Barrier: No package 'avahi-compat-libdns_sd' found

[yesi]

Operating Systems

Gentoo
Barrier Version

2.1.2
Steps to reproduce bug

Install from emerge from pixlra
https://gpo.zugaina.org/x11-misc/barrier
Without qt5 and libressl support :
[ebuild N ~] x11-misc/barrier-2.1.2::pixlra USE="-libressl -qt5"

log.txt

[yesi]

When compiling using +qt5 flag, it is alright.
But when -qt5, it is not.

[Mihai-MCW]

Do you have libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev installed? Important to be the dev version.

[yesi]

I can't find such libraries : avahi, compat, libdnssd...

[AdrianKoshka]

It's one library, not 3 seperate ones.

[Mihai-MCW]

You have to install the corresponding library libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev for your Linux distribution. If you can't find one named like that it might be under another name.

[AdrianKoshka]

When compiling using +qt5 flag, it is alright.
But when -qt5, it is not.

You realize that barrier (the GUI executable) uses QT5, right? (Though, now that I think of it, I think you can compile barrier w/o QT and it should only build the CLI components)

[yesi]

When compiling using +qt5 flag, it is alright.
But when -qt5, it is not.

You realize that barrier (the GUI executable) uses QT5, right? (Though, now that I think of it, I think you can compile barrier w/o QT and it should only build the CLI components)

Yes.
If configured, i won't need the GUI and its dependances packages.
It is the same as the *libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev * librairy : it is a avahi library compatible with "Apple Bonjour", right ?
I don't use/have Apple product.

[Mihai-MCW]

In order to compile it you need the following libraries or their equivalent for your linux distribution:

xorg-dev
g++
libcurl4-openssl-dev
libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
libssl-dev
libx11-dev
libqt4-dev
qtbase5-dev

In the file you attached, you are missing the "libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev" library or its equivalent for your linux distribution, which is why I mentioned it. Make sure you have all of them if you want to compile it from source.

[AdrianKoshka]

I don't use/have Apple product.

Yep, avahi is compatible with Bonjour/Zeroconf. It's (optionally) used so that clients can automatically find + connect to servers. So it's not related to whether you have any apple products or not...

And as @Mihai-MCW said, you need the avahi compatibility library to compile barrier, there currently isn't an option to compile without avahi support.

[bilalelhoudaigui]

I had the same problem, but sloved it using this command

dnf install avahi avahi-compat-libdns_sd avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel

I'm runing Fedora 28.
I hope this helps.

[AdrianKoshka]

I know this issue has been long closed, but apparently the solution to get barrier to build on gentoo is to emerge avahi like this:

USE="mdnsresponder-compat" emerge net-dns/avahi

[alexbobp]

Adrian saved my butt, but I want to add one note, the better thing to do is add the following to /etc/portage/package.use:
net-dns/avahi mdnsresponder-compat
and then emerge net-dns/avahi. this way you don't lose it if you update.

[viewdeckcloud]

Sorry for a newbie question, but does anyone have the answer / approach for building on Ubuntu18.04 ?

`-- Checking for module 'avahi-compat-libdns_sd'
-- No package 'avahi-compat-libdns_sd' found
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:415 (message):
A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:593 (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
CMakeLists.txt:177 (pkg_check_modules)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/gary/Development/barrier/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/gary/Development/barrier/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
`

Not obvious which package might be missing...

$ sudo apt install avahi-compat-libdns_sd avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package avahi-compat-libdns_sd E: Unable to locate package avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel

Thank you in advance
(Keen to try out the Linux Freezing fix ;-) )

[shymega]

Try the libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev package.

[viewdeckcloud]

Thanks for the swift response !
but... already installed ...

libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev is already the newest version (0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2).

[viewdeckcloud]

So, after looking and looking, To build on my Ubuntu 18.04LTS, I added a

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

At the beginning of the Run...
Now seems to build perfectly.. Thank you !