<div>My problem was that --prefix and $PKG_CONFIG_PATH did not match.</div><div> </div><div>Try this:</div><div> </div><div>PREFIX=/foo</div>PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig ./autogen.sh --prefix=$PREFIX<div> </div><div>For both pixman and cairo</div><div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:19 PM, NICHOLAS KLINE <<a href="mailto:nkline@kent.edu">nkline@kent.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi, PROBLEM I have spent the last 10 hours trying to install Cairo on RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86_64 without success. Cairo returns this error during configuration: "configure: error: mandatory image surface backend feature could not be enabled" Please provide guidance on how to proceed from here. WORK DONE SO FAR Install dependencies first these version were already installed: libpng-devel 1.2.10 zlib-devel 1.2.3 libXrender-devel 0.9.1 fontconfig-devel 2.4.1 FYI qpixman 0.13.3 was already installed (sounds like a variation of pixman, I left it alone) Cairo 1.2.4 was already installed (looks like a lot of other programs depend on it, I left it alone) Install pixman cd /tmp sudo tar -xzvf pixman-0.18.4.tar.gz cd pixman-0.18.4 configure the package: sudo ./configure --exec-prefix=/usr/local/lib64 compile the package: sudo make run verification tests: sudo make check (all 10 tests passed) install the program: sudo make install Results: Making install in pixman make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' make install-am make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' test -z "/usr/local/lib64/lib" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/lib64/lib" /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c <a href="http://libpixman-1.la" target="_blank">libpixman-1.la</a> '/usr/local/lib64/lib' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 /usr/local/lib64/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib64/lib && { ln -s -f libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 libpixman-1.so.0 || { rm -f libpixman-1.so.0 && ln -s libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 libpixman-1.so.0; }; }) libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib64/lib && { ln -s -f libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 libpixman-1.so || { rm -f libpixman-1.so && ln -s libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 libpixman-1.so; }; }) libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libpixman-1.lai /usr/local/lib64/lib/<a href="http://libpixman-1.la" target="_blank">libpixman-1.la</a> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libpixman-1.a /usr/local/lib64/lib/libpixman-1.a libtool: install: chmod 644 /usr/local/lib64/lib/libpixman-1.a libtool: install: ranlib /usr/local/lib64/lib/libpixman-1.a libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib64/lib ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries have been installed in: /usr/local/lib64/lib If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR' flag during linking and do at least one of the following: - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable during execution - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable during linking - use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf' See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- test -z "/usr/local/include/pixman-1/" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/include/pixman-1/" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 pixman.h pixman-version.h '/usr/local/include/pixman-1/' make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/pixman' Making install in test make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/test' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/test' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/test' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4/test' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. test -z "/usr/local/lib64/lib/pkgconfig" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/lib64/lib/pkgconfig" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 pixman-1.pc '/usr/local/lib64/lib/pkgconfig' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/pixman-0.18.4' Remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory: sudo make clean Remove the files that `configure' created: sudo make distclean /usr/local/lib64/lib total 5420 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 20 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 20 18:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3381126 Aug 20 18:00 libpixman-1.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 961 Aug 20 18:00 <a href="http://libpixman-1.la" target="_blank">libpixman-1.la</a> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 20 18:00 libpixman-1.so -> libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 20 18:00 libpixman-1.so.0 -> libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2136324 Aug 20 18:00 libpixman-1.so.0.18.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 18:00 pkgconfig /usr/local/lib64/lib/pkgconfig total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 20 18:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241 Aug 20 18:00 pixman-1.pc Install Cairo cd /tmp sudo tar -xzvf cairo-1.8.10.tar.gz cd cairo-1.8.10 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/lib/pkgconfig Configure the package: sudo ./configure --exec-prefix=/usr/local/lib64 Results: -bash-3.2$ sudo ./configure --exec-prefix=/usr/local/lib64 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for style of include used by make... GNU 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 dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 98304 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for ar... ar checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... 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(cached) gcc3 checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64 checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for inline... inline checking for pkg-config... 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suite... checking whether gcc supports -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined... no checking for VALGRIND... no no checking for compress in -lz... yes checking zlib.h usability... yes checking zlib.h presence... yes checking for zlib.h... yes checking for X... libraries , headers checking for cairo's Xlib surface backend feature... checking for xlib... yes checking whether cairo's Xlib surface backend feature could be enabled... yes checking for cairo's Xlib Xrender surface backend feature... checking for xlib_xrender... yes checking whether cairo's Xlib Xrender surface backend feature could be enabled... yes checking for cairo's Quartz surface backend feature... checking ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h usability... no checking ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h presence... no checking for ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h... no checking CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h usability... no checking CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h presence... no checking for 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feature could be enabled... yes checking for FT_Bitmap_Size.y_ppem... yes checking for FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden... yes checking for FT_Load_Sfnt_Table... yes checking for FT_Library_SetLcdFilter... no checking pthread.h usability... yes checking pthread.h presence... yes checking for pthread.h... yes checking for cairo's PostScript surface backend feature... checking whether cairo's PostScript surface backend feature could be enabled... yes checking for gs... gs checking for LIBSPECTRE... no no checking for cairo's PDF surface backend feature... checking whether cairo's PDF surface backend feature could be enabled... yes checking for POPPLER... no no configure: WARNING: PDF backend will not be tested since poppler >= 0.9.2 is not available checking for cairo's SVG surface backend feature... checking whether cairo's SVG surface backend feature could be enabled... yes checking for LIBRSVG... yes checking for rsvg_pixbuf_from_file... yes checking for cairo's image surface backend feature... checking for pixman... no no checking whether cairo's image surface backend feature could be enabled... no (requires pixman-1 >= 0.12.0 <a href="http://cairographics.org/releases/" target="_blank">http://cairographics.org/releases/</a>) configure: error: mandatory image surface backend feature could not be enabled --- end --- Thank you, Nick <div><div></div><div class="h5">-- cairo mailing list <a href="mailto:cairo@cairographics.org">cairo@cairographics.org</a> <a href="http://lists.cairographics.org/mailman/listinfo/cairo" target="_blank">http://lists.cairographics.org/mailman/listinfo/cairo</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>