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Subject: Re: compiling on Ubuntu - missing spidermonkey jsapi headers
From: Dan Himes <dhimes@vlesolutions.com>
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:59:15 -0400
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Make sure you are switch-usering to the right user.  My user and groups
are both couchdb (set with chown and chgrp).

Best regards,

Dan

On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 15:56 -0600, MilesTogoe wrote:

> On 10/01/2010 12:27 AM, afters wrote:
> > Hi Miles,
> >
> > You could try following example 2 in the wiki (
> > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu#Example_2_.28with_minimal_dependencies.29),
> > which builds spidermonkey from source and does not rely on xulrunner. It
> > worked for me.
> >    
> 
> okay, thks, compiling spidermonkey from source was easy and solved that 
> problem but now getting these errors - weird since using sudo to run 
> configure - any ideas ?
> 
> ./configure: line 12432: ./config.status: Permission denied
> ./configure: line 12446: ./config.status: Permission denied
> ..........
> configure: error: write failure creating ./config.status
> 
> 12432 cat >$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > a.
> >
> > On 1 October 2010 07:49, MilesTogoe<miles.togoe@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> On 09/30/2010 05:18 PM, Randall Leeds wrote:
> >>
> >>      
> >>> It looks like
> >>>
> >>> ./configure --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/include
> >>> --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/lib
> >>>
> >>> should work fine for you. At least it should get you past the
> >>> configuration stage.
> >>> If at all possible I would get into #couchdb on freenode for some more
> >>> realtime assistance if you're still stuck.
> >>> Sorry this has been a frustrating process for you. It's a combination
> >>> of a number of factors including Mozilla's stance on shipping
> >>> spidermonkey on a product (i.e. don't, it's part of xulrunner only),
> >>> Ubuntu's policy on linkage and ABI (can't make spidermonkey linkable
> >>> by default because they won't guarantee any version compatibility),
> >>> the libmozjs ->   xulrunner-devel packaging change, etc.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> the above configure does not work - still failing on not finding js api
> >>
> >> we dug into the configure file =>  sent us to the make file
> >> JSLIB = -lmozjs
> >> JS_LIB_BASE = mozjs
> >> JS_LIB_BINARY =
> >>
> >> does this look right ?  I'm not sure about what mozjs is and if the
> >> lib_binary should be blank
> >>
> >> re Mozilla + Ubuntu issues - yeah, understand.
> >>
> >> wondering if there is a good way to hack in hard coded necessary
> >> spidermonkey libs ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   I think I can confidently speak for the list, though, when I say we're
> >>      
> >>> happy to work through this with you.
> >>> Once you get it sorted out if you find anything amiss in the wiki page
> >>> you should save the next person from experiencing the same pain and
> >>> update the page with what you've learned. That'd be really great.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Randall
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 16:10, MilesTogoe<miles.togoe@gmail.com>   wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> On 09/30/2010 04:31 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:41 PM, MilesTogoe<miles.togoe@gmail.com>
> >>>>>   wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>>>> On 09/29/2010 11:49 AM, Randall Leeds wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>>>> The wiki page linked by Michael has all the info you should need. Try
> >>>>>>> reading and understanding the steps for Ubuntu there. If any of it
> >>>>>>> confuses
> >>>>>>> you please ask. Pay particular attention to the configure options that
> >>>>>>> specify where SpiderMonkey (xulrunner-dev) is installed.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>                
> >>>>>> we did follow the wiki page - although it is quite confusing with
> >>>>>> numerous
> >>>>>> ways to go and many references to libmozjs although it's deprecated for
> >>>>>> xulrunner
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> we did the symlinks for xulrunner - libmozjs - no success
> >>>>>> we tried couchio bin file install - it failed ("unexpected "(" )
> >>>>>> we tried couchio tar file configure - it failed (due to missing
> >>>>>> libmozjs)
> >>>>>> we even tried to reinstall vers 0.10 (apt-get install couchdb) - but
> >>>>>> that
> >>>>>> won't respond correctly (ie I guess all the dependencies are now messed
> >>>>>> up)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> we've been compiling and installing source pkgs for 10 yrs now but this
> >>>>>> has
> >>>>>> been the hardest to get working - not sure what the deal is or what is
> >>>>>> wrong
> >>>>>> with the whole spider-monkey xulrunner vs libmozjs thing but we can't
> >>>>>> get
> >>>>>> it
> >>>>>> working
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> not sure what to do at this point.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>>> On 09/28/2010 11:18 PM, Muharem Hrnjadovic wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                  
> >>>>>>>>> On 09/29/2010 03:42 AM, MilesTogoe wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>                    
> >>>>>>>>>> we had to remove the conflicting ubuntu version 0.10 but now we're
> >>>>>>>>>> getting the spidermonkey jsapi header missing error
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>                      
> >>>>>>>>> What Ubuntu version is this? Can you please also paste the build
> >>>>>>>>> errors
> >>>>>>>>> you are getting?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>                    
> >>>>>>>> ubuntu 10.04
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> checking for js/jsapi.h... no
> >>>>>>>> configure: error: Could not find the jsapi header.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Are the Mozilla SpiderMonkey headers installed?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                  
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>                    
> >>>>>>>>>> we tried: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.10/libmozjs.so
> >>>>>>>>>> /usr/lib/libmozjs.so
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> but still getting the error -
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> a) is there some other fix or or do we have conflicting syntax
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> b) if we're using node with v8 installed - do we even need
> >>>>>>>>>> spidermonkey
> >>>>>>>>>> headers ?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>                      
> >>>>>>>>>>> wget http://couchdb.apache.org/downloads.html
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt-get build-dep couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>> tar xvzf apache-couchdb-1.0.1.tar.gz
> >>>>>>>>>>> cd apache-couchdb-1.0.1
> >>>>>>>>>>> xulrunner -v
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/
> >>>>>>>>>>> --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-
> >>>>>>>>>>> devel-1.9.2.10/lib --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-
> >>>>>>>>>>> 1.9.2.10/include
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo make
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo make install
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo vi /etc/passwd change couchdb =>
> >>>>>>>>>>>   /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo chown -R couchdb: /usr/local/var/{lib,log,run}/couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/etc/couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/{lib,log,run}/couchdb/
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo chmod 664 /usr/local/etc/couchdb/*.ini
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo chmod 775 /usr/local/etc/couchdb/*.d
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> cd /etc/init.d
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/init.d/couchdb couchdb
> >>>>>>>>>>> sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb start
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>                        
> >>>>>>>>>> Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> >>>>>>>>>>                      
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>                    
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                  
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>> You never responded to the query:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>      ls /usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/include
> >>>>>
> >>>>> show anything?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> yes, it does show all the headers including jsapi.h  -
> >>>>
> >>>> btw here are file permissions -
> >>>> laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/include/jsapi.h
> >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105538 2010-09-15 09:52
> >>>> /usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/include/jsapi.h
> >>>>
> >>>> @laptop:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/libmozjs*
> >>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2010-09-30 15:16 /usr/lib/libmozjs.so ->
> >>>> /usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.10/libmozjs.so
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> Your error is that configure can't find the headers, yet you're
> >>>>> focusing on symlinking the library so ld can find it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You appear to have used a ./configure command using --with-js-include
> >>>>> which is the correct method for this situation, the question is just
> >>>>> if you're pointing it at the right place.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Recently I think a common error is that Ubuntu has upgraded the
> >>>>> xulrunner version which broke scripts for various people.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> HTH,
> >>>>> Paul Davis
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>
> >>      
> >    
> 


Daniel E. Himes, Ph.D.
President
Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc.
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