Unable to compile bitcoin

[ioctlvoid]

I've been trying for several days to compile bitcoin, without having succeeded. Please help me.

My system is a standard x86 running 32-bit Slackware 13.1.0, I'm trying to compile bitcoin-0.3.24.

When I use the standard makefile.unix I get the following compiler errors:

Code:

In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from util.cpp:4:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:65:16: error: db.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from script.cpp:4:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:65:16: error: db.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from db.cpp:5:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:65:16: error: db.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from net.cpp:5:
...

When I use my modified makefile (based on http://heliacal.net/~solar/bitcoin/bitcoin-linuxbuild.pdf ) I get the following errors:

Code:

ui.cpp:19: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
ui.cpp:22: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token
ui.cpp:24: error: 'wxLocale' does not name a type
ui.cpp:46: error: variable or field 'HandleCtrlA' declared void
ui.cpp:46: error: 'wxKeyEvent' was not declared in this scope
ui.cpp:46: error: 'event' was not declared in this scope
ui.cpp: In function 'std::string DateStr(int64)':
ui.cpp:67: error: 'wxDateTime' was not declared in this scope
ui.cpp: In function 'std::string DateTimeStr(int64)':
ui.cpp:73: error: 'wxDateTime' was not declared in this scope
...

I have the following installed as I believe they are dependencies of bitcoin:

wxWidgets-2.9.2
openssl-1.0.0d
boost_1_47_0
db-5.1.19 (I have also tried with db-5.2.28)

The modified makefile I've been using is as follows:

Code:

DEPSDIR=/tmp/bitcoin/deps

INCLUDEPATHS= -I"$(DEPSDIR)/include"
LIBPATHS= -L"$(DEPSDIR)/lib"
WXLIBS=$(shell $(DEPSDIR)/bin/wx-config --libs --static)
WXBASELIBS=$(shell $(DEPSDIR)/bin/wx-config --libs base --static)

LIBS= -dead_strip \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libdb_cxx-4.8.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_system.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_filesystem.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libcrypto.a

WXDEFS=$(shell $(DEPSDIR)/bin/wx-config --cxxflags) -DNOPCH
DEBUGFLAGS=-g -DwxDEBUG_LEVEL=0
CFLAGS=-O2 -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wformat $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(WXDEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
HEADERS=headers.h strlcpy.h serialize.h uint256.h util.h key.h bignum.h base58.h script.h db.h net.h irc.h main.h rpc.h uibase.h ui.h init.h sha.h


OBJS= \
    obj/util.o \
    obj/script.o \
    obj/db.o \
    obj/net.o \
    obj/irc.o \
    obj/main.o \
    obj/rpc.o \
    obj/init.o \
    cryptopp/obj/sha.o \
    cryptopp/obj/cpu.o


all : bitcoin

obj/%.o : %.cpp
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -c $<

cryptopp/obj/%.o: cryptopp/%.cpp
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -c $<

bitcoin : $(OBJS) obj/ui.o obj/uibase.o 
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBPATHS) $^ $(WXLIBS) $(LIBS)

headers.h.gch : headers.h $(HEADERS)
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -c $<

obj/nogui/%.o : %.cpp $(HEADERS)
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -c $<

bitcoind : $(OBJS:obj/%=obj/nogui/%) obj/sha.o
	g++ $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBPATHS) $^ $(WXBASELIBS) $(LIBS)

clean :
	-rm -f bitcoin bitcoind
	-rm -f obj/*
	-rm -f obj/nogui/*
	-rm -f headers.h.gch

As for specific questions to the community or any developer(s) that want to listen:

What should I do to make this work?
Or in the very least, what is the complete, specific list of dependencies that bitcoin-0.3.24 requires?

[CERN]

It seems that your installation of Berkeley DB (berkdb, db, whatever you'd call it) is incomplete.

A proper installation of Berkeley DB should install db.h, which is depended on by db_cxx.h (which is also part of berkdb)

I'm guessing that the problem is that you're missing the /usr/include/db.h symlink

Do you have a /usr/include/dbX.X directory, where X.X is your version of berkdb?  Just "ln -s /usr/include/dbX.X/db.h /usr/include/db.h", and all is well

[ioctlvoid]

It seems that your installation of Berkeley DB (berkdb, db, whatever you'd call it) is incomplete.

A proper installation of Berkeley DB should install db.h, which is depended on by db_cxx.h (which is also part of berkdb)

I'm guessing that the problem is that you're missing the /usr/include/db.h symlink

Do you have a /usr/include/dbX.X directory, where X.X is your version of berkdb?  Just "ln -s /usr/include/dbX.X/db.h /usr/include/db.h", and all is well

Thank you.

The program does still not compile, but at least I got a new error (a third variant):

Code:

g++ -c -O2 -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wformat -g -D__WXDEBUG__ -DNOPCH -DFOURWAYSSE2 -DUSE_SSL -DUSE_UPNP=0 -I/usr/local/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-2.9 -I/usr/local/include/wx-2.9 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DWXUSINGDLL -D__WXGTK__ -pthread -DGUI -o obj/util.o util.cpp
In file included from main.h:11,
                 from headers.h:96,
                 from util.cpp:4:
db.h: In member function 'bool CDB::Exists(const K&)':
db.h:149: error: 'class Db' has no member named 'exists'
make: *** [obj/util.o] Error 1

This is after having created the missing symlink as you mentioned.

[CERN]

The problem this time looks to be that you're using a... err... some weird version of berkdb that doesn't have Db->exists() !

I recommend installing berkdb 4.7.25 -- that's the version the pre-compiled bitcoin client (mine anyway) seems to use 

[ioctlvoid]

The problem this time looks to be that you're using a... err... some weird version of berkdb that doesn't have Db->exists() !

I recommend installing berkdb 4.7.25 -- that's the version the pre-compiled bitcoin client (mine anyway) seems to use 

Thanks, I'm starting to get very frustrated with this now, I still am not even close to get it working:

I have now removed my previous verison of berkdb (with "make uninstall") and installed berkdb 4.7.25 as you suggsted. This resulted in the following error:

Code:

net.cpp:22:32: error: miniupnpc/miniwget.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:23:33: error: miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:24:36: error: miniupnpc/upnpcommands.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:25:34: error: miniupnpc/upnperrors.h: No such file or directory
In file included from main.h:11,
                 from headers.h:96,
                 from script.cpp:4:
db.h: In member function 'bool CDB::Exists(const K&)':
db.h:149: error: 'class Db' has no member named 'exists'
In file included from main.h:11,
                 from headers.h:96,
                 from net.cpp:5:

[CERN]

Hang in there, you're getting it!  :p

Code:

net.cpp:22:32: error: miniupnpc/miniwget.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:23:33: error: miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:24:36: error: miniupnpc/upnpcommands.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:25:34: error: miniupnpc/upnperrors.h: No such file or directory

These errors are caused by not having a package called miniupnpc installed...  Should be easy enough to fix, eh?  It's just for UPNP support, very handy

Code:

In file included from main.h:11,
                 from headers.h:96,
                 from script.cpp:4:
db.h: In member function 'bool CDB::Exists(const K&)':
db.h:149: error: 'class Db' has no member named 'exists'

And this...  I'd guess that it's because you installed that new version of berkdb!  Hey, I found out the issue with that btw...  Berkdb does not, by default, create /usr/include/db.h and /usr/include/db_cxx.h symlinks!  No idea why.  I guess they expect the vendors to deal with that, or for people to edit their makefiles to add -I/usr/include/dbX.X to their CFLAGS (but I can't in recent memory recall ever seeing it done that way)

Either way, just do:

rm /usr/include/db.h /usr/include/db_cxx.h
ln -s /usr/include/db4.7/db.h /usr/include/db.h
ln -s /usr/include/db4.7/db_cxx.h /usr/include/db_cxx.h

Hope you get a successful compile now...  If not, I'm always willing to help more  :p

[ioctlvoid]

Hang in there, you're getting it!  :p

Code:

net.cpp:22:32: error: miniupnpc/miniwget.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:23:33: error: miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:24:36: error: miniupnpc/upnpcommands.h: No such file or directory
net.cpp:25:34: error: miniupnpc/upnperrors.h: No such file or directory

These errors are caused by not having a package called miniupnpc installed...  Should be easy enough to fix, eh?  It's just for UPNP support, very handy

Code:

In file included from main.h:11,
                 from headers.h:96,
                 from script.cpp:4:
db.h: In member function 'bool CDB::Exists(const K&)':
db.h:149: error: 'class Db' has no member named 'exists'

And this...  I'd guess that it's because you installed that new version of berkdb!  Hey, I found out the issue with that btw...  Berkdb does not, by default, create /usr/include/db.h and /usr/include/db_cxx.h symlinks!  No idea why.  I guess they expect the vendors to deal with that, or for people to edit their makefiles to add -I/usr/include/dbX.X to their CFLAGS (but I can't in recent memory recall ever seeing it done that way)

Either way, just do:

rm /usr/include/db.h /usr/include/db_cxx.h
ln -s /usr/include/db4.7/db.h /usr/include/db.h
ln -s /usr/include/db4.7/db_cxx.h /usr/include/db_cxx.h

Hope you get a successful compile now...  If not, I'm always willing to help more  :p

Alright, thanks. I decided to just skip using miniupnpc -- I commented it out in the Makefile. I then proceeded to perform the commands you suggested. Although db4.7 seems to install by default under /usr/localBerkeley*, so my symlinks target that directory instead.

Now I get this error:

Code:

In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from util.cpp:4:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:59:22: error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:60:23: error: exception.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from script.cpp:4:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:59:22: error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:60:23: error: exception.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from db.cpp:5:
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:59:22: error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/db_cxx.h:60:23: error: exception.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers.h:43,
                 from net.cpp:5:
...

[cdnbcguy]

I advise you to quit this wxwidget version and get the bitcoin-qt version

It compiled for me immediately after I followed the simple instructions.

[JoelKatz]

Something went horribly wrong when Berkeley DB configured itself. It should have added this line to db_cxx.h:
#define   HAVE_CXX_STDHEADERS 1