Re: [Pcb2gcode-devel] problems building under Ubuntu 11.04

[Peter U. <pet...@gm...>]

>On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 01:53:22AM -0500, Mark D. Ratzburg wrote:
>> I have been working with Ubuntu for several hours today, getting an install
>> done to try out pcb2gcode. Running into a bit of a glitch when running make:
>>
>> libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libatk-1.0.la' or unhandled
>> argument `/usr/lib/libatk-1.0.la'
>> make[2]: *** [pcb2gcode] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/pcb2gcode'
>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/pcb2gcode'
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> I agree with make that libatk-1.0.la does not live in /usr/lib. Any ideas on
>> how to fix the issue? I have the same issue if I use git or if I download
>> the tarball.
>
>you need to install the "libatk1.0-dev" package ('sudo apt-get install
>libatk1.0-dev') in order to build pcb2gcode -- however, especially if
>you're new to linux, i recommend not to compile anything yourself at all
>and instead use ready-made packages. those for pcb2gcode are not
>available directly in ubuntu, but can be downloaded from my ppa at>http://launchpad.net/~chrysn/+archive/pcb2gcode <http://launchpad.net/%7Echrysn/+archive/pcb2gcode> -- there, you'll find
>detailled instructions on how to install software from a ppa.
>
>the packages there were built for ubuntu maverick, but should work for
>natty as well.
>
>let me know if there are any problems
>
>chrysn

First time replying to a mailing list topic, so hope it goes well.

I was also trying to install pcb2code on Ubuntu 11.04 and ran into the
same problem. After some help from a more experienced Ubuntu user we
discovered 2 issues.


1. It only searches in the "usr/lib" folder for libraries, and in my
case some where located in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu".
We told it to also search into this folder using:
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu ./configure

But we kept getting errors. The next thing he tried was removing the
following part from the last part of make and running that part again.
-R/usr/lib

We also added some symbolic links, but I think that unnecessary when
you add this flag to configure.

Hope this helps somebody.

Peter Uithoven