java-gnome-developer

[Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Nicholas R. <ni...@mn...>]

I've been having problems trying to compile java-gnome from source.  I
have tried both the 2.7.4 tarball and the CVS version (by hand and via
jhbuild).  Here's what i get when running configure in libgtk-java:

me: /usr/local/src/java-gnome/libgtk-java> ./configure 
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking for executable suffix... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for db2html... nocommand
checking for docbook2html... /usr/bin/docbook2html
checking if /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2/bin/javac works... yes
checking if /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2/bin/javac works... (cached) yes
checking for javadoc... javadoc
checking for jar... jar
./configure: line 2420: syntax error: unexpected end of file

when running autogen.sh i get this:

me: /usr/local/src/java-gnome/libgtk-java> ./autogen.sh
Illegal variable name.

can anyone point me in the right direction?
thanks in advance for your help,
Nick

Re: [Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Mark H. <mh...@ti...>]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 04:40:05PM +0200, Nicholas Rahn wrote:
> me: /usr/local/src/java-gnome/libgtk-java> ./autogen.sh
> Illegal variable name.

Is that really the only error you get?
What version of aclocal and autoconf are you using?

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Re: [Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 16:40 +0200, Nicholas Rahn wrote:
> ./configure: line 2420: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I ran into this yesterday.=20

For some time now, I've had to build java-gnome WITHIN a jhbuild
environment, that is:

        $ cd ~/cvs/gnome2/java-gnome/libgtk-java
        $ jhbuild shell
        % ./autogen --prefix=3D/opt/gnome2

And then it works. I had forgotten this, and yesterday was getting the
problem you quote.  I think my specific problem is that because I had a
different prefix, I had to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH set to include the
alternate prefix's .pc files. ie,=20

        export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=3D/opt/gnome2/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconf=
ig
       =20
and THEN autogen worked.


[Notably, one of the other results of all this is that I have to run
eclipse as=20

        $ jhbuild run /opt/eclipse/eclipse

or, rather, as

        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D/opt/gnome2/lib /opt/eclipse/eclipse

which is really annoying; but one thing which makes me happy is that I
figured out the linker syntax

	-Wl,--rpath=3D/opt/gnome2/lib

So when I'm generating binaries with gcj there are no enviornment
variable issues at all.

To be honest, this is all a horrid kludge. In part its borne of the fact
that I have at present a gnome 2.6 installation and haven't gotten
around to upgrading to gnome 2.8, and needed the gnome 2.8 libraries to
build java-gnome.]

AfC
Toronto

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Re: [Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Nicholas R. <ni...@mn...>]

I finally got everything to compile (except libbonobo but i'm not much
interested in that at the moment) and run from CVS.  Now even the
gtkhtml problem i had from the other thread has gone away.  Here are
some things i had to do:

1. I needed to add a '!' on the first line of autogen.sh to complete the
"#!/bin/bash" line.  Without this, autogen.sh did not run on the command
line or in jhbuild.  Adding it made the the "illegal variable name"
error go away.  Once libgtk-java successfully compiled, the other
modules did not show this problem (when compiled in jhbuild), even
though they did not have the '!' either.  

It is very strange to me that the autogen.sh script would have such a
"bug" in it.  I'm sure it's not there for a reason (like jhbuild doesn't
like it or something), but not having autogen.sh be a standard script
seems problematic to me.

2. I needed to set my WANT_AUTOCONF environment variable to "2.5".
Without this set, autoconf used v2.13 by default and the configure
script was not properly generated (hence the "unexpected end of file"
error).

3. in libgtk-java, in the file org_gnu_gtk_ActionGroup.c, i had to move
the static function internalHandleActionCallback to just after the
typedef in order to get it to compile.  perhaps this is an issue with
newer gccs (i have gcc-3.4.2)?


these small issues i've had in the last few days aside, i really like
java-gnome.  I've been able to develop a prototype application very
quickly using libglade and some of my existing Java libraries.  Thanks
again for your help and keep up the good work!

nick

ps. is this also the forum to submit patches/new-features?



On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 19:52 +0100, Mark Howard wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 04:40:05PM +0200, Nicholas Rahn wrote:
> > me: /usr/local/src/java-gnome/libgtk-java> ./autogen.sh
> > Illegal variable name.
> 
> Is that really the only error you get?
> What version of aclocal and autoconf are you using?
> 
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Re: [Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Mark H. <mh...@ti...>]

Hi,

This is excellent news that you're getting on so well with java-gnome and liking
it. Please do keep us informed os your progress and if possible add details of
any apps you write to our website .

Quoting Nicholas Rahn <ni...@mn...>:
> 1. I needed to add a '!' on the first line of autogen.sh to complete the
> "#!/bin/bash" line.  Without this, autogen.sh did not run on the command
> line or in jhbuild.  Adding it made the the "illegal variable name"
> error go away.  Once libgtk-java successfully compiled, the other
> modules did not show this problem (when compiled in jhbuild), even
> though they did not have the '!' either.
This is terrible. I guess most ppl use bash and it seems to work, hence it was
not picked up earlier. I'll fix it tonight.

> It is very strange to me that the autogen.sh script would have such a
> "bug" in it.  I'm sure it's not there for a reason (like jhbuild doesn't
> like it or something), but not having autogen.sh be a standard script
> seems problematic to me.
Me too. Unfortunately nobody with any knowledge of autotools has been helping
out with java-gnome. I've been reading a lot of it myself. I think we need to
convert to automake before we can use a standard autogen. This is a wishlist
item, but I don't really have time myself and it would be better done by
somebody who knows what they're doing.

> 2. I needed to set my WANT_AUTOCONF environment variable to "2.5".
> Without this set, autoconf used v2.13 by default and the configure
> script was not properly generated (hence the "unexpected end of file"
> error).
I'll change this in cvs.

> 3. in libgtk-java, in the file org_gnu_gtk_ActionGroup.c, i had to move
> the static function internalHandleActionCallback to just after the
> typedef in order to get it to compile.  perhaps this is an issue with
> newer gccs (i have gcc-3.4.2)?
I've not seen it before, but making the change is easy enough and shouldn't
affect other ppl.

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Re: [Java-gnome-developer] configure problem with CVS version.

[Luca De R. <pie...@fa...>]

> ps. is this also the forum to submit patches/new-features?

Patches and bug reports go in bugzilla
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=3Djava-gnome

Thanks for your interest!

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Luca De Rugeriis <pie...@fa...>