Error while compiling apache APR make file not found

Question

I tried to compile apache APR. The instruction sayed:

All you should have to do is this:

 ./configure
  make
  make install

After ./compile I get the following output:

configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating include/apr.h
config.status: creating build/apr_rules.mk
config.status: creating build/pkg/pkginfo
config.status: creating apr-1-config
config.status: creating apr.pc
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating test/internal/Makefile
config.status: creating include/arch/unix/apr_private.h
config.status: executing libtool commands
rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory
config.status: executing default commands
config.status: include/apr.h is unchanged
config.status: include/arch/unix/apr_private.h is unchanged

When I try to do "make" the make file could not be found:

-bash: make: command not found

What is wrong here?

Interesting, I'm just now compiling APR 1.7.0, this error still pops up! From what I understand, it's a bug, so you wonder why it hasn't been fixed in 6 years time... — kasimir, Oct 01 '19 at 07:23
@kasimir Yes. I don't believe it's a bug in the first case and there's something else we're not seeing. Also, even if i hack it, the make fails on macOS Big Sur. "error: Can not determine the proper size for pid_t" — rmn, Jul 21 '20 at 09:50

Leo Prince · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-06T04:35:59.417

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Edit your configure file

Change the line

$RM "$cfgfile"

to

$RM -f "$cfgfile"

This will resolve the error

rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory

Then try run configure. That's it

edited Jul 06 '20 at 04:35

answered Aug 06 '13 at 23:26

Leo Prince

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well there is another bug see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18092461/error-while-installing-apache-apr-ranlib-file-usr-local-apr-lib-libtcnative-1 – Michael Aug 06 '13 at 23:57
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Why this bug is still there? – c0rp Jan 11 '16 at 18:28
I think they have fixed it in latest packages.. though I didnt checked it in recent past. – Leo Prince Jan 12 '16 at 07:22
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@c0rp - Good question! Just saw it in 1.5.2. – Don Branson Mar 10 '16 at 18:57

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '17 at 13:07

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Just running:

touch libtoolT

is sufficient to get it to build correctly. If you really want to edit the configure file to avoid the delete you can do that, but giving it a file to remove works too.

answered Jan 22 '17 at 13:07

OstermanA

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 18:00

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On apr-1.5.1 ,edit line 30145 of configure from

i.e bash# vi +30145 configure

$RM "$cfgfile"

to

$RM -f "$cfgfile"

answered Mar 26 '15 at 18:00

Adebiyi Abdurrahman

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Error while compiling apache APR make file not found

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