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chromaf
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 Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:16 am Post subject: Grub2 fails to build |
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Hi ! After trying to install GRUB on the MBR and having the problem of lack of ncurses, I am trying to emerge GRUB2 and wont compile :
This is the part of the log where you can read the error :
| Code: | /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32/4.7.1/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [build-grub-mkfont] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r1/work/grub-2.00-guessed'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r1/work/grub-2.00-guessed'
make: *** [all] Error 2
* ERROR: sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107-r1 failed (compile phase):
* emake failed
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Followed all the steps on the AMD64 handbook and everything is fine until I merge grub but says I am lacking Ncurses, wich is not true as I have the lib on my system. Building GRUB2 drops me that error and I have merged freetype successfully, so I dont know how to solve this problem, any help would be much appreciated. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Grub2 fails to build |
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| chromaf wrote: | | /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 |
Not sure what this directory means, but it seems that you are trying to install an x32 system (instead of amd64 [for 64 bit] or x86 [for 32 bit]).
You should do this only if you are an absolute expert and know what you are doing, since you will run into a lot of problems like this with libraries in wrong format, and many package will not work at all.
If you were not installing the x32 system intentionally, I suggest you start over from zero since changing a system to a different CHOST (apparently, at least gcc was installed for the x32 chost, probably more) is very complicated; you will need to recompile everything anyway... |
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chromaf
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Nevermind. I donwloaded the wrong stage. Im back to Gentoo and its clear that Im a clomplete n00b again ! Thanks. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| chromaf wrote: | | Thank you for your advice, I was guessing something similar. On wich point I do install a pure x86_64 system only ? I remember selecting a multilib profile during the installation, is it at that point ? |
I guess that either you have set a wrong value for CHOST in your /etc/portage/make.conf (or /etc/make.conf) or you have selected an x32 profile. If you would have done everything correctly you would see:
| emerge --info |grep CHOST= wrote: | | CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" |
Concerning profiles, I see nothing which is called "multilib" (all except no-multilib and x32 are "multilib")
| eselect profile list wrote: | Available profile symlink targets:
[1] default/linux/amd64/13.0
[2] default/linux/amd64/13.0/selinux
[3] default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop *
[4] default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome *
[5] default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde *
[6] default/linux/amd64/13.0/developer
[7] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib
[8] default/linux/amd64/13.0/x32 ()
[9] hardened/linux/amd64
[10] hardened/linux/amd64/selinux
[11] hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
[12] hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib/selinux
[13] hardened/linux/amd64/x32 ()
[14] hardened/linux/uclibc/amd64 |
I guess that you have selected one of those which I marked with () in the above list. I suggest that you select instead one of those which I marked with * unless you want a particularly safe/minimal system at the cost of restricted functionality. |
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