Katie, this error is no proble,. It is part of the configure file to check what error is returned if you try to include a non-existing file. This way the script can recognise it if you try to include non-existing files which you actually need.
So: don't worry. Johan On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmer...@pobox.com> wrote: > Katie, > > As far as I can tell your configure succeeded (exit 0 at end of config.log). > > The errors on nonexistant.h seem standard. Some sort of probe to see > how things fail when they fail I suppose. > > Best regards, > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Katie Urey <ksu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Friends, >> >> While it is easier to work with the repositories, I'm again trying to >> install the newest version of >> three libraries recommended for postgis 1.5 (ubuntu@lists.osgeo.org) >> >> While running configure to install proj4 4.8.0 there are errors mentioned in >> the config.log file. >> These errors seem fairly common in google searches. However, I have not >> understood or >> found an answer. >> >> What should I change in my build or incantation of configure to move >> forward. >> >> Briefly the error is here: >> >> --- >> >> grep -n -C5 fail config.log >> 206-configure:7041: $? = 0 >> 207-configure:7055: gcc -E conftest.c >> 208-conftest.c:11:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or >> directory >> 209-compilation terminated. >> 210-configure:7055: $? = 1 >> 211:configure: failed program was: >> 212-| /* confdefs.h */ >> 213-| #define PACKAGE_NAME "PROJ.4 Projections" >> 214-| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "proj" >> 215-| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.8.0" >> 216-| #define PACKAGE_STRING "PROJ.4 Projections 4.8.0" >> -- >> 225-configure:7100: $? = 0 >> 226-configure:7114: gcc -E conftest.c >> 227-conftest.c:11:28: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or >> directory >> 228-compilation terminated. >> 229-configure:7114: $? = 1 >> 230:configure: failed program was: >> 231-| /* confdefs.h */ >> 232-| #define PACKAGE_NAME "PROJ.4 Projections" >> 233-| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "proj" >> 234-| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.8.0" >> 235-| #define PACKAGE_STRING "PROJ.4 Projections 4.8.0" >> >> >> --- >> >> -- >> Katie Urey >> ksu...@gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UbuntuGIS mailing list >> Ubuntu@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu >> http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki >> > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer > _______________________________________________ > UbuntuGIS mailing list > Ubuntu@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu > http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki _______________________________________________ UbuntuGIS mailing list Ubuntu@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki