Re: [gnome-love] Error Building Gnome 3 using jhbuild on Arch Linux x86_64

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

2011/8/12 Juan Rafael García Blanco <jgblanco mail gmail com>:
> Newer versions of Perl do not include a switch statement, which is used in
> this script. You must install the package perl-switch from AUR
> (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34534). Good luck!
> On Aug 12, 2011, at 5:35 AM, Zach Dziura wrote:
>
> I'm running into an error when I try to run jhbuild build on my Arch Linux
> box. I'm trying to pull down the gnome-shell code, when I get a compilation
> error. Here's the error message I receive:
> *** Building WebKit *** [33/75]
> make
> /usr/bin/perl ./Source/WebCore/make-hash-tools.pl ./DerivedSources/WebCore
> ./Source/WebCore/platform/ColorData.gperf
> Can't locate Switch.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/zach/gnome/lib/perl5
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/share/perl5/site_perl
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
> /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl .) at
> ./Source/WebCore/make-hash-tools.pl line 23.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Source/WebCore/make-hash-tools.pl
> line 23.
> make: *** [DerivedSources/WebCore/ColorData.cpp] Error 2
> *** Error during phase build of WebKit: ########## Error running make   ***
> [33/75]
> Obviously, something is wrong with WebKit. I don't know if it's that
> particular C++ program that's being funky, or if I don't have a particular
> package installed on my system. Any help from anyone who's experienced this
> before?

You can usually skip WebKit altogether. That's what I do.

(See http://developer.gnome.org/jhbuild/unstable/config-reference.html.en)

Allan
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