Can't start menuconfig with Bitbake

Can't start menuconfig with Bitbake

[Clay D. Montgomery]

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Hello,

    I am having a basic problem with trying to use Bitbake to run 
menuconfig.
Bitbake otherwise works fine for me. I have done many large builds of Yocto.

  I am running on a Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit system which is up to date, but 
the RAM is limited to 4 GB.
I have pasted a sample of the errors I get below.  I shortened this 
considerably.

I would appreciate any advice on how to resolve this.

Thanks, Clay Montgomery



bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel


   GEN     ./Makefile
   HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/mconf
scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `show_help':
mconf.c:(.text+0x927): undefined reference to `stdscr'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows':
checklist.c:(.text+0x31): undefined reference to `wmove'
checklist.c:(.text+0x4e): undefined reference to `acs_map'
checklist.c:(.text+0x5a): undefined reference to `waddch'
util.c:(.text+0x1826): undefined reference to `keypad'
util.c:(.text+0x182e): undefined reference to `wgetch'
util.c:(.text+0x1838): undefined reference to `wgetch'
menubox.c:(.text+0x11db): undefined reference to `acs_map'
menubox.c:(.text+0x11eb): undefined reference to `waddch'
menubox.c:(.text+0x1278): undefined reference to `scrollok'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_print_item':
menubox.c:(.text+0x1ab): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_buttons':
menubox.c:(.text+0x356): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_arrows.constprop.0':
menubox.c:(.text+0x478): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf] Error 1
make[2]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
Command failed.
Press any key to continue...


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Re: Can't start menuconfig with Bitbake

[Khem Raj]

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On 7/12/18 10:08 AM, Clay D. Montgomery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    I am having a basic problem with trying to use Bitbake to run
> menuconfig.
> Bitbake otherwise works fine for me. I have done many large builds of
> Yocto.
> 
>  I am running on a Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit system which is up to date, but
> the RAM is limited to 4 GB.
> I have pasted a sample of the errors I get below.  I shortened this
> considerably.
> 
> I would appreciate any advice on how to resolve this.
> 
> Thanks, Clay Montgomery
> 
> 
> 
> bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel
> 
> 
>   GEN     ./Makefile
>   HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/mconf
> scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `show_help':
> mconf.c:(.text+0x927): undefined reference to `stdscr'
> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows':
> checklist.c:(.text+0x31): undefined reference to `wmove'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x4e): undefined reference to `acs_map'
> checklist.c:(.text+0x5a): undefined reference to `waddch'
> util.c:(.text+0x1826): undefined reference to `keypad'
> util.c:(.text+0x182e): undefined reference to `wgetch'
> util.c:(.text+0x1838): undefined reference to `wgetch'
> menubox.c:(.text+0x11db): undefined reference to `acs_map'
> menubox.c:(.text+0x11eb): undefined reference to `waddch'
> menubox.c:(.text+0x1278): undefined reference to `scrollok'
> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_print_item':
> menubox.c:(.text+0x1ab): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_buttons':
> menubox.c:(.text+0x356): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_arrows.constprop.0':
> menubox.c:(.text+0x478): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
> make: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
> Command failed.
> Press any key to continue...
> 
> 

it means its missing ncurses library and development headers on your
build host. this task should generally depend on ncurses-native as here

meta/classes/cml1.bbclass:do_menuconfig[depends] +=
"ncurses-native:do_populate_sysroot"

I don't know why this is not working in your case. May be another
workaround is to just install ncurses-dev on your build host.


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Re: Can't start menuconfig with Bitbake

[Clay D. Montgomery]

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Raj,

    Installing ncurses-dev did resolve the problem. Thank you!

Regards, Clay


On 7/12/2018 12:11 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On 7/12/18 10:08 AM, Clay D. Montgomery wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     I am having a basic problem with trying to use Bitbake to run
>> menuconfig.
>> Bitbake otherwise works fine for me. I have done many large builds of
>> Yocto.
>>
>>   I am running on a Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit system which is up to date, but
>> the RAM is limited to 4 GB.
>> I have pasted a sample of the errors I get below.  I shortened this
>> considerably.
>>
>> I would appreciate any advice on how to resolve this.
>>
>> Thanks, Clay Montgomery
>>
>>
>>
>> bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel
>>
>>
>>    GEN     ./Makefile
>>    HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/mconf
>> scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `show_help':
>> mconf.c:(.text+0x927): undefined reference to `stdscr'
>> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows':
>> checklist.c:(.text+0x31): undefined reference to `wmove'
>> checklist.c:(.text+0x4e): undefined reference to `acs_map'
>> checklist.c:(.text+0x5a): undefined reference to `waddch'
>> util.c:(.text+0x1826): undefined reference to `keypad'
>> util.c:(.text+0x182e): undefined reference to `wgetch'
>> util.c:(.text+0x1838): undefined reference to `wgetch'
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x11db): undefined reference to `acs_map'
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x11eb): undefined reference to `waddch'
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x1278): undefined reference to `scrollok'
>> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_print_item':
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x1ab): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
>> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_buttons':
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x356): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
>> scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_arrows.constprop.0':
>> menubox.c:(.text+0x478): undefined reference to `wrefresh'
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>> make: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
>> Command failed.
>> Press any key to continue...
>>
>>
> it means its missing ncurses library and development headers on your
> build host. this task should generally depend on ncurses-native as here
>
> meta/classes/cml1.bbclass:do_menuconfig[depends] +=
> "ncurses-native:do_populate_sysroot"
>
> I don't know why this is not working in your case. May be another
> workaround is to just install ncurses-dev on your build host.
>



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