Problem compiling on Ubuntu 12.04

[matylla]

64-bit build on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04

$ sh ../configure

../configure: line 12975: syntax error near unexpected token `libpng,'
../configure: line 12975: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(libpng, libpng, HAVE_LIBPNG=1,'

Anyone?

[dwbuiten]

When you ran autoreconf -fi, you were missing the pkg config macros.

$ dpkg -L pkg-config | grep m4
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4

Do you have pkg-config installed?

[matylla]

Yes, thanks. That was the case. It's all good now.

[okor]

@dwbuiten @matylla Could you expand on the solution a bit for us mere mortals? Like if I am missing the pkg config macros which I don't really understand what further actions should I take to correct the problem?

Thanks!

[okor]

Ok, actually figured this out. For me, I had pkg-config installed already. But I had to do a sudo ldconfig /usr/lib since this was a fresh box.

Googlers: Ensure you have all packages installed reload shared libs before attempting to compile. So something like:

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential cmake libtool autoconf automake m4 nasm pkg-config
sudo ldconfig /usr/lib
cd ~
wget https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/archive/v3.1.tar.gz
cd mozjpeg-3.1/
autoreconf -fiv
mkdir build
cd build
sh ../configure
sudo make install

Works for me.

[kappuccino]

thank you @okor for your condensed solution.

[thegbom]

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential cmake libtool autoconf automake m4 nasm pkg-config
sudo ldconfig /usr/lib
cd ~
wget https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/archive/v3.1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf v3.1.tar.gz
cd mozjpeg-3.1/
autoreconf -fiv
mkdir build
cd build
sh ../configure
sudo make install

I supplemented a missing tar-statement. Running npm install after the steps above, I did not get the error.

[cbj4074]

Thanks for articulating the solution, @okor (and for providing the missing tar step, @thegbom ).

In my particular case, installing pkg-config "fixed" the issue, but the more poignant question seems to be, what causes the initial failure that requires building from source at all? This line:

⚠ The '/var/www/html/laravel/node_modules/mozjpeg/vendor/cjpeg' binary doesn't seem to work correctly

Why does this cjpeg binary not work correctly upon installation?

[kornelski]

I have no idea why the node module complains. You're asking in the wrong project. The Node.js binary is maintained by https://github.com/imagemin/mozjpeg-bin

[cbj4074]

Thanks for clarifying the origin of the problem, @kornelski . I loathe to be the guy who complains to the incorrect project.

It looks like this may be the place to discuss this further:

imagemin/imagemin#168

[salehawal]

@dwbuiten it works
i ma using ubuntu
i installed the missing package : sudo apt-get install pkg-config
and then autoreconf -fi and now it is working thanks (:+1: