Ben: Note that there are spec-files for building audacity in the spec-files-extra repository.
http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/spec-files-extra/ I am not sure how well the CBE works in Solaris 10, but you can try using it to build via the spec-file. Note instructions here: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/jds/contributing/building/ Perhaps that is too much work, though. It might be easier to just review the spec-file and note the commands used for building the module and the patches applied to get it to compile. Making sure you build in a similar fashion and with the same patches should help work around some of the known build issues. Also, note the spec-file highlights various module dependencies that you should also make sure you build (such as libsamplerate, ladspa and soundtouch). I also recommend that you build these modules in a similar way and with the same patches as specified in their spec files. This way, at least you know you aren't running into issues with known workarounds. If you find additional issues building these modules on Solaris 10, please keep us posted. We should work to get any patches needed to build on Solaris 10 upstream. Also, note that the configure script does some tests to see if expat is available and supports the needed functions. If you still see the problem after doing the above, then it would be good to review the config.log file that is generated when you run configure and see if there are any messages generated from the expat tests that might help highlight what the issue might be. Perhaps Solaris 10 has a version of libexpat that is too old or something? Brian > I downloaded audacity-src-1.3.7 and did ./configure. After several false > starts (installing wxWidgets, and libsndfile, putting $PKG_CONFIG_PATH into > the environment, for example) I hit a brick wall. > > The error is "Audacity requires expat to be enabled". > > expat is installed, libxpat.so-type libs are in the regular places (/usr/lib, > /usr/lib/amd). I compiled some C programs using -lxpat and they compiled, > linked and ran with no problems. > > I've ransacked the web, brought google to its knees, frantically looking in > every nook & cranny because I've never (hardly ever) ran into a problem that > nobody else has had. > > But this time, I'm stumped. Anybody get audacity installed on solaris 10?
