andieje
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make process cannot find include files
Hi
Some software that i need to use depends on zlib. I looked in package manager and it said zlib1g was installed so I tried to make the software but got this error
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrea/samtools/sam
gcc -c -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_USE_KNETFILE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 bgzf.c -o bgzf.o
In file included from bgzf.c:36:
bgzf.h:30: fatal error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [bgzf.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrea/samtools/sam
make: *** [all-recur] Error 1
I tried installing zlib manually as I wasn't sure if the zlib1g in synaptic was the correct package so i installed zlib following the instructions here to /usr/local/zlib
http://www.techsww.com/tutorials/libraries/zlib/installation/installing_zlib_on_ubuntu_linux.php
I tried re-making but got the same error
zlib.h does seem to be on the system
locate zlib.h
/usr/lib/syslinux/com32/in
/usr/local/zlib/include/zl
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
I don't know much about make or where it looks for included files. How do i tell make where to look? In the Makefile for the software there is a line called INCLUDES= but this is empty/not set.
I'm nervous about fiddling around with these files. What happens to the system if a make process fails.
thanks
Some software that i need to use depends on zlib. I looked in package manager and it said zlib1g was installed so I tried to make the software but got this error
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrea/samtools/sam
gcc -c -g -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_USE_KNETFILE -D_CURSES_LIB=1 bgzf.c -o bgzf.o
In file included from bgzf.c:36:
bgzf.h:30: fatal error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [bgzf.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrea/samtools/sam
make: *** [all-recur] Error 1
I tried installing zlib manually as I wasn't sure if the zlib1g in synaptic was the correct package so i installed zlib following the instructions here to /usr/local/zlib
http://www.techsww.com/tutorials/libraries/zlib/installation/installing_zlib_on_ubuntu_linux.php
I tried re-making but got the same error
zlib.h does seem to be on the system
locate zlib.h
/usr/lib/syslinux/com32/in
/usr/local/zlib/include/zl
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6
I don't know much about make or where it looks for included files. How do i tell make where to look? In the Makefile for the software there is a line called INCLUDES= but this is empty/not set.
I'm nervous about fiddling around with these files. What happens to the system if a make process fails.
thanks
ASKER
I'm using ubuntu 10.10. I installed zlib1g-dev and it worked
How did you know:
zlib1g was the equivalent package for zlib?
how did you know i needed the development package as well?
How did you know:
zlib1g was the equivalent package for zlib?
how did you know i needed the development package as well?
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Mostly the head files are included in the devel package. So you can try getting zlib-devel.
Of course this all depends upon the type of Linux you are using.