I had some trouble recently trying to compile nodejs under Slackware 14 and I would like to share some notes about it,\u00a0 just in case someone gets stuck in the same situation.<\/p>\n
Well, I like to compile my own packages. I use Slackware, we don’t have a package manager, we should be able to compile our software ourselves.<\/p>\n
slackbuilds.org<\/a> has a build script for nodejs 4.2.4 If you are familiar with Slackware, for sure you know what to do with it. But there are three small problems;<\/p>\n So, I download the script and the 4.3.2 sources, take a peek to nodejs.slackbuild and modified it to compile the new version:<\/p>\n Let’s try it, it’s just a minor version change, it probably works… errr… no. During config, a message alerts that<\/p>\n WARNING:<\/span> C++ compiler too old, need g++ 4.8 or clang++ 3.4 (CXX=g++)<\/p>\n Damn, Slackware 14 g++ is 4.7.1 !!\u00a0 I don’t want to update gcc! It is A LOT of trouble! What if I just …<\/p>\n Hmm… so install a newer version, tell configure<\/em> and make<\/em> that we want to compile using it… that can’t be so difficult.<\/p>\n I will install gcc and g++ from the oficial distro repos. Yes, I know what I said about \u00abcompiling my own software\u00bb, but NO, I am not compiling gcc. In the distro I trust.<\/p>\n So, get them from here<\/a> and here<\/a> and<\/p>\n Now just tell the script to use it.\u00a0 Let’s add at the beggining of nodejs.slackbuild<\/p>\n This must work now… and… and… NO!<\/p>\n Compiling fails saying<\/p>\n After some thinking and testing, I finally realize that the \u00ab-march=xxx -mtune=xxx\u00bb\u00a0 options are to blame. How? well, I just tried to compile the source without the build script, and suddenly I realized that what g++ was saying that there was something rotten when translating to assembler if I tried the default slackbuild options, but everything was fabulous when saying just \u00ab.\/.configure;make\u00bb<\/p>\n So, I add a new line to the build script, just under the $SLKCFLAGS assignment to override it<\/p>\n And… HEY, KNOW WHAT? IT WORKS!<\/p>\n So, after some wrestling with the bloody nodejs, looks like it doesn’t like how my computer is arch-tuning it… I don’t know if mine is the only case, but for sure this took me some time to solve, so here it is for your compiling pleasure.<\/p>\n Next, I think I will dig into Slackware’s installpkg script, as I can’t find the new gcc\/g++ listed under \/var\/log\/packages and I don’t know why…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had some trouble recently trying to compile nodejs under Slackware 14 and I would like to share some notes about it,\u00a0 just in case someone gets stuck in the same situation. First of all: there is a precompiled package … Sigue leyendo \n
VERSION=${VERSION:-v4.3.2} #4.2.4<\/pre>\nThird: use an alternative version of gcc \/ g++<\/h3>\n
# mkdir \/opt\/gcc\r\n# installpkg --root \/opt\/gcc .\/gcc-4.8.2-i486-1.txz\r\n# installpkg --root \/opt\/gcc .\/gcc-g++-4.8.2-i486-1.txz<\/pre>\n
PATH=\/opt\/gcc\/usr\/bin:$PATH\r\nexport PATH=\/opt\/gcc\/usr\/lib\/gcc\/i486-slackware-linux\/4.8.2:$PATH\r\nexport CC=\/opt\/gcc\/usr\/bin\/cc\r\nexport CXX=\/opt\/gcc\/usr\/bin\/g++<\/pre>\n
Fourth: assembler error???<\/h3>\n
{entrada est\u00e1ndar}: Mensajes del ensamblador:\r\n{entrada est\u00e1ndar}:32423: Error: se espera una instrucci\u00f3n de cadena despu\u00e9s de `rep'\r\nmake[1]: *** [\/tmp\/MKp\/node-v4.3.2\/out\/Release\/obj.target\/v8_base\/deps\/v8\/src\/api.o] Error 1<\/pre>\nSLKCFLAGS=\"-O2 -pipe\"<\/pre>\n
Final thoughts<\/h3>\n