Re: [Swftools-common] Unable to configure on Linux mint 16

[Chris Ohmstede]

Hi Kerstyn

Good to hear it.  I'm surprised that the executable is not in your current path environment variable.  Is your full pdf2swf path this?

/usr/bin/pdf2swf

If not, where is the path to pdf2swf?

Chris

On 04/29/2014 12:41 PM, Kerstyn Comley wrote:

Chris,

Thank you so much for your patient help. I've managed to convert a PDF to a SWF file with a transparent background. Just in time to perfect the presentation I'm working on.

The only minor glitch is that I couldn't run pdf2swf without entering the full path. I can live with that unless there is an easy way to have the file recognised regardless of which folder I'm in.

Thanks again,

Kerstyn

On 29 April 2014 18:47, Chris Ohmstede <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Kerstyn

Not every configure parameter is required in fact your configure output is looking pretty good.  The only one I would be concerned about right now is the pdf lib.  Go ahead and install.

make
sudo make install

and let's see where we're at.  We can always uninstall if necessary.

sudo make uninstall

Good luck
Chris

On 04/29/2014 10:18 AM, Kerstyn Comley wrote:

Thanks for all your ongoing help. I'm very new to all this. I've installed the files you suggested and reran configure. How can I tell if it has worked properly without making and installing? The config log is still showing errors with the header file confdefs.h

Thanks,

Kerstyn

On 29 April 2014 11:04, Chris Ohmstede <address@hidden> wrote:

Oops, my mistake.  It looks like both Ubuntu and Mint have got rid of lib64 in their latest releases.  If you installed, uninstall and we'll start fresh (sudo make uninstall).

First off, install these packages (if not already installed) to fill a few more dependencies:

libmp3lame-dev
libzzip-dev
libfontconfig1-dev
libfftw3-dev
libgif-dev

now try this command line:

./configure --prefix=/usr

if that doesn't work, try:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

and we'll see where we're at.

Good luck
Chris

On 04/29/2014 01:45 AM, Kerstyn Comley wrote:

Chris,

Thanks I'm getting closer but I suspect that I'm still not able to run configure properly as I get errors when I try to run pdf2swf. The new config log is attached. 

Thanks,

Kerstyn

On 28 April 2014 21:34, Chris Ohmstede <address@hidden> wrote:

Make sure you have zlib1g-dev installed.  The configure is looking for pkgconfig and header files.  Anything that it fails on, make sure you have the -dev (developement) package installed.

Hope it helps
Chris

On 04/28/2014 01:01 PM, Kerstyn Comley wrote:

Thanks locating pointing the config file to the correct location of libexec has moved me on a bit but now I get the message 'ERROR: you need zlib to compile swftools'

I have checked that I have zlib1g install (zlib doesn't seem to exist) so not sure what to do next.

Thanks,

Kerstyn

On 28 April 2014 17:42, Chris Ohmstede <address@hidden> wrote:

After a quick look I noticed this:
--libexecdir=/usr/lib

Your running a 64 bit system.  I don't know Mint but chances are your  libexecdir is /usr/lib64.

Try this command line:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib64

Hope it works.

Chris

On 04/28/2014 09:04 AM, Kerstyn Comley wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to install Swftools on Mint 16 but am unable to configure the make file. I have checked that the gcc complier is installed and works. Attached is the config.log. 

I've trawled the internet but cannot find any solutions. I've also been unable to install freetype as that also won't configure. Any help you can give would be much appreciated. 

Thanks,

Kerstyn

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