Compile gedit 2.30.4 from git

Question

I've tried to compile gedit from git but i can't. In the make process i get:

/usr/bin/ld: ./.libs/libgedit.a(eggsmclient-xsmp.o): undefined reference to symbol 'IceProcessMessages'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'IceProcessMessages' is defined in DSO //usr/lib64/libICE.so.6 so try adding it to the linker command line
//usr/lib64/libICE.so.6: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [gedit] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/thom/gedit/gedit'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/thom/gedit/gedit'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/thom/gedit/gedit'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/thom/gedit'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideia? Thank you.

UPDATE:

Actually i don't have it in the same directory. I don't know what to do. Thank you.

# locate libICE
/usr/lib32/libICE.a
/usr/lib32/libICE.so
/usr/lib32/libICE.so.6
/usr/lib32/libICE.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib/libICE.a
/usr/lib/libICE.so
/usr/lib/libICE.so.6
/usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0

don't remember what are the dependencies of Gedit but the error syas that a lib is missing (libICE). Try to check out rpm.pbone.net for the dependencies of Gedit — John
I do have all dependencies... This file is part of two Debian packages (packages.debian.org/…). I just don't know what's wrong. Thank you John — thom
hummmm if you have all files then maybe some sort of switch is missing (never tried to compile through git though) like -ice or something (a linker per say). Try to look for common git switches that link the libraries (maybe the error is here, even if the library is there, the compiler won't find it and/or link it) — John

gpoo gpoo · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-29T05:26:58

Look at following lines in configure.ac:

if test "$os_osx" = "no" &&
   test "$os_win32" = "no"; then
    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EGG_SMCLIENT, [
        sm >= 1.0.0
    ])
else

which should start on line 319. You have to change:

        sm >= 1.0.0

by:

        sm >= 1.0.0 ice

Then, you have to re-run autogen.sh. Also, you can report the build bug and send a patch to gedit developers on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gedit :-)

Compile gedit 2.30.4 from git

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