Ubuntu 11.04 server 64 bit

[midgetcoach]

Been trying to install on a server running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit. Have everything in /usr/bin/ (mistserver-1.0.1 and libmist-3.0.0).

When I run ./configure I keep getting this error. Here is the last few lines of it.

checking for pkg-config... no
checking for MIST... no
configure: error: in `/usr/bin/mistserver-1.0.1':
configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
path to pkg-config.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables MIST_CFLAGS
and MIST_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.

Any help would be welcomed

[Jaron Vietor]

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You need the pkg-config package to be installed.

Additionally, some distributions do not have the default pkgconfig install path included in the default pkgconfig search path. If you get "libmist not found"-like errors after installing pkg-config, either:

When configuring libmist use ./configure --prefix=/usr

OR

When configuring mistserver use PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure

There is no need to extract the source to /usr/bin/, by the way - simply use "make install" to copy the required parts into the path after compiling (and the next release that is coming up will not even require the binaries to be in the path at all anymore).

Good luck,

Jaron Viëtor

[midgetcoach]

OK I'll give it a try and post back, Thanks, midgetcoach

[midgetcoach]

Still not getting it. Reinstalled the OS and downloaded and updated openssl and autoconf. Must be me as I'm working on the edge of my linux knowledge here. Have to wait for a package install I quess.

                                                                                               Thanks for the time and help

                                                                                                    midgetcoach

PS hers the last log

> cd /usr/bin/mistserver-1.0.1
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/usr/bin/mistserver-1.0.1':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 4:59:18 AM UTC-5, Jaron Viëtor wrote:

[Jaron Vietor]

Hello,

In this case, it looks like you forgot to install a compiler. Assuming you're still using Ubuntu, the following command should do the trick:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

I see you're trying to compile the server here, don't forget you also need to compile and install the library, first. (I assume you skipped this since it also requires a compiler and you should not have been able to finish that step either without one.)

We're also working on getting the next release out on more different distributions, including a 64 bits ubuntu build (currently we only offer a 32 bits version build for ubuntu on the website - which might work on your system, depending on if you have 32 bits compatibility libraries installed or not).

Regards,

Jaron Viëtor

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[midgetcoach]

Like I said my Linux knowledge is limited but I'm willing to learn. Thanks again I'll try as you suggested.