Issues While Compiling Conky

[KPolulak]

I am trying to compile Conky 1.7.2 on my openSUSE machine and it has been a real pain in the rear. I've resolved several dependencies already but now my current error is this when running "make":

kevin@kevin-suse:/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2> sudo make
Making all in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2/src'
make  all-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2/src'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -DSYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE=\"/usr/local/etc/conky/conky.conf\" -DPACKAGE_LIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/conky\"   -I/usr/include/lua5.1       -I/usr/include/freetype2   -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include   -Wall -W  -MT conky-conf_cookie.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/conky-conf_cookie.Tpo -c -o conky-conf_cookie.o `test -f 'conf_cookie.c' || echo './'`conf_cookie.c
mv -f .deps/conky-conf_cookie.Tpo .deps/conky-conf_cookie.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -DSYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE=\"/usr/local/etc/conky/conky.conf\" -DPACKAGE_LIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/conky\"   -I/usr/include/lua5.1       -I/usr/include/freetype2   -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include   -Wall -W  -MT conky-colours.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/conky-colours.Tpo -c -o conky-colours.o `test -f 'colours.c' || echo './'`colours.c
In file included from conky.h:111,
                 from colours.c:29:
llua.h:25:17: error: lua.h: No such file or directory
llua.h:26:21: error: lauxlib.h: No such file or directory
llua.h:27:20: error: lualib.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [conky-colours.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
kevin@kevin-suse:/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2>

Not sure if this is important but here is the output from the ./configure command:

kevin@kevin-suse:/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2> sudo ./configure
root's password:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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 for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
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 whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -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 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/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) 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 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 whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.19... yes
checking for fopencookie... yes
checking for funopen... no
checking for X11... yes
checking for LUA... no
checking for LUA51... no
checking for LUA51... yes
checking for getnameinfo... yes
checking netdb.h usability... yes
checking netdb.h presence... yes
checking for netdb.h... yes
checking netinet/in.h usability... yes
checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking netinet/tcp.h usability... yes
checking netinet/tcp.h presence... yes
checking for netinet/tcp.h... yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... yes
checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes
checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes
checking for arpa/inet.h... yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for iconv... yes
checking for working iconv... yes
checking for iconv declaration...
         extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
checking for Xext... yes
checking for XDamage... yes
checking for Xft... yes
checking for GLib2... yes
checking alsa/asoundlib.h usability... no
checking alsa/asoundlib.h presence... no
checking for alsa/asoundlib.h... no
checking signal.h usability... yes
checking signal.h presence... yes
checking for signal.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/utsname.h usability... yes
checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes
checking for sys/utsname.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes
checking linux/soundcard.h usability... yes
checking linux/soundcard.h presence... yes
checking for linux/soundcard.h... yes
checking for alsa/asoundlib.h... (cached) no
checking dirent.h usability... yes
checking dirent.h presence... yes
checking for dirent.h... yes
checking mcheck.h usability... yes
checking mcheck.h presence... yes
checking for mcheck.h... yes
checking sys/statfs.h usability... yes
checking sys/statfs.h presence... yes
checking for sys/statfs.h... yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking assert.h usability... yes
checking assert.h presence... yes
checking for assert.h... yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking time.h usability... yes
checking time.h presence... yes
checking for time.h... yes
checking for sys/mount.h... yes
checking sys/inotify.h usability... yes
checking sys/inotify.h presence... yes
checking for sys/inotify.h... yes
checking for calloc... yes
checking for malloc... yes
checking for free... yes
checking for popen... yes
checking for sysinfo... yes
checking for getloadavg... yes
checking for memrchr... yes
checking for strndup... yes
checking for gethostbyname_r... yes
checking for library containing clock_gettime... -lrt
checking for struct statfs.f_fstypename... no
checking zlib.h usability... yes
checking zlib.h presence... yes
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for db2x_xsltproc... no
checking for db2x_manxml... no
checking for xsltproc... xsltproc
checking if /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld accepts -O1... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating data/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/build.h
config.status: creating lua/Makefile
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

conky 1.7.2 configured successfully:

 Installing into:   /usr/local
 System config dir: ${prefix}/etc
 C compiler flags:      -I/usr/include/lua5.1       -I/usr/include/freetype2   -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include   -Wall -W
 Libraries:          -lm -lX11    -llua5.1    -lXext   -lXdamage -lXfixes   -lXft -lXrender -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lz -lX11   -L/usr/local/lib -lglib-2.0   -lrt
 Linker flags:       -Wl,-O1

 * X11:
  X11 support:      yes
  XDamage support:  yes
  XDBE support:     yes
  Xft support:      yes

 * Music detection:
  Audacious:        no
  BMPx:             no
  MPD:              yes
  MOC:              yes
  XMMS2:            no

 * General:
  OpenMP:
  math:             yes
  hddtemp:          yes
  portmon:          yes
  RSS:              no
  Curl:             no
  Weather
    METAR:          no
    XOAP:           no
  wireless:         no
  IBM:              no
  nvidia:           no
  eve-online:       no
  config-output:    yes
  Imlib2:           no
  ALSA mixer:       no
  apcupsd:          yes
  I/O stats:        yes

 * Lua (yes) bindings:
  Cairo:            no
  Imlib2:           no

kevin@kevin-suse:/usr/local/sbin/conky-1.7.2>

[MikeTbob]

Why don't you install conky with your package manager? I'm sure it is available on the SUSE repos.

[KPolulak]

Actually, I can't seem to find it. I've been using Debian for quite a while but I'm new to SUSE so I'm a little unsure of how I'd modify the file containing what repositories zypper should check.

I'd rather compile it because, lately, I've been compiling any needed software manually because I want to become more familiar with the process and be able to recognize certain errors and how to handle them, etc.

[reed9]

First thing, you shouldn't run ./configure and make with sudo. These steps should be done as a regular user.

EDIT: make install does need to be done as root, though.

I don't know Suse well, but according to the Arch PKGBUILD script, these are the dependencies:

alsa-lib
curl
glib2
imlib2
libxdamage
libxft
libxml2
lua
wireless_tools

Names may be slightly different in Suse.

llua.h:25:17: error: lua.h: No such file or directory

Looks to me like you're missing lua.

[KPolulak]

The weird thing is I do have it installed. Before I had this issue, I had the same error message except it referred to lua5.1. I remembered having the same problem while compiling Conky on my Debian machine and I remember why but forgot how I solved it. Apparently, lua doesn't install a pkg-config .pc file. I looked online but couldn't find much help so I just copied the lua5.1.pc, lua50.pc, and lualib50.pc files on my Debian machine to the same directory on my SUSE machine and the error message disappeared.

I'm not sure if this'll help, but I just noticed that I do indeed have a glib-2.0.pc file in the /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ directory on my SUSE machine.

Also, yes I do need to use the sudo command because I extracted the files in the /usr/local/sbin/ directory which is owned by the root user.