Questions tagged [compiling]
Compiling is the process of transforming source code into byte codes for a particular computer architecture.
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How do I build a statically linked copy of xz-utils?
I'm trying to build a statically linked copy of xz-utils, such that the xz do not have dependencies on libc. I tried the usual way, which is to set LDFLAGS=-static, and works for most other packages ...
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Cannot compile kernel modules on TrueNAS Scale
I have a Ugreen DXP 6800 Pro and the OS disk died. No actual NAS data was lost but I cannot figure out how to get the OS back to the same state. I was previously able to compile modules and add them ...
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Recompiling my custom kernel and my .config is set to old config every time
I am trying to recompiling my kernel. I did a small change in drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c and put a pr_info() only to see in dmesg if its working. I changed the .config file too in ...
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What packages will be upgraded after upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04/20.04 to 22.04?
Our IT suggests we upgrade the Ubuntu 16.04/20.04 VM to Ubuntu 22.04 since Ubuntu 20.04 will be EOS after April 2025. Because we use the VM to build the code and the package compatibility is important ...
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How can I compile fdisk for UEFI shell
I am hoping someone would be able to help me with the following. I have been trying to compile fdisk for UEFI shell the files are provided at https://sourceforge.net/projects/uefi-fdisk/ as per the ...
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how does Visual Studio Code resolve includes & macros for autocomplete & build?
If using only the C/++ Extension from Microsoft in Visual Studio Code, then how does preprocessing of includes & macros for autocomplete work? Many include headers (such as sys/statvfs.h), depend ...
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How to set new features to N during kernel compilation from an old .config file?
I am compiling a custom linux kernel for a compute cluster. The cluster is currently running on kernel version 4.4.47 since last 5 years. I need to upgrade the kernel to a more recent version. I've ...
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How can I get libc-client.so.2007?
I downloaded the source code for UW-IMAP/imap-2007f_upstream from the URL below. https://github.com/uw-imap/imap/archive/refs/tags/imap-2007f_upstream.tar.gz I compiled it, but libc-client.so.2007 was ...
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Running py2debi for ffsubsync, I get: "No such file or directory: 'requirements.txt'"
I'm trying to follow the advice here: Install a Python package on Debian/Devuan when apt has no package for it and create a Debian/Devuan package for the ffsubsync Python package. All the dependencies ...
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Suggestions on Linux distro that allows updates ot C++ to latest compiler releases
I am currently using Ubuntu 24.04 (22.04. sorry, wrong) but frustrated that I can't load the latest GCC compilers. I have GCC 14.2 but want to install 14.3 and then 15.1 when available. Ubuntu won't ...
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Building GCC 12.4, I get: libisl.so.23: ... No such file or directory
I'm trying to build GCC 12.4.0 on Oracle Linux 9.4 (sorry about that... not my choice of distribution), as a non-root user. So, I've downloaded and built my relevant prerequisites: gmp, mpfr, mpc, isl,...
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Is it possible to build an up-to-date version of the g++ (14/13) on Raspberry Pi running Debian 12 arm64?
I am puzzled. There is seemingly no newer Debian image for Raspberry Pi than the current stable version 12 (bookworm). I have downloaded and installed it just when it went out without issues, I ...
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Passing Makefile Variables into Kernel Modules
I'd like to grab information from the shell and pass it into a kernel module through the makefile. I can do this with user space programs using -D. Is there a similar mechanism for kernel modules? For ...
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Getting these make command errors while compiling an android kernel
──(root㉿kali)-[~/Documents/kernel-source-alioth-stock] └─# make -j2 CC=clang O=output/ $config make[1]: Entering directory '/root/Documents/kernel-source-alioth-stock/output' .... HOSTLD scripts/...
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Setting up OpenPrinting CUPS and brlaser on Raspbian
I have a Brother HL-L2300D monochrome laser printer I'm trying to interface with a Raspberry Pi as a print server. Using Apple CUPS 2.2.10-6+deb10u7 and printer-driver-brlaser 4.1 from APT, the ...
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