How to compile StarDict??

[Emon]

Hello everyone

I am trying to compile StarDict on my openSUSE10.3 (KDE desktop) machine after failing to find a SUSE rpm for it.

When I type the configure command it gives me this error...

checking for zlibVersion in -lz... no
configure: error: zlib not found

But from YAST I can see that I have both zlib & zlib-devel pkges installed!!

So what could be the problem??

I am pasting the whole compile story below

Emon

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magicbox:/media/hd/MAGICSTORE/linux/pkgs/10.3/stardict-3.0.1 # ./configure --disable-gnome-support --prefix=/usr --disable-festival --disable-espeak
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 whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gconftool-2... /usr/bin/gconftool-2
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
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 dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for intltool >= 0.22... 0.36.2 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for XML::Parser... ok
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 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 /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
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 dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for g77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for f77... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
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checking for fort77... no
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checking for fort... no
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checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for ftn... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 98304
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... 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... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... no
checking for working mmap... no
checking locale.h usability... no
checking locale.h presence... no
checking for locale.h... no
checking libintl.h usability... no
checking libintl.h presence... no
checking for libintl.h... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for ENCHANT... yes
checking for GUCHARMAP... yes
checking for STARDICT... yes
Disable gnome support
checking for zlibVersion in -lz... no
configure: error: zlib not found
magicbox:/media/hd/MAGICSTORE/linux/pkgs/10.3/stardict-3.0.1 #

[gogalthorp]

You need to at least install the gcc compiler.
You also may need the zlib-dev package. ie the source. but I'm not sure about that. get the gcc first

There may be other things.

[Emon]

First of all, from the output of the configure command you can see on the 9th line that there is gcc installed.

Besides, I have checked personally from yast that all three pkgs

gcc
zlib
zlib-devel

are installed!!

Is there any thing else that you can think of......

Emon

[Emon]

Thanks everyone

I have found the answer already.

For those of you wanting to know more check the link

How to compile StarDict?? - LinuxQuestions.org


Thanks again
Emon