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

[alan]

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
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > 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,


-- Benoit Minisini

I look forward to seeing the wiki., however I could not load Postgresql from the mandriva mirrors. I had to compile from the source so that I suspect that the missing files are probably there but in the wrong place.

regards 

Alan Bromley