[Gambas-user] How to compile & install Gambas on a Mandriva

[Benoit Minisini]

On dimanche 6 mai 2007, alan wrote:
> I have compiled and installed Gambas2-1.9.48 on Mandrive 2007.0 with the
> following error list from the configure:-
>
> ************************************************************
>
> configure: WARNING: *** MySQL driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** SQLite 2 driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** SVG loader for GTK+ is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** QT OpenGL component is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** QT/Embedded component is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** openGL is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** Ldap component is disabled
>
> - gb.db.mysql
> - gb.db.sqlite2
> - gb.gtk.svg
> - gb.ldap
> - gb.opengl
> - gb.qte
>
> ************************************************************
>
> I can understand and do without MySQL and SQLite2 (SQLite3 does work)
> but I do need
> Postgresql which the configure process correctly identifies, however
> when I try to load a
> postgres database in the Database example all I get is a message saying
> that postgres drivers are not present(Iget the same message for MySQL &
> Firebird and if I try Gambas-1.0.17). The postgres 8.2.3 database is up
> and can be seen by Access,OO & PGAdmin etc why not by gambas2?
>
>
> Ihave also tried to compile 1.9.48 on Mandriva 2007.1 . The configure
> error out with the following:-
>
>    configure: WARNING: *** bzlib2 compression is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** MySQL driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** ODBC driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** SQLite 2 driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** SQLite 3 driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** firebird driver is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** SVG loader for GTK+ is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** Poppler PDF library is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** Advanced networking component is disabled
> configure: WARNING: *** Perl Compatible Regular Expression component is
> disabled
> configure: error: QT moc compiler not found. Try --with-moc option.
> configure: error: /bin/sh './configure' failed for gb.qt
> appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
> checking for X... libraries , headers
> checking for gethostbyname... yes
> checking for connect... yes
> checking for remove... yes
> checking for shmat... yes
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... yes
> checking for XShmAttach in -lXext... yes
> checking for QT meta-object compiler... no
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> libpvm [pid2170] /tmp/pvmd.0: No such file or directory
> libpvm [pid2170] /tmp/pvmd.0: No such file or directory
> libpvm [pid2170] /tmp/pvmd.0: No such file or directory
> make: *** pvmd not responding (PvmSysErr).  Stop.
> libpvm [pid2170] /tmp/pvmd.0: No such file or directory
>

You must install the development packages. 

I will make a "how to compile and install Gambas on Mandriva" page on the wiki 
soon.

Regards,


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Benoit Minisini