[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Problem building liblouistdml2.3.0
- From: Greg Kearney <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:07:40 +0800
Better yet on a Mac just have a installer.
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Greg Kearney
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
On 24/11/2012, at 9:36 AM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What is broken is pkgconfig. The PKGCONFIG_PATH has to be set correctly.
> Apparently the commands I gave didn't do it. I don't know why Apple
> doesn't provide pkgconfig. In the terminal, try typing the command
>
> whereis lou_translate
>
> This will show where this program is installed. It will give me a better
> idea of how to set the path.
>
> I agree that the configure, make make install stiff is overly
> complicated. It would be nice to have somethign like Java's Ant.
>
> John
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:57:15AM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
>> I am not certain why liblouisutdml is not building for you, personally I
>> find the make stuff complicated and hard to work with and I am a
>> software developer.
>>
>> One thing I did notice, your line for checking the packages would not
>> find liblouis, grep xml will find lines containing xml, so liblouis
>> would not show up. You would need to change grep xml to grep louis to
>> search for liblouis.
>>
>> What does
>> pkg-config --list-all | grep louis
>> give? If that says liblouis is installed then it seems as if the
>> liblouisutdml build stuff is broken.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>> On 23/11/2012 23:15, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>> OK for some reason even after doing a new compile and install pkconfig
>>> will not find the libouis materials here is what I get:
>>>
>>> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml
>>> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2.
>>>
>>> I have always been concerned about the complexity of getting all of
>>> this working. I'm a librarian not a computer programer and while I
>>> have better than average skills for my trade I know that many
>>> potential users would never be able to handle this. It's driving me crazy!
>>>
>>> So here is my offer. If someone will send me all the files in the
>>> correct folder structure for an intel Mac I will build a proper
>>> installer that will permit mear mortals to install and be able to use
>>> liblouis. I know that BrailleBaster holds out a future hot for this
>>> but we have people who really just need this now.
>>>
>>> Here is the steps I have followed so far with no results.
>>>
>>> 1. made sure I had pkg-config install and running. I do the following:
>>> set PKGCONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>>> export PKGCONFIG_PATH
>>>
>>> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml
>>> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2.
>>>
>>> Note that it says I have libxml-2.0
>>>
>>> 2. downloaded the current versions of liblouis , liblouis-2.5.1
>>> and liblouisutdml, liblouisutdml-2.3.0
>>>
>>> 3. configure make and make install liblouis. Everything went fine.
>>>
>>> Again I run:
>>>
>>> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml
>>> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2.
>>>
>>> Note I still do not have the liblouis package. Why is that? So I go on
>>>
>>> 4. configure liblouisutdml-2.3.0 I get the following:
>>>
>>>
>>> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>>> checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package
>>> requirements (liblouis, libxml-2.0) were not met:
>>>
>>> No package 'liblouis' found
>>>
>>> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>>> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables
>>> BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS
>>> and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>>> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>>>
>>>
>>> The fact of the matter is I am willing to build a proper macOS
>>> installer that will put everything it it place that will permit people
>>> to install and test liblouis and use it but I need to have all the
>>> files compiled and ready to install sent to me. There is only so many
>>> hours int eh day and this is just driving me crazy every time I have
>>> to go through all this. I need to produce Braille here.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
>>> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
>>> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA
>>> 6100
>>> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
>>> <http://www.guidedogswa.com.au>
>>> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
>>> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> On 23/11/2012, at 6:43 PM, "John J. Boyer"
>>> <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> exprot PKGCONFIG_PATH
>
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