Re: error while compiling Xen from the source

[Safa Hamza <safahamza1@gmail.com>]

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i'm really confused
i build xen from the source in pc running ubuntu mate but while trying to
do the same steps in order to build xen on other pc running 12.04 i got
this error

this is the log where xen is build successfully

checking for python-config... /usr/bin/python-config
checking Python.h usability... yes
checking Python.h presence... yes
checking for Python.h... yes
checking for PyArg_ParseTuple in -lpython2.7... yes
checking whether Python setup.py brokenly enables -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE... yes
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for iasl... /usr/bin/iasl
checking uuid/uuid.h usability... yes
checking uuid/uuid.h presence... yes
checking for uuid/uuid.h... yes



*checking for uuid_clear in -luuid... yeschecking uuid.h usability...
nochecking uuid.h presence... nochecking for uuid.h... no*
checking curses.h usability... yes
checking curses.h presence... yes
checking for curses.h... yes
checking for clear in -lcurses... yes
checking ncurses.h usability... yes
checking ncurses.h presence... yes
checking for ncurses.h... yes

 and this is the log where the error is shown

checking uuid/uuid.h usability... yes
> checking uuid/uuid.h presence... yes
> checking for uuid/uuid.h... yes
>


*checking for uuid_clear in -luuid... no > checking uuid.h usability... no
> checking uuid.h presence... no > checking for uuid.h... no*
> configure: error: cannot find a valid uuid library
> configure: error: ./configure failed for tools
>

the problem is there is no difference

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 04:41:01PM +0200, Safa Hamza wrote:
> > but in this case .. this error is back
> >
> > checking uuid/uuid.h usability... yes
> > checking uuid/uuid.h presence... yes
> > checking for uuid/uuid.h... yes
> > checking for uuid_clear in -luuid... no
> > checking uuid.h usability... no
> > checking uuid.h presence... no
> > checking for uuid.h... no
> > configure: error: cannot find a valid uuid library
> > configure: error: ./configure failed for tools
> >
> > despite i installed the uuid-dev package
> >
>
> You can read various logs (say config.log) to figure out what went
> wrong. But even if you manage to fix that, the experience is not going
> to be useful in general.
>
> I'm afraid I don't have other further suggestions other than having a
> clean and working build environment. Personally I use Debian, but I know
> other developers who use Arch, Gentoo, Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and
> CentOS. You can try to build xen in a clean installation of one of the
> above.
>
> Wei.
>

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