compiling grub2 on Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 8.04

[Tom Carpenter]

Ran into a few problems compiling grub2 (1.96) on my
Ubuntu box; highlights of the apparent fixes are

- install liblzo2-2 and liblzo2-dev

- create a static link named /usr/lib/liblzo2.so to
  /usr/lib/liblzo2.so.2.0.0

Compile errors I was getting are below.

--
Tom Carpenter





1. first attempt after installing liblzo2-2
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# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for cmp... cmp
checking for bison... bison
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for ruby... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for void *... yes
checking size of void *... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for __lzo_init_v2 in -llzo2... no
checking for __lzo_init_v2 in -llzo... no
checking for __lzo_init2 in -llzo... no
configure: error: LZO library version 1.02 or later is required


2. create static link, ran 'configure', then tried running 'make'
=================================================================

# ls -la /usr/lib | grep lzo
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       16 2008-05-22 14:30 liblzo2.so.2 -> 
liblzo2.so.2.0.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   125740 2007-06-16 08:58 liblzo2.so.2.0.0

# ln -s /usr/lib/liblzo2.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib/liblzo2.so


# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for cmp... cmp
checking for bison... bison
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for ruby... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for void *... yes
checking size of void *... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for __lzo_init_v2 in -llzo2... yes
checking for lzo1x_999_compress... yes
checking lzo/lzo1x.h usability... no
checking lzo/lzo1x.h presence... no
checking for lzo/lzo1x.h... no
checking lzo1x.h usability... no
checking lzo1x.h presence... no
checking for lzo1x.h... no
checking for posix_memalign... yes
checking for memalign... yes
checking for objcopy... objcopy
checking for strip... strip
checking for nm... nm
checking whether optimization for size works... yes
checking whether -falign-loops works... yes
checking whether the linker accepts `--build-id=none'... yes
checking whether `gcc' accepts `-fstack-protector'... yes
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... yes
checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation... no
checking if start is defined by the compiler... no
checking if _start is defined by the compiler... yes
checking if __bss_start is defined by the compiler... yes
checking if edata is defined by the compiler... yes
checking if _edata is defined by the compiler... yes
checking if end is defined by the compiler... yes
checking if _end is defined by the compiler... yes
checking whether addr32 must be in the same line as the instruction... yes
checking for .code16 addr32 assembler support... yes
checking whether an absolute indirect call/jump must not be prefixed with an 
asterisk... no
checking if GCC has the regparm=3 bug... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating gensymlist.sh
config.status: creating genkernsyms.sh
config.status: creating stamp-h
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: linking ./include/grub/i386 to include/grub/cpu
config.status: linking ./include/grub/i386/pc to include/grub/machine

# make
gcc -Iutil/i386/pc -I./util/i386/pc -I. -Iinclude -I./include -Wall -W 
-DGRUB_LIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/`echo grub/i386-pc | sed 's,x,x,'`\" -g -O2 
-DGRUB_UTIL=1 -DGRUB_MEMORY_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR=0x8200 -MD -c -o 
grub_mkimage-util_i386_pc_grub_mkimage.o util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c: In function ‘compress_kernel’:
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:49: error: ‘lzo_uint’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:49: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported 
only once
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:49: error: for each function it appears in.)
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:49: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘size’
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:56: warning: implicit declaration of function 
‘lzo_init’
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:56: error: ‘LZO_E_OK’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:60: error: ‘LZO1X_999_MEM_COMPRESS’ undeclared 
(first use in this function)
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:65: warning: implicit declaration of function 
‘lzo1x_999_compress’
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:65: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘lzo_byte’
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:66: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration 
of ‘type name’
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:68: error: ‘lzo_byte’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:68: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c:70: error: ‘size’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
make: *** [grub_mkimage-util_i386_pc_grub_mkimage.o] Error 1


3. install liblzo2-dev, re-ran 'configure'; 'make' runs now
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lzo related messages from re-run of 'configure'
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checking for __lzo_init_v2 in -llzo2... yes
checking for lzo1x_999_compress... yes
checking lzo/lzo1x.h usability... yes
checking lzo/lzo1x.h presence... yes
checking for lzo/lzo1x.h... yes
checking lzo1x.h usability... no
checking lzo1x.h presence... no
checking for lzo1x.h... no
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