Can't build on Ubuntu. Says cannot find xcb

[stevecj]

When I try to build on Ubuntu (Pop!_OS 21.10) using cargo install jless I get errors trying to find xcb even though I have installed xcb:

   Compiling jless v0.8.0
error: linking with `cc` failed: exit status: 1

…

  = note: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb
          /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb-render
          /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb-shape
          /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb-xfixes
          collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

error: failed to compile `jless v0.8.0`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `/tmp/cargo-installVV4yOw`

Caused by:
  could not compile `jless` due to previous error

The xcb lib files that I have:

stevejorgensen@stevej76:~$ ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb*
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri2.so.0             /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shape.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri2.so.0.0.0         /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shape.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0             /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0.0.0         /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-glx.so.0              /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-glx.so.0.0.0          /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-icccm.so.4            /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-sync.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-icccm.so.4.0.0        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-sync.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-image.so.0            /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-image.so.0.0.0        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-keysyms.so.1          /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xfixes.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-keysyms.so.1.0.0      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xfixes.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-present.so.0          /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xinerama.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-present.so.0.0.0      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xinerama.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-randr.so.0            /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xinput.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-randr.so.0.1.0        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xinput.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0           /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xkb.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0       /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xkb.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render-util.so.0      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xtest.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xtest.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-res.so.0              /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xv.so.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-res.so.0.0.0          /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-xv.so.0.0.0

[amagee]

I was able to solve this problem with sudo apt install librust-xcb+debug-all-dev

[stevecj]

Thanks, @amagee . I'll try that.

[akosma]

Fedora 38 users might want to sudo dnf install libxcb-devel-1.13.1-11.fc38 to solve this issue.

[ojob]

Hi, same issue with Xubuntu 23.04:

= note: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb-xfixes: No such file or directory
        /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxcb-shape: No such file or directory

After installation of libxcb-xfixes0-dev and libxcb-shape0-dev, the command cargo install jless works :smiley:

Hope this helps!

[Ellipse0934]

To add to akosma's comment. On fedora I didn't have luck with his particular package version. However, other can definitely try dnf search libxcb. I installed the following and it works for me.

libxcb.x86_64
libxcb-devel.x86_64
rust-x11rb+dl-libxcb-devel.noarch
xcb-util.x86_64

However, I still think it's an unresolved issue as the dependency could be optional. IIUC libxcb is used for X11 binding which in turn is used for clipboard options. This software should still be functional without clipbboard access.

[gilbert-fernandes]

Same on Fedora 38. Solved by doing this before running the cargo install command :

sudo dnf install rust-xcb+default-devel