Need help with compilation on Linux Mint 18

[achimmihca]

I followed the instructions on https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/USDX#compiling-on-linuxbsd-using-make So I think I installed all required libraries. However when I run ./configure, I get:

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for fpc... fpc
checking for fpcmake... no
checking version of fpc... [3.0.0]
checking whether the Free Pascal Compiler works... yes
checking whether the Free Pascal Compiler can link... yes
checking whether FPC supports -k"-z noexecstack"... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for libpng12... yes
checking version of libpng... [1.2.54]
checking for sdl2... yes
checking for SDL2_image... yes
checking for freetype2... yes
checking for sqlite3... yes
checking for lua5.3... yes
checking version of lua... [5.3.1]
checking for libavcodec... yes
checking version of libavcodec... [56.60.100]
checking for avcodec_decode_audio in -lavcodec... no
checking for avcodec_decode_audio2 in -lavcodec... no
checking for img_convert in -lavcodec... no
checking for libavformat... yes
checking version of libavformat... [56.40.101]
checking for libavutil... yes
checking version of libavutil... [54.31.100]
checking version of ffmpeg... [2.8]
checking for libswscale... yes
checking version of libswscale... [3.1.101]
checking for libprojectM >= 0.98... no
checking for portaudio-2.0... yes
checking version of portaudio... [19]
checking for libpcre... yes
checking version of libpcre... [8.38]
configure: error: failed to link

I noticed that there are several "no" in the output. Are these critical? When I run ./configure | grep no I get

checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for fpcmake... no
checking whether FPC supports -k"-z noexecstack"... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking for avcodec_decode_audio in -lavcodec... no
checking for avcodec_decode_audio2 in -lavcodec... no
checking for img_convert in -lavcodec... no
checking for libprojectM >= 0.98... no
configure: error: failed to link

[AlexanderS]

Can you try to install something like build-essential?

[achimmihca]

Jup. That was the only thing missing. Thanks a bunch! Might be worth adding this to the apt-get install command in https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/USDX#compiling-on-linuxbsd-using-make