OpenJ9 builds failure on AIX - Could not find /usr/lib/libfreetype.so

[gaolibj]

I follow the full set of build instructions at OpenJ9 Build website.
Found error when running the configure script .
Actually, I have installed the freetype packages listed in yum_install_aix-ppc64.txt. But there is no libfreetype.so created.

• freetype2-2.6.3-1.ppc
• freetype2-devel-2.6.3-1.ppc

Also tried to install freetype(not freetype2) on mac and the dynamic library is created successfully. Unfortunately, I haven't found freetype package for AIX 7.1. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/aix-toolbox/alpha.html

checking for gethostbyname... yes checking for connect... yes checking for remove... yes checking for shmat... yes checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes checking for X11/extensions/shape.h... yes checking for X11/extensions/Xrender.h... yes checking for X11/extensions/XTest.h... yes checking for X11/Intrinsic.h... yes checking if XlinearGradient is defined in Xrender.h... yes checking for cups headers... yes checking fontconfig/fontconfig.h usability... yes checking fontconfig/fontconfig.h presence... yes checking for fontconfig/fontconfig.h... yes checking for FREETYPE... no configure: Found freetype include files at /usr/include/freetype2 using well-known location configure: Could not find /usr/lib/libfreetype.so. Ignoring location. configure: Found freetype include files at /usr/include/freetype2 using well-known location configure: Could not find /usr/lib/ppc64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so. Ignoring location. configure: error: Could not find freetype! You might be able to fix this by running 'sudo yum install freetype-devel'.

[DanHeidinga]

@jdekonin I know you've done a bunch of set up on AIX. Any suggestions on where to get freetype on AIX?

[DanHeidinga]

@gaolibj Have you looked at the detailed build instructions for AIX: https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/blob/master/buildenv/Build_Instructions_V8.md#aix ?

In particular, the list of packages to install via yum, which includes freetype: https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/blob/master/buildenv/aix/jdk8/yum_install_aix-ppc64.txt

[jdekonin]

I didn't know those instructions existed within openj9. They look close for sure. I've used and updated the AdoptOpenJDK ansible scripts for generating the internal and external AIX instances.

https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-infrastructure/blob/master/ansible/playbooks/aix.yml

As you stated above, freetype comes via yum install.

[DanHeidinga]

We should probably link our build pages to the Adopt ansible scripts so that anyone can run the scripts if they want to setup a machine.

[lilykao]

I follow the detailed build instructions for AIX : https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/blob/master/buildenv/Build_Instructions_V8.md#aix Yum shell doesn't work on my system. I install required packages one by one, including freetype. But the strange thing is that there is no libfreetype.so.

Following is the status of these two freetype packages. bash-4.4$ rpm -qa | grep freetype freetype2-2.6.3-1.ppc freetype2-devel-2.6.3-1.ppc

bash-4.4$ rpm -ql reetype2-2.6.3-1.ppc /opt/freeware/doc/freetype2-2.6.3 /opt/freeware/doc/freetype2-2.6.3/ChangeLog /opt/freeware/doc/freetype2-2.6.3/README /opt/freeware/lib/libfreetype.a /usr/lib/libfreetype.a

Can I know which package include libfreetype.so and where did you get the correct packages? I get package from https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/freetype2/

[gaolibj]

For 'lilykao' update, switch to another profile by mistake :-(

[DanHeidinga]

Is that the freetype package or the freetype-devel package? Sometimes there are differences in what's included in each.

[gaolibj]

Both packages are installed.

[DanHeidinga]

@jdekonin Any other ideas?

[gaolibj]

Any update? Just want to know which package include libfreetype.so and where did you get the correct packages? I get package from https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/freetype2/

[ymanton]

I don't think you need libfreetype.so, it's just a poor error message in one of the OpenJDK scripts that assumes that libraries on AIX are shared objects with a .so suffix.

Did you install pkg-config and is it working? Try running pkg-config --exists --print-errors freetype2. If that prints an error and returns non-zero then that's likely the problem. If it prints nothing (and returns 0) something else is wrong.

[jdekonin]

There is likely a package dependency missing or the wrong version for a package. I found this same problem with freetype and as @ymanton suggests pkg-config won't find it even though rpm says its installed. Yum gets the dependencies and correct versions for free, I don't believe I ever had it working via the rpm installer.

What problems were you having installing yum?

[gaolibj]

@jdekonin The yum issue I meant is command " yum shell yum_install_aix-ppc64.txt" at https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/blob/master/buildenv/aix/jdk10/yum_install_aix-ppc64.txt

Actually, I install the freetype by command 'yum install freetype2-2.6.3-1.ppc' and 'yum install install freetype2-devel-2.6.3-1.ppc" and only check the file list with rpm.

Anything wrong? Is there libfreetype.so on your working AIX system? or as @ymanton said it's just a poor error message in one of the OpenJDK scripts?

I found this error when running configure script. Is it obsolete ?

bash configure --with-freemarker-jar=//freemarker.jar \ --with-cups-include= \ --disable-warnings-as-errors

https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/blob/master/buildenv/Build_Instructions_V10.md#aix

[gaolibj]

@ymanton Command 'pkg-config --exists --print-errors freetype2' prints nothing (and returns 0) . Is the configure scrip obsolete ? If so, where I can find the latest steps to set up an AIX machine？ Thanks.

[jdekonin]

I think this is likely what you are hitting. The freetype package is actually being installed into /opt/freeware/lib, so pkg-config needs to be told alternative locations because I think if you add --debug you'll find that pkg-config is looking in /opt/freeware/lib64.

Try export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/freeware/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/freeware/lib/pkgconfig and rerun the configure step.

The latest steps to setup an AIX machine are at AdoptOpenJDK/infrastructure:ansible/playbooks/aix.yml

[ymanton]

I finally just tried this myself and it worked fine. In addition to what @jdekonin said, if your pkg-config knows that freetype2 is installed, have a look in your build/aix-ppc64-normal-server-release/config.log file (search for freetype) to see what's wrong. Here's the output from mine:

configure:33882: checking for FREETYPE
configure:33889: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "freetype2"
configure:33892: $? = 0
configure:33905: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "freetype2"
configure:33908: $? = 0
configure:33943: result: yes
configure:33960: checking for freetype
configure:33962: result: yes (using pkg-config)
configure:36346: checking if we can compile and link with freetype
configure:36371:  /opt/IBM/xlC/13.1.3/bin/xlC_r -o conftest  -q64 -I/opt/freeware/include/freetype2     -q64 conftest.cpp  -L/opt/freeware/lib -lfreetype >&5
configure:36371: $? = 0
configure:36373: result: yes
configure:36432: checking if we should bundle freetype
configure:36437: result: no

The configure script asks pkg-config for how to build against and link with freetype, so you can try the following commands:

$ pkg-config --libs freetype2
-L/opt/freeware/lib -lfreetype  
$ pkg-config --cflags freetype2
-I/opt/freeware/include/freetype

[dsouzai]

Does this still need to be open?