[Slackbuilds-users] lyx_qt4 slackbuild fails during make

[Heinz Wiesinger]

Bob Lounsbury wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just installed Slackware 12. I've been testing various
> distributions and I'm enjoying slackware due to it's speed and
> programs 'just working'.
>
> Anyways, to my question. I'm trying to install LyX and I've installed
> the dependencies of qt4 and aiksaurus from the slackbuilds repository.
> However, when I try to install lyx_qt4 it fails during make. The
> configure is successful with qt-4.3.3. I've attached the build log
> file as described on the slackbuild bug report page.

I had a look at it and I have to say, I don't know either what's going on 
here. But there are some things which make me wonder.
You say you installed qt4 and aiksaurus from the slackbuilds repository.
Now the official version on SBo for qt4 is 4.3.1, not 4.3.3. Additionally 
there's no aiksaurus in the repository.
There's also some curiosity about the log file you sent. There are some lines 
which are probably of importance (compared them to my own build log)

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/ginstall -c
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c

checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p

It seems as if the links under /usr/bin are not working/recognized/etc.

On a sidenote:
You need neither boost nor aiksaurus to build lyx. I've built it fine without 
them.

Since boost itself doesn't build either I suspect the problem somewhere on the 
system. I also sometimes get Segfaults when links are wrong or missing.

Cheers,
Heinz Wiesinger