[arch-general] GNS3 0.8.3-3 from AUR fails to install.

[narve at hush.ai]

On 10/11/2012 at 9:38 PM, "Shaka Nkofo" <shakaplus.data at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>An attempt to install GNS3 failed with the output below. Im not 
>sure why 
>or what to do next. Has anyone else faced the same issue and got 
>past 
>it? Please share your solution. If not can a more savy user take a 
>look 
>at the output and point me in the right direction?
>
>Cheers
>
>Shaka
>
>
>[shaka at raptor ~]$ sudo packer -S gns3
>
>Aur Targets    (3): dynamips-community dynagen gns3
>
>Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
>Edit dynamips-community PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n]
>
>==> Making package: dynamips-community 0.2.8RC3-1 (Thu Oct 11 
>17:43:03 
>CEST 2012)
>==> Checking runtime dependencies...
>==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
>==> Retrieving Sources...
>   -> Found dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz
>==> Validating source files with sha1sums...
>     dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz ... Passed
>==> Extracting Sources...
>   -> Extracting dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community.tar.gz with bsdtar
>==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
>==> Starting build()...
>make -C stable
>make[1]: Entering directory 
>`/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips-
>community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable'
>Linking rom2c
>cc: error: /usr/lib/libelf.a: No such file or directory
>make[1]: *** [rom2c] Error 1
>make[1]: Leaving directory 
>`/tmp/packerbuild-0/dynamips-community/dynamips-
>community/src/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community/stable'
>make: *** [dynamips.stable] Error 2
>==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
>     Aborting...
>The build failed.
>Edit dynagen PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n]
>
>==> Making package: dynagen 0.11.0-3 (Thu Oct 11 17:52:39 CEST 
>2012)
>==> Checking runtime dependencies...
>==> Missing Dependencies:
>   -> dynamips-community
>==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
>==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.
>The build failed.
>Dependencies for `gns3' are not met, not building..

This sounds like you're missing a dependency (at least) for building.
Try installing elfutils from the extra-repository.
Appears to be missing as a dependency in the PKGBUILD.

mfg narve