Bryan, I didn't run into any of these issues when building DirectFB itself (libdirect, libdirectfb, libfusion). The annoying libtool issues came when building DirectFB-extra and FusionSound. Here's the relevant portion of my build environment. Perhaps it will help you.
export FFMPEG_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include export FREETYPE_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/freetype2 export LIBXML2_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/libxml2 export ALSALIB_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/alsa export SDL_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/SDL export SDL_IMAGE_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/SDL export SDL_TTF_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/SDL export PNG_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include export JPEG_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include export DIRECTFB_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/directfb export DIRECTFB_INTERNAL_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/directfb-internal export FUSIONSOUND_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include/fusionsound export FUSIONSOUND_INTERNAL_INC=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/inlude/fusionsound-internal export FFMPEG_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export FREETYPE_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export LIBXML2_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export ALSALIB_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export SDL_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export SDL_IMAGE_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export SDL_TTF_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export PNG_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export JPEG_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export DIRECTFB_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export FUSIONSOUND_LIB=$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib export TOOLS=/usr/local/eldk.arm/usr/bin export PATH+=:$(TOOLS) export LINUXDIRNAME=linux-2.6 export TOP=$(shell pwd) export USER=$(TOP)/support export BUILDDIR=$(USER)/build/VIC export INSTALLDIRNAME=vic_sdk-install export INSTALLDIR=$(TOP)/$(INSTALLDIRNAME) export LINUXDIR=$(TOP)/kernels/$(LINUXDIRNAME) export LINUXINCLUDE=$(LINUXDIR)/include export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- export HOST=arm-linux export KVERSION=2.6 export SDK_NAME=VIC_SDK export SDK_VERSION=1.0 export SDK_MAJOR=$(shell echo $(SDK_VERSION) | cut -d. -f1) export SDK_MINOR=$(shell echo $(SDK_VERSION) | cut -d. -f2) export SDK_PATCH=$(shell echo $(SDK_VERSION) | cut -d. -f3) export SDK_BUILD_DEBUG=1 export CC=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc export AR=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar export AS=$(CROSS_COMPILE)as export LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld export NM=$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm export OBJCOPY=$(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy export OBJDUMP=$(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump export RANLIB=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ranlib export STRIP=$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip DirectFB: $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB/Makefile $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB DirectFB-install: DirectFB DESTDIR=$(INSTALLDIR) \ $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB install DirectFB-clean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB clean DirectFB-distclean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB distclean $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB/Makefile: chmod +x $(USER)/DirectFB/configure mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB (cd $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB; \ DESTDIR=$(INSTALLDIR) \ CFLAGS="-I$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include" \ LDFLAGS="-L$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib" \ LIBS="-Wl,--rpath-link -Wl,$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib" \ PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT="$(INSTALLDIR)" \ PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/pkgconfig" \ $(USER)/DirectFB/configure \ --host=$(HOST) \ --prefix=/usr/local \ --enable-debug-support \ --disable-network \ --disable-voodoo \ --disable-mmx \ --disable-sse \ --disable-sdl \ --disable-vnc \ --disable-sysfs \ --disable-jpeg \ --disable-zlib \ --enable-png \ --disable-gif \ --disable-freetype \ --disable-x11 \ --disable-video4linux \ --disable-video4linux2 \ --enable-fbdev \ --with-gfxdrivers=davinci \ --with-inputdrivers=none \ --with-tools \ --enable-debug \ ); DirectFB-extra: $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra/Makefile $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra DirectFB-extra-install: DirectFB-extra DESTDIR=$(INSTALLDIR) \ $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra install DirectFB-extra-clean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra clean DirectFB-extra-distclean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra distclean $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra/Makefile: chmod +x $(USER)/DirectFB-extra/configure mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra (cd $(BUILDDIR)/DirectFB-extra; \ DESTDIR="$(INSTALLDIR)" \ CFLAGS="-I$(DIRECTFB_INC) \ -I$(DIRECTFB_INTERNAL_INC) \ -I$(FFMPEG_INC)/libavcodec \ -I$(FFMPEG_INC)/libavformat \ -I$(FUSIONSOUND_INC) \ -I$(FUSIONSOUND_INTERNAL_INC) \ " \ LDFLAGS="-L$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib" \ PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT="$(INSTALLDIR)" \ PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" \ $(USER)/DirectFB-extra/configure \ --host=$(HOST) \ --prefix=/usr/local \ --disable-fast-install \ --disable-zlib \ --disable-imlib2 \ --disable-pnm \ --disable-svg \ --disable-mpeg2 \ --enable-bmp \ --disable-jpeg2000 \ --disable-openquicktime \ --disable-avifile \ --disable-libmpeg3 \ --disable-flash \ --disable-xine \ --disable-swfdec \ --enable-ffmpeg \ --with-fusionsound \ ); FusionSound: $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound/Makefile $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound FusionSound-install: FusionSound DESTDIR=$(INSTALLDIR) \ $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound install FusionSound-clean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound clean FusionSound-distclean: $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound distclean $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound/Makefile: chmod +x $(USER)/FusionSound/configure mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound (cd $(BUILDDIR)/FusionSound; \ DESTDIR=$(INSTALLDIR) \ CFLAGS="-I$(DIRECTFB_INC) -I$(DIRECTFB_INTERNAL_INC) \ -I$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/include" \ LDFLAGS="-L$(DIRECTFB_LIB)" \ LIBS="-Wl,--rpath-link -Wl,$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib" \ PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT="$(INSTALLDIR)" \ PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(INSTALLDIR)/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" \ $(USER)/FusionSound/configure \ --host=$(HOST) \ --prefix=/usr/local \ --without-voodoo \ --with-drivers=alsa,oss \ --without-examples \ --without-tools \ --without-timidity \ --without-vorbis \ --without-tremor \ --without-mad \ --without-cdda \ --without-ffmpeg \ --without-playlist \ ); Bryan Bui-Tuong wrote: > Okay, that solved that problem, but now when I try to 'make install' I get > the following error: > > > > libtool: install: warning: relinking `libfusion.la > (cd /home/bbui/Desktop/Graphics/DirectFB-1.1.1/lib/fusion; /bin/sh > ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=relink arm-linux-gcc -O3 -ffast-math -pipe > -D_GNU_SOURCE -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -version-info 1:0:1 > -release 1.1 -lz -o libfusion.la -rpath /usr/lib arena.lo call.lo conf.lo > fusion.lo hash.lo lock.lo object.lo property.lo reactor.lo ref.lo > shmalloc.lo vector.lo shm/libfusion_shm.la ../direct/libdirect.la -ldl > -lpthread -inst-prefix-dir /opt/arcom/arm-linux) > > arm-linux-gcc -shared .libs/arena.o .libs/call.o .libs/conf.o > .libs/fusion.o .libs/hash.o .libs/lock.o .libs/object.o .libs/property.o > .libs/reactor.o .libs/ref.o .libs/shmalloc.o .libs/vector.o > -Wl,--whole-archive shm/.libs/libfusion_shm.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -lz > -L/opt/arcom/arm-linux/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -ldirect -ldl -lpthread > -Wl,-soname -Wl,libfusion-1.1.so.0 -o .libs/libfusion-1.1.so.0.1.0 > > /usr/lib/libz.so: could not read symbols: Invalid operation > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > libtool: install: error: relink `libfusion.la' with the above command > before installing it > > > > I've tried reconfiguring it and adding /opt/arcom/arm-linux/lib to my > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but when I do that, I am unable to run ./configure because > it attempts to use the arm libraries to build the code. Any additional help > will be greatly appreciated. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian G. Rhodes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:02 PM > To: Bryan Bui-Tuong > Cc: directfb-users@directfb.org > Subject: Re: [directfb-users] libtool: install: error: cannot install > `libfusion.la to a directory not ending in /usr/lib > > use DESTDIR=/opt/arcom/arm-linux and --prefix=/usr etc for > configure/autoconf and DESTDIR=/opt/arcom/arm-linux for make install. > libtool is completely ridiculous. What's with the absolute paths at > compile time?! > > Bryan Bui-Tuong wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am trying to cross compile DirectFB 1.1.1 on my desktop for an arm board >> and get the following error message when I do a 'make install >> prefix=/opt/arcom/arm-linux': >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------------------- >> >> >> test -z "/opt/arcom/arm-linux/lib" || /bin/mkdir -p >> "/opt/arcom/arm-linux/lib" >> /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c >> 'libfusion.la' '/opt/arcom/arm-linux/lib/libfusion.la' >> libtool: install: error: cannot install `libfusion.la' to a directory >> not ending in /usr/lib >> make[4]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------------------- >> >> >> >> These are my path settings and ./configure settings: >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------------------- >> >> CROSSCOMPILE=/opt/arcom/bin >> CC=arm-linux-gcc >> NM=arm-linux-nm >> LD=arm-linux-ld >> CXX=arm-linux-g++ >> RANLIB=arm-linux-ranlib >> AR=arm-linux-ar >> STRIP=arm-linux-strip >> ARMLINUX=/opt/arcom/arm-linux >> PATH=$ARMLINUX/bin:$CROSSCOMPILE:$ARMLINUX/lib:$PATH >> >> ./configure --disable-sdl --disable-osx --disable-x11 --disable-mmx >> --disable-sse --disable-vnc --disable-video4linux --with-gfxdrivers=none >> --with-inputdrivers=none --without-software --prefix=/usr --host=arm-linux >> --target=arm-linux --build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------------------- >> >> Why am I not able to install into my arm-linux folder on my local drive >> before I move it to the target drive? >> >> Thanks in advance for all your help. >> >> >> Bryan B. >> SSC-PACIFIC >> Electrical Engineer >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> directfb-users mailing list >> directfb-users@directfb.org >> http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > directfb-users mailing list > directfb-users@directfb.org > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users > > _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list directfb-users@directfb.org http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users