Most cases this error happens after you updated the GNU GCC (this update triggers the error, but it might be not the problem)! This was…
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portage is blocked by “the current version of portage supports EAPI ‘6’. You must upgrade”
We’ve synced the portage tree before upgrading our old portage package (big mistake! always upgrade the portage package before sync) and then do the sync….
pycurl.h: fatal error: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory
If you encounter this error trying to install a pip module or compile a program under the console you surely miss OpenSSL development packages! pip…
Compilation failure in configure with syntax error near unexpected token -Wall,WFLAGS and AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG
If you are trying to build program and in the configure stage you got something like this: You are missing autoconf-archive Check your system for…
Gentoo distcc compilation error – relocation R_X86_64_32 against .rodata.str1.1 can not be used when making a shared object
In our Gentoo systems we use distcc (distributed builds for C, C++ and Objective C) to build the packages fast! But after we upgraded to…
Rebuild the official Ubuntu kernel – Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
There are multiple reasons to rebuild the official kernel of a Linux distro but this is not the purpose of this article just cannot miss…
Missing pkg-config results in configure error: possibly undefined macro
This small article is for you who wonder why a configure script under Linux failed with an error like: So autoreconf failed with missing macros,…
vmware-modules failed with too many arguments to function smp_call_function and smp_call_function_single
vmware-modules is really tough to compile on a bleeding edge kernel like last versions from kernel.org When a new kernel is out the chances you…
Compilation failure with Value too large for defined data type in Gentoo
It has happened several times for the last 10 years, a program to fail during the configure stage with a strange error: It’s like the…
Install ethminer in a machine with NVIDIA video card under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (only commands , real output and benchmark)
Here is the Part 2 of the Install ethminer in a machine with NVIDIA video card under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The Part 2 is just…