[yocto] Unable to find the ncurses libraries when running menuconfig

nick xerofoify at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 06:49:54 PST 2014 

I would state so as if you need it and it doesn't work then it probably is a bug
with bitbake.
Cheers Nick 

On 14-11-11 09:37 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
> Would this be classified as a BitBake bug then?
> 
> I actually have a recipe which requires 32-bit libs - I'll see if there's a
> way around it.
> 
> Thanks for your help thus far.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:18 AM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> That was my issue with your build, but I wasn't sure if that was going to
>> prevent the build from you companies requirements. I would recommend only
>> making the build 64 bit as it seems that there is no reason for backwards
>> compatibility with older 32 bit libraries for your build.
>> Regards Nick
>>
>> On 14-11-11 06:23 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>> A bit of progress (found the cause of the error at least):
>>>
>>> The script that is failing is: linux/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/
>>> *check-lxdialog.sh*
>>>
>>> I added 'set -x' to the script so I could see the output as BitBake
>>> executes it... The function within that script which is failing is
>> *check()
>>> *- in particular the following is failing:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *$cc -x c - -o $tmp 2>/dev/null <<'EOF'#include CURSES_LOCmain() {}EOF*
>>>
>>> *Script output:*
>>> *gcc -isystem/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include
>>> -O2 -pipe -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>> -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
>>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
>>> -Wl,-rpath,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>> -Wl,-rpath,/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib -Wl,-O1
>>> '-DCURSES_LOC=<ncurses.h>' -DLOCALE
>>> -L/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/usr/lib64
>>> -lncursesw -ltinfo -x c - -o .lxdialog.tmp*
>>>
>>> This command is returning 1 when it should be returning 0 (i.e.
>> successful
>>> compile).
>>>
>>> The exact error is:
>>>
>>>
>>> */usr/bin/ld: cannot find /lib64/libc.so.6/usr/bin/ld: cannot find
>>> /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.acollect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status*
>>>
>>> Where is it trying to find those libraries? In my host system (they don't
>>> exist!) or the system root of my build? The files *only* exist in my
>> system
>>> root @ */home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/usr/lib64
>> *and
>>> */home/nick/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/custom_machine_name/lib64.*
>>>
>>> I suspect that this may be due to the fact that my custom machine conf
>> is a
>>> multilib configuration...
>>>
>>> Any further ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Nick D'Ademo <nickdademo at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> If I do the following (from the same Terminal that oe-init-build-env
>> has
>>>>> been run):
>>>>> 1) cd
>>>>>
>>>>
>> /home/nick/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-intel-common-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.17.1+gitAUTOINC+b86dd5c6f4_0caf16d385-r0/linux-corei7-64-intel-common-standard-build
>>>>> 2) make menuconfig
>>>>>
>>>>> Menu config loads correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> So for some reason, 'bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig' is not invoking
>>>>> menuconfig properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas where to look in regard to my custom machine config?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:11 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick,
>>>>>> Yes this is a issue with your custom machine and I believe this is a
>>>> issue
>>>>>> with your your machine
>>>>>> conf is located in the build directories.
>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14-11-10 02:26 AM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>> menuconfig works with a core-image-minimal vanilla build:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Build Configuration:BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"BUILD_SYS         =
>>>>>>> "x86_64-linux"NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"TARGET_SYS        =
>>>>>>> "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"MACHINE           = "qemuarm"DISTRO
>>>>   =
>>>>>>> "poky"DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv5 thumb
>>>>>>> dsp"TARGET_FPU        = "soft"meta              meta-yocto
>>>>>>> meta-yocto-bsp    =
>>>>>>> "master:45bb9e3323073070453647a32289dc1792f3d660"meta-oe
>>>>>>> meta-multimedia   meta-gnome        =
>>>>>>> "master:dac2422f737c351c37a8405a76b5f0b5df9311a0"*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So this must be an issue with my custom machine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nick,
>>>>>>>> Then this is an issue with your machine conf or paths required for
>>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>>> building. Are you able
>>>>>>>> to build a poky distro with a working kernel and this is just a
>> issue
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> you building the yocto
>>>>>>>> kernel alone or can you also not build poky too?
>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 10:36 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Just tried with the latest 3.17.2 kernel. 'make menuconfig' works
>>>> fine
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> loads the interactive kernel config.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Try downloading a stock kernel for kernel.org and extract it in
>>>> your
>>>>>>>> home
>>>>>>>>>> directory and run make menuconfig in
>>>>>>>>>> the root of the kernel source tree, if this works then I am
>>>> assuming
>>>>>>>>>> either ncurses or your machine conf is wrong
>>>>>>>>>> somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 09:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I removed build/tmp/ and performed a rebuild - I'm still
>>>>>>>>>>> experiencing
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> same error message unfortunately.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:58 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Seems to after reading and doing some research a build issue
>> with
>>>>>>>>>> multiple
>>>>>>>>>>>> jobs or try running rm -r tmp in your
>>>>>>>>>>>> build and then rebuild as it may be an issue with out of date
>>>> temp
>>>>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:51 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for trying that out Nick.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Issue is present on both 3.14 and 3.17 for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> All paths in the require lines are correct too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:46 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig on my own system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same distro and it seems to my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> default use kernel 3.14 not 3.17 otherwise this seems be fine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understanding. Also check all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paths in your require lines as there may be an issue with your
>>>>>>>> builds
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the path set up by these files
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that you are linking to for your kernel build.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:40 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Nick.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Machine conf is as follows (it's actually nearly identical to
>>>>>>>>>> nuc.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> however, BT support, multilib, and preferred providers have
>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>>>> added):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@TYPE: Machine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@NAME: chiefriver
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@WEBTITLE: Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) Model:
>>>> DC3217IYE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Intel NUC model
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DC3217IYE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # i.e. Ivy Bridge + Panther Point
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.17%"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "va-impl-intel wifi efi bluetooth"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_FEATURES += "intel-ucode"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require multilib.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_HWCODECS ?= "va-intel gst-va-intel"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_EXT} \
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            ${XSERVER_X86_I965} \
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>            "
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS +=
>> "linux-firmware-iwlwifi-6000g2b-6
>>>>>>>> lms8"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # disable the serial port configuration
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SERIAL_CONSOLE = ""
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg = "jpeg"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg-native = "jpeg-native"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/fftw = "fftw"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM, nick <xerofoify at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Nick,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This seems to then be an issue with incorrect paths or build
>>>>>>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in your nuc.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as the most likely culprit. If you can post your machine's
>>>> conf
>>>>>>>>>> file I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will be glad to see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if there are any issues I can spot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:33 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) source oe-init-build-env is run before building.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) We are actually using a custom machine .conf based on
>>>>>>>> nuc.conf,
>>>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually: MACHINE = "custom_machine_name". I replaced it
>>>> with
>>>>>>>> "nuc"
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> post to avoid confusion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:25 PM, nick <
>> xerofoify at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you run source oe-init-build-env before building and
>> why
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set to nuc seems this may be an issue?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:15 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply Nick.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Host system is Ubuntu 14.04. ncurses is already
>> installed:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libncurses5-dev is already the newest version.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, nick <
>>>> xerofoify at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Check to see if you actuality have it installed on your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> host
>>>>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your package manager.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The library for ncurses for compiling the kernel is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>>>>>> based
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your distro, check
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your distro's installer and install the correct ncurses
>>>>>>>> package
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is still an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issue please reply with a newer error message.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14-11-09 08:05 PM, Nick D'Ademo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Getting a strange error when attempting to configure
>> the
>>>>>>>> Yocto
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> via: bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas? (error message below)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Build Configuration:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BB_VERSION        = "1.24.0"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-14.04"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TARGET_SYS        = "x86_64-poky-linux"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MACHINE           = "nuc"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DISTRO            = "poky"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.7"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TUNE_FEATURES     = "m64 corei7"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TARGET_FPU        = ""
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *make[1]: Entering directory
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>> `/home/nick/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-intel-common-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.17.1+gitAUTOINC+b86dd5c6f4_0caf16d385-r0/linux-corei7-64-intel-common-standard-build'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GEN     ./Makefile *** Unable to find the ncurses
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> required header files. *** 'make menuconfig' requires
>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> ncurses
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries. ***  *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error
>>>>>>>> 1make[2]:
>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [menuconfig] Error 2make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error
>> 2make:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [__sub-make]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Error 2Command failed.Press any key to continue... *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Clearly your machine config is not  in the correct directory or the
>>>> layers needed for  you machine config are not being correctly
>>>> configured. Look at the Yocto Manual on writing Board Support Scripts
>>>> for more information.
>>>> Cheers Nick
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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