compiling package fails because of missing /usr/lib/libGL.la

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dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:16 am

Hi,

When I try to compile some packages (e.g. pango), it complains about missing libGL.la

/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -version-info 2600:1:2600 -export-symbols-regex "^pango_.*"   -Wl,-O1 -o libpangocairo-1.0.la -rpath /usr/lib libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-context.lo libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-font.lo libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-fontmap.lo libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-render.lo  libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-fcfont.lo libpangocairo_1_0_la-pangocairo-fcfontmap.lo  libpango-1.0.la -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0   -lcairo   -lm  libpangoft2-1.0.la -lfreetype   -lfontconfig    

grep: /usr/lib/libGL.la: No such file or directory
/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libGL.la: No such file or directory
libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libGL.la' is not a valid libtool archive
make[4]: *** [libpangocairo-1.0.la] Error 1

I'm using the nvidia binary drivers and never encountered this error before.

Post by **Banana** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:20 am

same here.

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers 190.42-r3

everything else is fine.
the error comes only if I run revdep-rebuild.
an emerge world, runs fine

gringo · Post by **gringo** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:39 am

it isn´t related to nvidia, same happens here in an eeepc.

emerge lafilefixer && lafilefixer --justfixit should do the trick.

cheers

dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:56 am

Sorry but error persists even after running the fix

gringo · Post by **gringo** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:00 pm

if it doesn´t work for you you should open a bug and let the devs know about the problem.

cheers

M · Post by M » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:28 pm

In newer versions of eselect-opengl libGL.la is not installed anymore on purpose, as I understood the point is to remove libGL.la completely but it seems that some applications fails to build without it. I somehow managed to solved this on my laptop (with savage drivers) but on desktop with nvidia-drivers (libGL.la installation is removed in new ebuilds I think) I solved this with manually symlinking .la file from /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia , and I first added back removed part from ebuild.

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:55 pm

I had (and may still have) this problem a while back when I switched a machine from using the nVidia drivers to sis. To get around the issue I had to manually symlink as M suggested.

gringo · Post by **gringo** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:04 pm

yes, .la files are depreceated now and are removed by default.

To get around the issue I had to manually symlink as M suggested.

i had too ( although i suppose a simple "touch libGL.la" would have done the job too) but it´s not a solution as you said.

/usr/lib/opengl/nvidia

i had no libGL.la file in there, but in /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11 IIRC.

cheers

Post by **Banana** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:03 am

ok I ran lafilefixer --justfixit and the revdep-rebuild is working fine until now...

UPDATE:

ok the revedp-rebuild ran just fine.

dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:23 pm

I don't understand well the symlinking solution. In my /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia, I have no libGL.la file. BUT I have it in /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:28 am

That's cause symlinking is not a solution, just yet another way to break your system.

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:00 pm

VoidMage wrote:That's cause symlinking is not a solution, just yet another way to break your system.

Might be, but at least in my case even rebuilding everything with an `emerge -e world` didn't solve the problem, so I was forced to symlink.

M · Post by M » Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:50 pm

I don't understand well the symlinking solution. In my /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia, I have no libGL.la file. BUT I have it in /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib

I have modified ebuild for nvidia-drivers, that is why I have the file, I just put back the lines that was removed from ebuild, and you must have libGL.la in filesdir for this to work. Anyway, here is what it looks like, you can just copy/paste this and change version:

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# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname='libGL.so.1'

# Names of this library.
library_names='libGL.so.190.42 libGL.so.1 libGL.so'

# The name of the static archive.
old_library=''

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs='-L/usr/lib64 -lm -lX11 -lXext -ldl'

# Version information for libGL.
current=190
age=42
revision=

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=yes

# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
dlopen=''
dlpreopen=''

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/usr/lib64'

But, I wouldn't like to continue like this for next version, I don't really understand what is real solution etc. but until I can reemerge all packages without the file I will keep this config.

doubleagent · Post by **doubleagent** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:00 pm

libGL.la is gone? Hm.

# lafilefixer --justfixit | fgrep Updat
/usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.la: Updating...
/usr/lib/mpg123/output_dummy.la: Updating...
/usr/lib/mpg123/output_alsa.la: Updating...
/usr/lib/mpg123/output_sdl.la: Updating...
/usr/lib/libmpg123.la: Updating...
/usr/lib/libGL.la: Updating...

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:16 pm

It's gone with the recent (still unstable) eselect-opengl.

dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:43 am

Hi,
I did the copy/paste trick but linker says : libGL.la : invalid libtool archive

I think I'll wait until this is fixed in portage

Thanks

M wrote:
I don't understand well the symlinking solution. In my /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia, I have no libGL.la file. BUT I have it in /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib
I have modified ebuild for nvidia-drivers, that is why I have the file, I just put back the lines that was removed from ebuild, and you must have libGL.la in filesdir for this to work. Anyway, here is what it looks like, you can just copy/paste this and change version:
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# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname='libGL.so.1'

# Names of this library.
library_names='libGL.so.190.42 libGL.so.1 libGL.so'

# The name of the static archive.
old_library=''

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs='-L/usr/lib64 -lm -lX11 -lXext -ldl'

# Version information for libGL.
current=190
age=42
revision=

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=yes

# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
dlopen=''
dlpreopen=''

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/usr/lib64'
But, I wouldn't like to continue like this for next version, I don't really understand what is real solution etc. but until I can reemerge all packages without the file I will keep this config.

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:52 am

Oh, but it is fixed in portage, just not on your system.
In recent eselect-opengl, post-install message tells you exactly what to do.[/code]

dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:12 am

I have the 1.1.1-r2 version of eselect-opengl. It says that since version 1.0.9 libGL.la is no longer provided and it is sufficient to run lafilefixer to fix issues related to that file.
But it does not work. Trying to compile gtk+ complains about missing libGL.la
I'm trying a revdep-rebuild and I'll tell you the results

Wolfbone · Post by **Wolfbone** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:14 pm

dextermagnific wrote:I have the 1.1.1-r2 version of eselect-opengl. It says that since version 1.0.9 libGL.la is no longer provided and it is sufficient to run lafilefixer to fix issues related to that file.
But it does not work. Trying to compile gtk+ complains about missing libGL.la
I'm trying a revdep-rebuild and I'll tell you the results

Yes, an attempted build of webkit-gtk failed for me recently. It was trying to grep in libGL.la, which isn't there anymore. It's all very well doing away with libGL.la but it's going to make some work for some other ebuild maintainers.

dextermagnific · Post by **dextermagnific** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:01 pm

Typically for now I cannot compile ANY graphics related package (inkscape, Qt, gtk, ....)

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:22 pm

While lafilefixer should have been enough in this case,
you may try something like

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find /usr/lib -name '*.la' -exec grep -H /usr/lib/libGL.la '{}' \;

to see if anything was missed.