collectd is compiling on ubuntu. These are the steps I shared with Bill earlier...<div><br></div><div><div><ol><li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">git clone <a href="https://github.com/octo/collectd.git">https://github.com/octo/collectd.git</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">sudo apt-get install bison flex autoconf pkg-config libtool libgcrypt-dev</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">cd collectd</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">./build.sh</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">./configure</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; ">make all install</span></li></ol></div><div><br clear="all">Andy<br><a href="http://andy.edmonds.be">andy.edmonds.be</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 20:05, Amer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stalkerboi@gmail.com">stalkerboi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hold on I think I misread you. Did you manage to get collectd to<br>
compile successfully on Ubuntu at the end, after installing flex? Or<br>
you were just pointing out another compiling issue which could be<br>
fixed by installing flex?<br>
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Bill Harris <<a href="mailto:savoy9020@texoma.net">savoy9020@texoma.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Amer,<br>
><br>
> Sorry, it's just flex<br>
><br>
> Bill<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Amer wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Ok but I couldn't find such package name on ubuntu. Is flex-dev its<br>
>> full package name?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Bill Harris <<a href="mailto:savoy9020@texoma.net">savoy9020@texoma.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> Amer,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Something else I've noticed when compiling on Ubuntu..<br>
>>><br>
>>> Configure misses the fact that libfl.x is missing.. and exit normally,<br>
>>> The make then fails with the -lfl error.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Installing flex-dev solves the problem, but figured I'd mention<br>
>>> it since it seems to have been missed.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Bill<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Amer wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Same problem here. I thought this was gonna get fixed in the 5.0.1<br>
>>>> when they pushed a new update recently<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Florian, could we request for a minor update with fix for this bug on<br>
>>>> the collectd package on the main site? If someone could come up with a<br>
>>>> fix patch that would be appreciated too<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Bill Harris <<a href="mailto:savoy9020@texoma.net">savoy9020@texoma.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> This has been occurring for several months.. Anyone seen<br>
>>>>> a patch for it? This was from daily tarball..<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Bill<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> make[3]: Entering directory `/work/collectd-5.0.1/src/owniptc'<br>
>>>>> /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src -Wall -Werror -g -O2 -c -o libip4tc.lo libip4tc.c<br>
>>>>> libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src -Wall -Werror -g -O2 -c libip4tc.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libip4tc.o<br>
>>>>> In file included from libip4tc.c:136:0:<br>
>>>>> libiptc.c:84:8: error: redefinition of ‘struct xt_error_target’<br>
>>>>> /usr/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h:69:8: note: originally defined here<br>
>>>>> make[3]: *** [libip4tc.lo] Error 1<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
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