configure: error: Missing a vital header file for id3lib

[huangyingw]

hello, I met this when I wanting to configure the id3lib-3.8.3 package.
I saw following sentence in configure.in file:
================================================== ===============AC_CHECK_HEADERS( \
string \
iomanip.h \
,,AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing a vital header file for id3lib])
)
================================================== ===============
So, it means that I am missing the iomanip.h file.
To resovlve this, what ever action should I do.
Any clue would be greatly appreciated.

[geraldm]

There is a file iomanip in C++ headers. It has been a while since C++ dropped the ".h" suffix. Check the documentation in the package you have to see if there are any hints on what version of a C++ compiler to use ?

regards,
Gerald

[huangyingw]

There is a file iomanip in C++ headers. It has been a while since C++ dropped the ".h" suffix. Check the documentation in the package you have to see if there are any hints on what version of a C++ compiler to use ?

Hey, sorry for late reply.
Thank for your clue. I will try to see if there is any related docs.
I wonder, if it hints on a previous version of C++ compiler, what should I do. Go back to the earlier version. I am afraid that this could cause further conflicts on otehr applicaton.
I would try to replace the iomanip.h with iomanip in the configure.in file.
I am not sure whether would this work.
Will let you know the result of my try.

[marcthenarc]

I had the same problems. I ended up removing the iomanip.h condition in the configure file.

Then I added <string.h> on top of two files - include/id3/id3lib_strings.h and include/id3/writers.h - regarding missing function headers.

Compiled and installed fine after that.

[johncc330]

This mail comes out quite high on Google, so I think it might be worthwhile to complete the info.

To compile the original 3.8.3 id3lib package on a gcc/g++ 4.x compiler, I had to apply a patch available here:

http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/s....8.3_gcc4.diff

(if not applied, something went terribly wrong during compile. 100's of libtool processes were spawned, slowly grinding the CPU to a halt)

Thanks for the original data!
John

[iconoclast hero]

This mail comes out quite high on Google, so I think it might be worthwhile to complete the info.

To compile the original 3.8.3 id3lib package on a gcc/g++ 4.x compiler, I had to apply a patch available here:

http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/s....8.3_gcc4.diff

(if not applied, something went terribly wrong during compile. 100's of libtool processes were spawned, slowly grinding the CPU to a halt)

Thanks for the original data!
John

What do you mean you "had apply a patch?" How did you go about doing that?

[Tedevil]

What do you mean you "had apply a patch?" How did you go about doing that?

Download http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/s....8.3_gcc4.diff and put it in the same directory as the id3lib-3.8.3.tar.gz file. Then...

tar -xzpvf id3lib-3.8.3.tar.gz
mv id3lib-3.8.3_gcc4.diff id3lib-3.8.3
cd id3lib-3.8.3
patch -p1 < id3lib-3.8.3_gcc4.diff
./configure
make
make install

[matt_symes]

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