Re: Fwd: Re: Trying to build on Mint 20 ... [msg2mw gmail com]

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2021.10.04 15:21, Mike Witt via balsa-list wrote:
> For some reason, when I reply it doesn't seem to go to the list.
What mail software are you using?  There should be an  explicit "reply  
to list" or "reply to group" command/button/menu item.  In a pinch,  
"reply all" should also work, but check the headers before hitting  
"send."

======quoted message from Mike Witt <msg2mw gmail com>, subject “Re:  
Trying to build on Mint 20 ...”======
> Sorry about that.  I downloaded balsa-2.6.3.tar.xz and untarred it.  
> Then I'm running the configure command. I've run it many times and up  
> until I hit enchant I was able to find and install everything. Is  
> there any other into I can give you?
The full configure command line you used, with all parameters and  
switches.  (I don't expect there to be a problem there, but you never  
know.)
> I normally just use the version of Balsa that's availalbe by default,  
> but unfortunately the one that comes with this version of Mint is  
> 2.6.0-2, which apparently doesn't work well. So I don't really have  
> any experience building it.
>
> > Additional question - where is your build directory?
>
> I untarred into balsa-2.6.3 and I'm trying to build right in there.
I don't know if it will help, but try creating a new directory "build"  
there, cd into it, then do ../configure.   The other thing you might  
try is to use meson.  It works pretty much the  same - cd into build,  
then "meson ..".  I'm still trying to figure out why configure is  
failing for me.
> On 10/04/2021 12:00:53 PM, Jack via balsa-list wrote:
> > First - what is the exact command you used?  (configure or meson  
> > full command line.)  Also, are you building from git or a tarball  
> > (if so, which version?)
> >
> > On 10/4/21 13:19, Mike Witt via balsa-list wrote:
> > > I'm trying to build Balsa on Mint 20. I'm currently stuck on  
> > > configure telling me:
> > >
> > > > checking whether to use an external spell checker... configure  
> > > > enchant
> > > > checking for  enchant != 1.6.1 ... no
> > > > configure: error: Package requirements ( enchant != 1.6.1 ) were  
> > > > not met:
> > > >
> > > > No package 'enchant' found
> > >
> > > AFAICT I've got and enchant that is not 1.6.1:
> > >
> > > > enchant is already the newest version (1.6.0-11.3build1).
> > > > enchant-2 is already the newest version (2.2.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1).
> >
> > I'm on Gentoo and actually have enchant 2.3.0 and see that 2.3.1 is  
> > available, but 2.2.8 should certainly work.  I have no problem  
> > configuring with meson, but I can't test now with configure, as I'm  
> > getting a different strange error I need to track down.
> >
> > Additional question - where is your build directory?  I create a  
> > build dir below the root of the repository.  (I'm also building from  
> > git, not a tarball, but I don't think that should matter, although I  
> > hope those aren't famous last words.)