gtkD won't compile

robvdl · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

I'm new to D, well actually, I been wanting to get into D for a very long time but 64 bit had always been a stopper for me. A few years ago, I tried the Digital Mars D compiler and was very disappointed with the lack of 64 bit support (and still to this day), so I have been waiting for the GNU D compiler to mature a bit.

Recently, I had decided I wanted to give it another go, I was very happy to see the GNU D compiler was now in the Ubuntu Hardy repository, I run Ubuntu Hardy 64 bit.

I installed DSSS, tango, and another package tangobos from this site here, and DSSS at least seems to be working fine:

http://codeblog.palos.ro/2008/03/27/debian-d-packages-release-3/

I downloaded the latest gtkD (pre9) source and used "dsss build" command, here's what I get:

DSSS PROFILE: gdc-posix

undemofy
Command: cd demos
Command: ./demoselect.sh disable-all
+ ./demoselect.sh disable-all

Creating imports for DG-atk

Creating imports for DG-cairo

Creating imports for DG-gdk

Creating imports for DG-gdkpixbuf

Creating imports for DG-glade

Creating imports for DG-glib

Creating imports for DG-gobject

Creating imports for DG-gthread

Creating imports for DG-gtk

Creating imports for DG-gtkc

Creating imports for DG-pango

atk => DG-atk
+ /usr/bin/rebuild -Idsss_imports/ -I. -S./ -I/usr/include/d -S/usr/lib/ -I/usr/include/d -S/usr/lib -I/root/d/include/d -S/root/d/lib -oqdsss_objs/G -explicit -lib atk/Action.d atk/Component.d atk/Document.d atk/EditableText.d atk/GObjectAccessible.d atk/Hyperlink.d atk/Hypertext.d atk/Image.d atk/NoOpObject.d atk/NoOpObjectFactory.d atk/ObjectAtk.d atk/ObjectFactory.d atk/Registry.d atk/Relation.d atk/RelationSet.d atk/Selection.d atk/State.d atk/StateSet.d atk/StreamableContent.d atk/Table.d atk/Text.d atk/Util.d atk/ValueAtk.d -oflibDG-atk.a
gtkc/paths.d:76: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gtkc/paths.d:76: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gtkc/paths.d:76: Error: string is used as a type
gtkc/paths.d:181: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gtkc/paths.d:181: Error: string is used as a type
glib/StringG.d:113: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
glib/StringG.d:113: Error: string is used as a type
glib/StringG.d:113: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
glib/StringG.d:137: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
glib/StringG.d:137: Error: string is used as a type
glib/StringG.d:137: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
glib/StringG.d:183: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
glib/StringG.d:183: Error: string is used as a type
glib/StringG.d:183: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
glib/StringG.d:205: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined

-- snip: thousands of lines of the same stuff --

gobject/Value.d:1387: Error: string is used as a type
gobject/Value.d:1387: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
gobject/Value.d:1409: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gobject/Value.d:1409: Error: string is used as a type
gobject/Value.d:1409: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: string is used as a type
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: string is used as a type
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: identifier 'string' is not defined
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: string is used as a type
gobject/Value.d:1435: Error: cannot have parameter of type void
Command /usr/bin/rebuild returned with code 256, aborting.
Error: Command failed, aborting.

I'm not sure why it won't compile, it's full of 'string' is not defined, is this possibly a problem with the GNU D compiler still, or more 64 bit issues still to be resolved.

Any help would be appreciated, I would really like to play around with D and especially GTK, but I do need things to work in a 64 bit operating system.

okibi · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 170

The string alias does not exist. This was an issue with GDC 0.23 as it was based on DMD 1.007. The string alias was added in DMD 1.016. I believe GDC 0.24 is based on DMD 1.018, so it should work there.

What version of GDC are you using?

Mike Wey · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 428

it looks like version Tango is not defined somewhere, how did you install tango/dsss?

You might need to change the default profile for dsss, from gdc-posix to gdc-posix-tango. you can change this in dsss/etc/rebuild/default at least thats where it is in the tar.gz for dsss. Where it is on your system depends on where you installed it.

robvdl · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

robvdl · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

robvdl · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

I remember now why I used the binary deb packages, because I could not get the SVN to compile.

I tried getting 0.75 of DSSS of the SVN just now, unzipped dsss-0.75.tar.bz2, copy Makefile.gdc.posix to just Makefile, typed make and I get it segfaulting on me:

Sorry I could not post the log here, because every time I do, phpBB keeps cutting out on me with an SQL error, so here's just the end part:

make: *** [dsss] Segmentation fault
make: *** Deleting file `dsss'

okibi · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 170

Could you please paste the log on a site such as CodePaste and give us your unique website id it gives you?

robvdl · Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 5