compilation failes (V2.2, Archlinux)

Hi everyone, I'm getting some wx-related errors while trying to compile v2.2. I suspect some of these issues might be due to using Arch, vs. Ubuntu. Any help would be sincerely appreciated.

[ 71%] Building CXX object source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/scopefun/app/app.cpp.o
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/platform.h:596,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:27,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/wxprec.h:12,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:24:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/chkconf.h:763:13: error: #error "wxUSE_LIBMSPACK must be defined, please read comment near the top of this file."
  763 | #           error "wxUSE_LIBMSPACK must be defined, please read comment near the top of this file."
      |             ^~~~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/chkconf.h:1249,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/platform.h:596,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:27,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/wxprec.h:12,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:24:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/unix/chkconf.h:15:13: error: #error "wxSelect/EpollDispatcher needed for console event loop"
   15 | #           error "wxSelect/EpollDispatcher needed for console event loop"
      |             ^~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/unix/chkconf.h:26:13: error: #error "wxFileSystemWatcher requires either inotify() or kqueue()"
   26 | #           error "wxFileSystemWatcher requires either inotify() or kqueue()"
      |             ^~~~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:26:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:49:6: error: #error "Dynamic Loading classes can't be compiled on this platform, sorry."
   49 |     #error "Dynamic Loading classes can't be compiled on this platform, sorry."
      |      ^~~~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/stopwatch.h:21,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/timer.h:22,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/aui/framemanager.h:25,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/aui/auibook.h:25,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/gui/guiheader.h:46,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/gui/osc.h:41,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/gui/OsciloskopTools.h:29,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:44:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/time.h:62:2: warning: #warning using pseudo thread-safe wrapper for localtime to emulate localtime_r [-Wcpp]
   62 | #warning using pseudo thread-safe wrapper for localtime to emulate localtime_r
      |  ^~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/time.h:72:2: warning: #warning using pseudo thread-safe wrapper for gmtime to emulate gmtime_r [-Wcpp]
   72 | #warning using pseudo thread-safe wrapper for gmtime to emulate gmtime_r
      |  ^~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:745,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/wxprec.h:12,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:24:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:1074:53: error: zero width for bit-field ‘wxAssert_1074::SizeTMustBeExactly4Bytes’
 1074 |         wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT( sizeof(size_t) == 4, SizeTMustBeExactly4Bytes);
      |                                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/debug.h:434:57: note: in definition of macro ‘wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT’
  434 |         struct wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME { unsigned int msg: expr; }
      |                                                         ^~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:1075:53: error: zero width for bit-field ‘wxAssert_1075::PtrMustBeExactly4Bytes’
 1075 |         wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT( sizeof(void *) == 4, PtrMustBeExactly4Bytes);
      |                                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/debug.h:434:57: note: in definition of macro ‘wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT’
  434 |         struct wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME { unsigned int msg: expr; }
      |                                                         ^~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:1093:37: error: zero width for bit-field ‘wxAssert_1092::Wchar_tMustBeExactly2Bytes’
 1093 |                                     Wchar_tMustBeExactly2Bytes);
      |                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/debug.h:434:57: note: in definition of macro ‘wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT’
  434 |         struct wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME { unsigned int msg: expr; }
      |                                                         ^~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/wxprec.h:12,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:24:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:1270:25: error: conflicting declaration ‘typedef wxInt32 ssize_t’
 1270 |         typedef wxInt32 ssize_t;
      |                         ^~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/stdlib.h:394,
                 from /usr/include/c++/11.1.0/cstdlib:75,
                 from /usr/include/c++/11.1.0/stdlib.h:36,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11.1.0/include/mm_malloc.h:27,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11.1.0/include/xmmintrin.h:34,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/SDL2-2.0.12/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h:92,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/lib/SDL2-2.0.12/include/SDL.h:38,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/core/core.h:37,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/ScopeFun.h:26,
                 from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:21:
/usr/include/sys/types.h:108:19: note: previous declaration as ‘typedef __ssize_t ssize_t’
  108 | typedef __ssize_t ssize_t;
      |                   ^~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:26:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:231:12: error: ‘wxDllType’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘wxKeyType’?
  231 |     static wxDllType         GetProgramHandle();
      |            ^~~~~~~~~
      |            wxKeyType
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:256:12: error: ‘wxDllType’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘wxKeyType’?
  256 |     static wxDllType RawLoad(const wxString& libname, int flags = wxDL_DEFAULT);
      |            ^~~~~~~~~
      |            wxKeyType
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:261:5: error: ‘wxDllType’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘wxKeyType’?
  261 |     wxDllType Detach() { wxDllType h = m_handle; m_handle = 0; return h; }
      |     ^~~~~~~~~
      |     wxKeyType
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:264:24: error: ‘wxDllType’ has not been declared
  264 |     static void Unload(wxDllType handle);
      |                        ^~~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:270:5: error: ‘wxDllType’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘wxKeyType’?
  270 |     wxDllType GetLibHandle() const { return m_handle; }
      |     ^~~~~~~~~
      |     wxKeyType
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:296:18: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
  296 |     static void *RawGetSymbol(wxDllType handle, const wxString& name);
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                              ;
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:296:40: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘handle’
  296 |     static void *RawGetSymbol(wxDllType handle, const wxString& name);
      |                              ~         ^~~~~~~
      |                                        )
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:304:5: error: ‘void* wxDynamicLibrary::RawGetSymbol(const wxString&) const’ conflicts with a previous declaration
  304 |     }
      |     ^
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:296:18: note: previous declaration ‘void* wxDynamicLibrary::RawGetSymbol’
  296 |     static void *RawGetSymbol(wxDllType handle, const wxString& name);
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:375:5: error: ‘wxDllType’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘wxKeyType’?
  375 |     wxDllType m_handle;
      |     ^~~~~~~~~
      |     wxKeyType
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h: In constructor ‘wxDynamicLibrary::wxDynamicLibrary()’:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:236:26: error: class ‘wxDynamicLibrary’ does not have any field named ‘m_handle’
  236 |     wxDynamicLibrary() : m_handle(0) { }
      |                          ^~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h: In constructor ‘wxDynamicLibrary::wxDynamicLibrary(const wxString&, int)’:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:238:11: error: class ‘wxDynamicLibrary’ does not have any field named ‘m_handle’
  238 |         : m_handle(0)
      |           ^~~~~~~~
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h: In member function ‘bool wxDynamicLibrary::IsLoaded() const’:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:248:36: error: ‘m_handle’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘sa_handler’?
  248 |     bool IsLoaded() const { return m_handle != 0; }
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~
      |                                    sa_handler
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h: In member function ‘void wxDynamicLibrary::Unload()’:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:267:48: error: ‘m_handle’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘sa_handler’?
  267 |     void Unload() { if ( IsLoaded() ) { Unload(m_handle); m_handle = 0; } }
      |                                                ^~~~~~~~
      |                                                sa_handler
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h: In member function ‘void* wxDynamicLibrary::RawGetSymbol(const wxString&) const’:
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:302:29: error: ‘m_handle’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘sa_handler’?
  302 |         return RawGetSymbol(m_handle, name);
      |                             ^~~~~~~~
      |                             sa_handler
/tmp/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/dynlib.h:302:28: error: ‘wxDynamicLibrary::RawGetSymbol’ cannot be used as a function
  302 |         return RawGetSymbol(m_handle, name);
      |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/build.make:384: source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/scopefun/app/app.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:286: source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:156: all] Error 2



update: I decompressed the .deb packages and manually installed version 2.2.0-RC1 and version 2.1.2 on my archlinux machine. Unfortunately, only the older version worked. When I try to run version 2.2, the program freezes and I have to kill the process. So, I suspect there might be some general issues with 2.2.0-RC1, in addition to the compilation issues I mentioned earlier. Any thoughts?

It looks like there was some problem in the wxWidgets configuration during the build process. You should try to clean the make and cmake cache and re-start the building process.

I am not aware of any general issue with latest version. Maybe there is some conflict with previous install.

I have also successfully build  the software in archlinux.  Here are the steps I used:

pacman -Sy --noconfirm
pacman -S git --noconfirm
pacman -S automake --noconfirm
pacman -S autoconf --noconfirm
pacman -S cmake --noconfirm
pacman -S make --noconfirm
pacman -S gcc --noconfirm
pacman -S python --noconfirm
pacman -S gtk3 --noconfirm
pacman -S pkgconf --noconfirm

git clone --branch develop https://gitlab.com/scopefun/scopefun-software.git
mkdir scopefun-software/build && cd scopefun-software/build
cd ./../lib/libusb-1.0.22 && aclocal && automake && cd .. && cd ../build
chmod +x ../lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/src/stc/gen_iface.py
chmod +x ../lib/libusb-1.0.22/install-sh

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -D SCOPEFUN_VERSION_MAJOR="2" -D SCOPEFUN_VERSION_MINOR="2" \
  -D SCOPEFUN_VERSION_MICRO="0" -D SCOPEFUN_BUILD_TYPE="Release" \
  -D CPACK_BINARY_DEB="true" -D CPACK_BINARY_TZ="false" \
  -D CPACK_BINARY_TGZ="false"-D CPACK_BINARY_STGZ="false" ..

make package

The last step will build the software and generate the install-script: ScopeFun-2.2.0-Linux.sh. This script can be used to output the install package contents. In my case, the files were written to ./scopefun-software/build/ScopeFun-2.2.0-Linux. You then have to manually copy the output files to the system folders, using the following commands

cp -r ./lib/oscilloscope /usr/lib
cp ./bin/scopefun /usr/bin/


Hey Dejan,

Thank you so much for looking into this! Really appreciated. I'll try again on my machine and report back. Thanks again!

Hey Dejan,

Sorry to keep bothering you about it, and if you don't have time to answer, I completely understand. However, if you (or anyone else here in the forums) did have some time to help, I would very much appreciate it.

I copy/pasted your code from the previous post - ensuring all packages were installed, system was updated, etc. - but, unfortunately, I continue to get errors. Running your code exactly returns the following errors:

[ 80%] Building CXX object source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/scopefun/app/app.cpp.o
In file included from /tmp/scope/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/defs.h:27,
                 from /tmp/scope/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/wxprec.h:12,
                 from /tmp/scope/scopefun-software/source/scopefun/app/app.cpp:24:
/tmp/scope/scopefun-software/lib/wxWidgets-3.0.5/include/wx/platform.h:183:10: fatal error: wx/setup.h: No such file or directory
  183 | #include "wx/setup.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/build.make:384: source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/scopefun/app/app.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:286: source/CMakeFiles/ScopeFun.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:156: all] Error 2


Please make sure you are using the build command make package. The error you are getting can appear if you are using just make.

UPDATE: spun up a clean archlinux VM, and...compilation works as expected. Blah, sorry to waste everyone's time. Although now I need to go back, and figure out why it's failing on my machine. Thanks again for your help Dejan!

Hi Dejan, yes, I build using the make package command, not justmake

No worries. Thanks for confirming.