[3.3.2] Compiling fails under Ubuntu 11.10

[raycluster]

Hi

I tried to compile version 3.3.2 of Angband under Ubuntu 11.10, but it wont work. (downloaded it here)

First I installed all necessary packages:

sudo apt-get install autoconf gcc libc6-dev libncurses5-dev libx11-dev \
             libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev \
             libgtk2.0-dev libglade2-dev

Then I ran:

./configure --prefix=$HOME

[...]

Configuration:

  Install path:                           /home/raycluster
  binary path:                            /home/raycluster/games
  config path:                            /home/raycluster/etc/angband/
  lib path:                               /home/raycluster/share/angband/
  var path:                               (not used)
  (with private save and score files in ~/.angband/Angband/)

-- Frontends --
- Curses                                  Yes
- GTK 2.x                                 Disabled
- X11                                     Yes
- SDL                                     Disabled
- Test                                    No
- Stats                                   No

- SDL sound                               Yes

But when I try to make the project I get this error while linking:

make

[...]

/usr/bin/ld: snd-sdl.o: undefined reference to symbol 'SDL_GetError'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'SDL_GetError' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld gab 1 als Ende-Status zurück [german for: ld returns 1 as end-status]
make[3]: *** [angband] Fehler 1 [german 'Fehler' = error]
make[2]: *** [all] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [subdirs] Fehler 1
make: *** [all] Fehler 1

make install of course returns a error too after that.

Can you help me compile it? The version in the Ubuntu repositories is outdated.

[Magnate]

Ah. d_m also has an Ubuntu build problem - though his is with ncurses rather than SDL. But I do wonder if something in Ubuntu is borked. I don't see that problem building on Debian (which should have most of the same packages as Ubuntu).

[raycluster]

Mhh can you build 3.3.2 for me on a debian? Don't feel like installing a virtual machine, just for this program

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by raycluster

Mhh can you build 3.3.2 for me on a debian? Don't feel like installing a virtual machine, just for this program

Here's one I prepared earlier. But you'll also need this.

[raycluster]

Wow, thank you so much
Works like a charm.

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by raycluster

Wow, thank you so much
Works like a charm.

Excellent! Now to get it into Debian ....

[raycluster]

Originally Posted by Magnate

Now to get it into Debian ....

What do you mean?

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by raycluster

What do you mean?

I'm not authorised to upload those debs to the Debian archive, so I need a "sponsor" to do that for me. I had one for 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, but lost touch when he moved jobs. 3.2.0 was uploaded to Debian about six months after release because I didn't have a sponsor - I now have another one and I'm waiting for him to QA the packages you downloaded. Once he's happy, they'll go into Debian (and then eventually through to Ubuntu).

[raycluster]

What about Ubuntu? Can you upload it to it's reps? Or are they the same?

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by raycluster

What about Ubuntu? Can you upload it to it's reps? Or are they the same?

Well, I'm only the Ubuntu maintainer by default really - I don't know anything about Ubuntu. All I know is that a few weeks after a new version appears in Debian, it gets automatically ported/uploaded to Ubuntu. Since my main interest is in getting it into Debian, I've never worried about uploading directly to Ubuntu.

Besides, my new sponsor pointed out a couple of packaging errors in the ones you downloaded, so I'm having to repackage it anyway. He seems quite responsive, so maybe it will go in quite soon.