... yes
checking libxml/xmlversion.h usability... yes
checking libxml/xmlversion.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/xmlversion.h... yes
checking libxml/uri.h usability... yes
checking libxml/uri.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/uri.h... yes
checking libxml/parser.h usability... yes
checking libxml/parser.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/parser.h... yes
checking libxml/tree.h usability... yes
checking libxml/tree.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/tree.h... yes
checking for LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED defined in libxml/xmlwriter.h... yes
checking whether linking against libxml2 with "-lxml2 " works... yes
configure: Checks for JSON handler
configure: Checks for local cJSON ...
configure: using local cJSON: no
checking for libcjson... no
checking cJSON.h usability... no
checking cJSON.h presence... no
checking for cJSON.h... no
configure: WARNING: header for libcjson missing, you may adjust CJSON_CFLAGS or put cJSON sources in "libcob"
checking cjson/cJSON.h usability... no
checking cjson/cJSON.h presence... no
checking for cjson/cJSON.h... no
configure: WARNING: header for libcjson missing, you may adjust CJSON_CFLAGS or put cJSON sources in "libcob"
checking for json-c... yes
checking json.h usability... yes
checking json.h presence... yes
checking for json.h... yes
checking whether linking against libjson-c with "-ljson-c " works... yes
checking for clock_gettime and CLOCK_REALTIME... yes
checking for isfinite... yes
checking for fdatasync... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking for fmemopen... yes
checking whether fdatasync is declared... yes
checking whether fmemopen is declared... yes
configure: Checks for curses ...
checking for ncursesw... yes
checking ncursesw/ncurses.h usability... yes
checking ncursesw/ncurses.h presence... yes
checking for ncursesw/ncurses.h... yes
checking for ncurses _nc_freeall function... yes
checking for ncurses use_legacy_coding function... yes
checking for curses color_set function... yes
checking for curses resize_term function... yes
checking for curses define_key function... yes
checking for curses mouseinterval function... yes
checking for curses has_mouse function... yes
checking for curses mousemask function and mmask_t... yes
configure: Checks for Berkeley DB ...
checking db.h usability... no
checking db.h presence... no
checking for db.h... no
configure: error: Berkeley DB db.h is missing, you may adjust BDB_CFLAGS
mickeyw@mickeyw-Meerkat:~/gnucobol-3.3-dev$

    THANKS !

     

    • Vincent (Bryan) Coen

      Vincent (Bryan) Coen - 2024-09-09

      On 09/09/2024 15:49, Mickey White wrote:

      I had a crash on my Linux Ubuntu box when I updated from Ubuntu 22 to
      24, the new version as of 08/2024.
      It would not boot so I had flash the Ubuntu 24 ios file and install it
      on a more or less empty box. The install then went OK but I had to
      Mount my old drives so it would see them. I then installed berkeley db
      and Jason (I think). I put my old disk in the PATH statement.
      Then I tried to Install GnuCOBOL 3.3 dev and Got ./configure errors on
      Jason and Berkeley and perhaps XML. and the Install fails and is
      listed below. My box is probably not right, and I am not a sys
      admin... I need help ! I have been working on this for a week...

      ||
      |I am guessing here but :-

      The mount point used for your old drives is wrong compared to how you
      had them prior to your attempted update.

      By doing a fresh install most if not all of your prior set ups and
      installed for the GC system is missing and has to be done again.

      I would recommend re-installing ALL required libs and then the GnuCobol
      compiler, then run the full set of tests using make installcheck   or
      make checkall (for doing every test / checks).
      Only then for a successful pass on them all (subject to expected fails
      etc) attempt to build any Cobol program sources.

      The re-install of the Cobol system may well also mean that any other
      packages that you have installed on the older system will also need
      repeating - possibly before rebuilding the Cobol system such as the gcc
      packages and libraries.

      |

       
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  • Simon Sobisch

    Simon Sobisch - 2024-09-09

    I think the build definitions for Ubuntu 22 still apply to Ubuntu 24.
    I guess you miss the dev packages during install. Please have a look at [7c6b048b95].

    If you don't have the necessary rights to install by apt you could install all of the missing dependencies "locally" in your user directly - but in this case you'd likely have specified --prefix=$HOME or similar, so that's likely not the case.

     

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  • Mickey White

    Mickey White - 2024-09-09

    Thanks. I was looking on the board at https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucobol/files/gnucobol/
    and it says to look for DEPENDENCIES "See DEPENDENCIES for a complete list of these which may be helpful if you build GnuCOBOL from source. "
    But it does not tell you where to look!
    it works Now.
    Thanks Simon. And Vincent (even the old compiled programs in my bin directory work without me recompiling them. )
    This site is Great.
    This was the saving grace, not sure were it is ,but not sure why it was so hard to find ( in the link simon gave for Ubuntu 22).

    Prerequisites

    $ sudo apt update # necessary
    $ sudo apt upgrade # optional to get newest versions
    $ sudo apt install build-essential libgmp-dev libdb-dev libncurses-dev libxml2-dev libjson-c-dev

    possibly add GDB, drop xml/curses/json if not needed

    THANKS !!!

     

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