[brailleblaster] Re: GCJ Issues, was Re: Configure Issues With LibLouisUTDML

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:53:24 -0500

Sorry, I wasn't thinking clearly. The header files come with your jdk, 
as Michael says. In fact, I use them on Windows. They should be in an 
include subdirectory of your jdk. Forget gcj.

John

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 07:35:22PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am just having trouble compiling liblouisutdml.
> 
> The reason I mentioned GCJ is that John suggested that I install GCJ and use 
> it to compile liblouisutdml.
> 
> If I can avoid GCJ to compile liblouisutdml, please let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex,
> 
> 
> On 2011-07-14, at 7:18 PM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> 
> > I would imagine that the intent would be to have BrailleBlaster working on 
> > the standard JRE, then there should be no need for GCJ (personally I think 
> > we would do well keeping clear of GCJ as I understand it doesn't really 
> > follow any single version of the Java language). If my hopes are right, 
> > then the header files would be in the JDK. What header files does this 
> > depend on?
> > 
> > Michael Whapples
> > 
> > On 07/15/11 02:14, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >> Hi John and All,
> >> 
> >> I am having trouble finding a recent version of GCJ that will work on the 
> >> Mac.
> >> 
> >> Is there no other way to compile liblouisutdml without GCJ?
> >> 
> >> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Alex,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 2011-07-14, at 4:08 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >> 
> >>> gcj is the flavor of gcc which compiles Java into machine language. It
> >>> contains the header files needed.
> >>> 
> >>> Note that liblouisutdml is all lowercase. So is liblouis. BrailleBlaster
> >>> is a single word.
> >>> 
> >>> Do not use any method in the Java bindings except file2brl. The others
> >>> all need work.
> >>> 
> >>> My Linux box also has a graphical interface, so I will start activating
> >>> some of the items on the BrailleBlaster menus.
> >>> 
> >>> John
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:38:54PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >>>> Hi John,
> >>>> 
> >>>> What is the purpose of installing GCJ on the Mac, when it is not listed 
> >>>> as a dependency of LibLouisUTDML?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Alex,
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 2011-07-13, at 10:16 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Alex,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Try installing gcj. also, to get a concise listing of make errors type
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> make 2>errors
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> This will put any genuine error messages in the file called errors,
> >>>>> which you can then look at with a text editor.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> John
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 08:42:56PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi John,
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> That seemed to do it, but I get the following errors when exicuting 
> >>>>>> "Make".
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Making all in gnulib
> >>>>>> make  all-recursive
> >>>>>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> >>>>>> Making all in doc
> >>>>>> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >>>>>> Making all in lbu_files
> >>>>>> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >>>>>> Making all in liblouisutdml
> >>>>>> make  all-am
> >>>>>> if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. 
> >>>>>> -I. -I. -I.. -DLBU_PATH=\"/usr/local/share/liblouisutdml/lbu_files/\" 
> >>>>>> -DLIBLOUIS_TABLES_PATH=\"/usr/local/share/liblouis/tables/\"   
> >>>>>> -I/usr/local/include/liblouis -I/usr/include/libxml2   -g -O2 -MT 
> >>>>>> liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.lo -MD -MP -MF 
> >>>>>> ".deps/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.Tpo" -c -o 
> >>>>>> liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.lo `test -f '../java/Jliblouisutdml.c' 
> >>>>>> || echo './'`../java/Jliblouisutdml.c; \
> >>>>>>        then mv -f ".deps/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.Tpo" 
> >>>>>> ".deps/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.Plo"; else rm -f 
> >>>>>> ".deps/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> >>>>>> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I.. 
> >>>>>> -DLBU_PATH=\"/usr/local/share/liblouisutdml/lbu_files/\" 
> >>>>>> -DLIBLOUIS_TABLES_PATH=\"/usr/local/share/liblouis/tables/\" 
> >>>>>> -I/usr/local/include/liblouis -I/usr/include/libxml2 -g -O2 -MT 
> >>>>>> liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.lo -MD -MP -MF 
> >>>>>> .deps/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.Tpo -c ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c  
> >>>>>> -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.o
> >>>>>> In file included from ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:29:
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:2:17: error: jni.h: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> In file included from ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:29:
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:35: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jstring'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:43: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:51: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:59: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:67: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:75: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:83: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:91: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:99: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:107: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:115: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:123: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jint'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:131: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:139: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.h:147: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:37: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jstring'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:48: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:112: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:179: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:224: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:278: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:332: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:373: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:414: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:440: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:475: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:493: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jint'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:504: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:522: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'void'
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:536: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before '*' token
> >>>>>> ../java/Jliblouisutdml.c:560: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or 
> >>>>>> '__attribute__' before 'jboolean'
> >>>>>> make[2]: *** [liblouisutdml_la-Jliblouisutdml.lo] Error 1
> >>>>>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> >>>>>> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Do you have any idea why this is happening?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Alex,
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On 2011-07-13, at 2:09 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Alex,
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I think your problem is caused by autoconf generating a bad configure
> >>>>>>> script. I encountered this in a different context recently. It 
> >>>>>>> occurred
> >>>>>>> because configure.ac contained dos line endings. I changed these to
> >>>>>>> Unix. That solved the problem. Maybe autoconf on the Mac is looking 
> >>>>>>> for
> >>>>>>> Mac line endings. You could try fixing that. A better bet might be to
> >>>>>>> download the tarball for liblouisutdml from 
> >>>>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>>>> That way you won't have to run autogen.sh
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> This whold business of different line endings is pretty silly. The
> >>>>>>> autotools should work whatever the line endings are. But we have to 
> >>>>>>> put
> >>>>>>> up with it for now.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> John
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 07:52:53AM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I am trying to configure  LibLouisUTDML, but I get the following 
> >>>>>>>> error.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
> >>>>>>>> ./configure: line 14441: syntax error near unexpected token 
> >>>>>>>> `BASE_DEPENDENCIES,'
> >>>>>>>> ./configure: line 14441: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES, 
> >>>>>>>> liblouis, libxml-2.0)'
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Does anyone have any idea why this may be occuring?
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Any help is appreicated.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>>>> Alex,
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>>>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>>>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>>>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>> -- 
> >>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>> -- 
> >>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities

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