Failed to build on Linux

[hiepnh0]

./autogen.sh
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: linking file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:32: installing './compile'
configure.ac:6: installing './missing'
configure.ac:125: error: required file 'src/libimobiledevice-glue-1.0.pc.in' not found
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
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configure: error: Package requirements (libplist-2.0 >= 2.3.0) were not met:

Requested 'libplist-2.0 >= 2.3.0' but version of libplist is 2.2.0-172-g2cd858c-dirty

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables libplist_CFLAGS
and libplist_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

[JonasVautherin]

You need libplist. I would recommend building it manually, installing it locally and pointing PKG_CONFIG_PATH. But if you build and install it system-wide, you won't need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH (though I wouldn't recommend doing that: if you want to install it system-wide, make a proper package 🙈).

[khang30]

@JonasVautherin
libplist was already installed:
Requested 'libplist-2.0 >= 2.3.0' but version of libplist is 2.2.0-172-g2cd858c-dirty

[JonasVautherin]

Sure. But not a sufficiently new version.

[khang30]

run ./git-version-gen command in the libplist directory then it returns 2.2.0-172-g2cd858c-dirty
if i create a new tag name 2.3.0 then it returns 2.3.0 and the error disapears

[JonasVautherin]

if i create a new tag name 2.3.0 then it returns 2.3.0 and the error disapears

Of course if you remove the check, then the error disappears 😅. But I would assume that there is a reason for the check in the first place (maybe it builds with 2.2.0, but it will fail at runtime).

I would personally build libplist from sources (with a version >= 2.3.0).

[nikias]

@khang30 why don't you pull the latest master branch in your libplist directory, and you'll have 2.6.0

[khang30]

@nikias
i got it.
$git pull origin master does not get new tags but git fetch does.