Help installing scidb

[Ponti]

I get this error after ./configure :

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configure: Makefile configuration program for Scidb
Tcl/Tk version: 8.5
Your operating system is: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae
Distributor: Debian
Revision: 7.0
Checking if your system has gcc installed: yes (version 4.7).
Checking if your system has g++ installed: yes (version 4.7).
Checking if your compiler supports SSE2: yes.
Checking if your kernel supports __sync_* builtin functions: yes.
Checking your fontconfig version:

Cannot install Scidb because library fontconfig
cannot be found.
-code 1 -level 0 -errorcode {POSIX ENOENT {no such file or directory}} -errorinfo {couldn't execute "./testfontconfig": no such file or directory
while executing
"exec ./testfontconfig"} -errorline 22
can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"
while executing
"expr {$version/10000}"
(procedure "checkFontConfig" line 31)
invoked from within
"checkFontConfig"
invoked from within
"if {[string length $gxxVer]} {
if {$gccVer ne $gxxVer} {
puts "Compiler version mismatch. Please configure CC and GXX with same versions,"..."
(file "./configure" line 2153)
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system: Lenovo Atom S10-2
Crunchbang linux

Scidb can be found at: http://scidb.sourceforge.net/index.html

[zullil]

I get this error after ./configure :

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configure: Makefile configuration program for Scidb
Tcl/Tk version: 8.5
Your operating system is: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae
Distributor: Debian
Revision: 7.0
Checking if your system has gcc installed: yes (version 4.7).
Checking if your system has g++ installed: yes (version 4.7).
Checking if your compiler supports SSE2: yes.
Checking if your kernel supports __sync_* builtin functions: yes.
Checking your fontconfig version:

Cannot install Scidb because library fontconfig
cannot be found.
-code 1 -level 0 -errorcode {POSIX ENOENT {no such file or directory}} -errorinfo {couldn't execute "./testfontconfig": no such file or directory
while executing
"exec ./testfontconfig"} -errorline 22
can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"
while executing
"expr {$version/10000}"
(procedure "checkFontConfig" line 31)
invoked from within
"checkFontConfig"
invoked from within
"if {[string length $gxxVer]} {
if {$gccVer ne $gxxVer} {
puts "Compiler version mismatch. Please configure CC and GXX with same versions,"..."
(file "./configure" line 2153)
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system: Lenovo Atom S10-2
Crunchbang linux

Scidb can be found at: http://scidb.sourceforge.net/index.html

In the script named configure, find the following portion (starting near line 810)

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# findFontconfig:
#    Find the fontconfig path.
#    Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
#
proc findFontconfig {} {
    variable option

    set path {
        /usr/local/include/fontconfig
        /usr/include/fontconfig
    }

    puts -nonewline "    Checking if your system has fontconfig: "
    set dir [FindDir "fontconfig.h" $path]

    if {[string length $dir]} {
        set option(HAVE_XFT) "-DHAVE_XFT"
        puts "yes."
    } else {
        puts "no."
    }
}

Is your fontconfig.h file located in either of the directories in the path variable above? If not, add the directory to the list.

Also, in the same configure script (starting near line 1680)

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# TestFontConfig.sh:
#    Script used to test the fontconfig version
#    (because version 3.8 is corrupt).
#
set TestFontConfig {#!/bin/sh
cat <<EOF > testfontconfig.c
#include <stdio.h>
extern int FcGetVersion&#40;);
int main&#40;)
&#123;
    printf&#40;"%d", FcGetVersion&#40;));
    return 0;
&#125;
EOF

__CC__ -o testfontconfig testfontconfig.c -lfontconfig
if &#91; -f testfontconfig &#93;; then
    exit 0
else
    exit 1
fi
&#125;

try inserting -L/path-to-your-libfontconfig before the -lfontconfig

[kinderchocolate]

Louis, do you have the built executable?

[zullil]

Louis, do you have the built executable?

No. I spent a couple of hours making patches trying to get it to build on OS X, but ran out of time. Replaced various linux-specific headers with OS X equivalents, but still had an issue with some typedef being duplicated.

[Jim Ablett]

I compiled it without issue on my 32 bit Puppy Linux chess distro. This distro is Ubuntu Precise based.

I get an error message about a missing x-font when I run it, but it still works ok.
Here is the compiled package (you will need tk/tcl libs installed) >

http://db.tt/JYGbKaqa

Jim.

[kinderchocolate]

Jim, how did you install the fontconfig library? I can't compile because I haven't figured out where to get it.

[Jim Ablett]

Jim, how did you install the fontconfig library? I can't compile because I haven't figured out where to get it.

I don't remember whether it came pre-installed or I built the library myself.
You should be able to build and install it on your system.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/vi ... onfig.html
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/

Jim.

[Jesse Gersenson]

Jim, how did you install the fontconfig library? I can't compile because I haven't figured out where to get it.

This may suggest a package to install:

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apt-cache search fontconfig

[kinderchocolate]

Thanks. Everything works here.