Re: Trying to build on Mint 20 ... [[email protected]]

On 2021.10.04 16:05, Mike Witt via balsa-list wrote:
> On 10/04/2021 01:35:26 PM, Jack via balsa-list wrote:
> 
>> The full configure command line you used, with all parameters and  
>> switches.  (I don't expect there to be a problem there, but you  
>> never know.)
> 
> I'm just saying ./configure
That should be fine.
> 
>> I don't know if it will help, but try creating a new directory  
>> "build" there, cd into it, then do ../configure.   The other thing  
>> you might try is to use meson.  It works pretty much the  same - cd  
>> into build, then "meson ..".  I'm still trying to figure out why  
>> configure is failing for me.
> 
> I made a new subdirectory and did ../configure -- no difference.
> 
> I don't know anything about "meson" but I installed it, and in that  
> same subdirectory I just typed: meson
> It still complained about "enchant" not being found. But maybe meson  
> needs some parameters or something.
Other than pointing to the root of the source tree, it shouldn't need  
anything else for default settings.
> 
> I've got a /usr/bin/enchant, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/enchant, and  
> /usr/share/enchant -- if that helps.
There should be a libenchant-2.so.2.2.8 and a libenchant.so.1.6.0 (or  
something close, and some variants.)  It is the .so. file that is being  
tested for.  If they exist, we need to dig deeper.  If you can't find  
them, check the list of files installed with any of the enchant  
packages you have installed, although I would be surprised if Mint  
omitted the .so files from the package.