subversion not detecting apr and apr-utils libraries

[Guido granda muñoz]

Hello,

I'm trying to install subversion 1.9.7 in Ubuntu 16.04 using its source
code. When I do ./configure ./configure --with-apr=/usr/lib/apache2
--with-apr-util=/usr/lib/apache2 , I get the following error:

configure: Configuring Subversion 1.9.7
configure: creating config.nice
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking if gcc accepts -std=c90... yes
checking if gcc accepts -w... yes
checking if gcc accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking if g++ accepts -std=c++98... yes
checking if g++ accepts -w... yes
checking if g++ accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library configuration
checking for APR... configure: error: the --with-apr parameter is
incorrect. It must specify an install prefix, a build directory, or an
apr-config file.


I'am pretty sure those provided locations are right because I used the find
/ -name "apache2" command to obtain them. Please tell me what is wrong.

Kind Regards,

[David Chapman]

Post by Guido granda muñoz
Hello,
I'm trying to install subversion 1.9.7 in Ubuntu 16.04 using its
source code. When I do ./configure ./configure
--with-apr=/usr/lib/apache2 --with-apr-util=/usr/lib/apache2 , I get
configure: Configuring Subversion 1.9.7
configure: creating config.nice
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking if gcc accepts -std=c90... yes
checking if gcc accepts -w... yes
checking if gcc accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking if g++ accepts -std=c++98... yes
checking if g++ accepts -w... yes
checking if g++ accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library configuration
checking for APR... configure: error: the --with-apr parameter is
incorrect. It must specify an install prefix, a build directory, or an
apr-config file.
I'am pretty sure those provided locations are right because I used the
find / -name "apache2" command to obtain them. Please tell me what is
wrong.
Kind Regards,

Did you look for "apr-config" or just "apache2"?  See

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/41910/how-to-make-apr-available-for-subversion-install

and of course the reference

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/INSTALL

You can specify the location of the "apr-config" file directly and it
should proceed from there.

Disclaimer:  I haven't tried to build Subversion in a long time, and I
use CentOS, not Ubuntu...

[Paul Hammant]

Guido,

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SERF-188 might have a bearing too
depending on your flavor of Linux.

- Paul

[Guido granda muñoz]

Hello,

Thanks for the help. I tried using apr-config and the configuration went
well, however, I got the following error doing the make check:

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
build-outputs.mk:485: recipe for target 'subversion/libsvn_subr/
libsvn_subr-1.la' failed
make: *** [subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la] Error 1


What should I Do?
Thanks,

Post by Guido granda muñoz
Hello,
I'm trying to install subversion 1.9.7 in Ubuntu 16.04 using its source
code. When I do ./configure ./configure --with-apr=/usr/lib/apache2
configure: Configuring Subversion 1.9.7
configure: creating config.nice
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking if gcc accepts -std=c90... yes
checking if gcc accepts -w... yes
checking if gcc accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking if g++ accepts -std=c++98... yes
checking if g++ accepts -w... yes
checking if g++ accepts -Werror=unknown-warning-option... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library configuration
checking for APR... configure: error: the --with-apr parameter is
incorrect. It must specify an install prefix, a build directory, or an
apr-config file.
I'am pretty sure those provided locations are right because I used the
find / -name "apache2" command to obtain them. Please tell me what is wrong.
Kind Regards,

Did you look for "apr-config" or just "apache2"? See
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/41910/how-to-make-
apr-available-for-subversion-install
and of course the reference
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/INSTALL
You can specify the location of the "apr-config" file directly and it
should proceed from there.
Disclaimer: I haven't tried to build Subversion in a long time, and I use
CentOS, not Ubuntu...
--
Chapman Consulting -- San Jose, CA
EDA Software Developer, Expert Witness
www.chapman-consulting-sj.com
2018 Chair, IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley

[Philip Martin]

Post by Guido granda muñoz
I'm trying to install subversion 1.9.7 in Ubuntu 16.04 using its source
code. When I do ./configure ./configure --with-apr=/usr/lib/apache2

configure should find apr/aprutil on Ubuntu without you using the --with
parameters. If that is not happening then you probably need to install
the packages libapr1-dev and libaprutil1-dev. Look at the Build-depends
used to build the standard Ubuntu package of Subversion:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.9.3-2ubuntu1.1.dsc