gtk2 +quartz install and configuration failed on mac os x 10.9.5

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hello there,

I have an old late 2012 macbook pro with Mavericks installed. I want to keep it as it is. I'd like to install gtk2 on it (for coding purposes) but the install fails. I'm currently stuck on it and I need your help :)

I'm using MacPort 2.7.2 Here is the log provided by the system :

Error: Failed to build glib2: command execution failed   
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_glib2/glib2/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port gtk2 failed

I can provide the generated log if needed.

Thanks in advance,

Yann

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

glib2-main.log

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

I'm seeing the following failure:

info:build FAILED: glib/libcharset/libcharset.a
:info:build rm -f glib/libcharset/libcharset.a && ar csr glib/libcharset/libcharset.a glib/libcharset/libcharset.a.p/localcharset.c.o
:info:build ranlib: object: glib/libcharset/libcharset.a(localcharset.c.o) malformed object (unknown load command 1)
:info:build ar: internal ranlib command failed

Can you provide the output from port installed cctools?

Also, do you have binutils installed?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hi,

Thanks for helping me ! It seems like binutils is not installed. Here is the output for port installed cctools :

The following ports are currently installed:
  cctools @949.0.1_2+llvm37 (active)

Is it related to the C compiler version or C compiling tools ?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

BinUtils install failure Log

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

For information, here is my setup :

Clang :

clang version 1.0.2 (http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/Apple/clang-32 exported)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13

XCode :

Version 6.1 (6A1052c)

Clang version seems to be quite old .

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

It seems like binutils is not installed.

That's good, as you generally don't want that installed anyway.

Here is the output for port installed cctools :

The following ports are currently installed:
  cctools @949.0.1_2+llvm37 (active)

That looks correct, for 10.9. So all good there too.

Clang :

clang version 1.0.2 (http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/Apple/clang-32 exported)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13

XCode :

Version 6.1 (6A1052c)

Given that you have Xcode 6.1 installed, I'd expect to see a much later version of Clang. For example, on my 10.9 setup, with Xcode 6.2 installed:

$ clang -v
Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
Thread model: posix

Can you tell me where your Clang executable is, based on the output from which clang?

And finally, can you run sudo port diagnose, and provide the output?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hello,

I was also surprised to see an old version of clang. I don't know how to install a newer one. Here is the ouput for which clang :

/usr/bin/clang

Here is the output for sudo port diagnose :

Error: currently installed version of Xcode, none, is not supported by MacPorts.  For your currently installed system, only the following versions of Xcode are supported:  6.2 6.1.1 6.1 6.0.1 5.1.1 5.1 5.0.2 5.0.1
Warning: found dylibs in your /usr/local/lib directory. These are known to cause problems. We'd recommend you remove them.
Warning: it seems you have Homebrew installed on this system -- Because Homebrew uses /usr/local, this can potentially cause issues with MacPorts. We'd recommend you either uninstall it, or move it from /usr/local for now.

That's strange because I have XCode 6.1 installed .

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Update :

I used this command to tell the system which version of xcode to use :

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

The output for sudo port diagnose changed to :

Warning: found dylibs in your /usr/local/lib directory. These are known to cause problems. We'd recommend you remove them.
Warning: it seems you have Homebrew installed on this system -- Because Homebrew uses /usr/local, this can potentially cause issues with MacPorts. We'd recommend you either uninstall it, or move it from /usr/local for now.

I still have clang v 1.0.2 installed. I try to update this version for a newer one. If you have any other idea, it would be much appriciated

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

After some research, I finally got the right version of Clang. It was located in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang

Now clang -v give me :

Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.56) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
Thread model: posix

But the problem on installing GTK2 remains.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Can you provide the main.log from your latest attempt?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Last attempt for gtk2 install

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hi, here is the log for my last attempt

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hi Christopher,

I don't know what I have done, but all the tests seems to have broken something. My Mac didn't stop bugging, impossible to make it behave correctily. I had to reinstall all the system.

Maybe this topic will help someone else.

Thank you for your time and your useful help.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to yannlr37:

I don't know what I have done, but all the tests seems to have broken something. My Mac didn't stop bugging, impossible to make it behave correctly. I had to reinstall all the system.

Were you able to successfully install gtk +quartz afterward?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Unfortunately, no :( But I think this is a clang or build tools issue because it worked some months ago.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to yannlr37:

Unfortunately, no :( But I think this is a clang or build tools issue because it worked some months ago.

Previously, it appeared that you have HomeBrew. Is it installed now?

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to mascguy:

Previously, it appeared that you have HomeBrew. Is it installed now?

I ask, as that can absolutely cause issues. So if it's installed, I'd strongly recommend uninstalling all HomeBrew packages.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

One bit of good news: Originally it was the glib2 install that failed. But on your 2nd attempt, it was gtk2.

So we are making progress!

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

For your subsequent attempt, the following failure occurred:

:info:configure configure: error: in `gtk2/work/gtk+-2.24.33':
:info:configure configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
:info:configure See `config.log' for more details

So if that's still occurring, can you attach config.log?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Final result

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

So all is working then?

[yannlr37 (Yann)]

Hi,

Finally I found a way out. A hard solution, but it worked :)

You were right, something went wrong with my build tools. I think this was related to a bad xcode install (wrong version of clang, enable to build glib2, then gtk2)

After a fresh install of Mavericks (I had no choice), I tried to re-install gtk2. Here is the steps a followed :

1. re-install MacPort (v 2.7.1)
2. re-install Xcode (v 6.1.1)
3. install Command Line Tools then GTK2 (with Quartz option) :

xcode-select --install
sudo port install xorg-server-legacy
sudo port install gtk2 +quartz
sudo port install gtk-osx-application-gtk2

4. I install a theme switcher to give an old Aqua look

sudo port install gtk-theme-switch

And, yes, it works now.

Again, thank you for you time and your help. I hope this will help someone else because it's quite hard to find useful infos about old OS.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Great, glad everything is working!