Error when trying to build Sonic Pi for linux

[steffenkrogmann]

Hi,
I tried to build Sonic Pi for Linux (not a dev, just following instructions provided).

I get the following error/output at the end. Does anyone know what the issue might be?

Thank you!

Compiling Erlang/Elixir files...
** (CompileError) config/config.exs:52: undefined function config_env/0
(elixir) src/elixir_bitstring.erl:142: :elixir_bitstring.expand_expr/4
(elixir) src/elixir_bitstring.erl:27: :elixir_bitstring.expand/8
(elixir) src/elixir_bitstring.erl:20: :elixir_bitstring.expand/4
(stdlib) lists.erl:1354: :lists.mapfoldl/3
(elixir) expanding macro: Config.import_config/1

[rbnpi]

It may be the version of elixir you have installed. Many distros don't have one that is recent enough. If you have used distro supplied erlang and elixir packages you can uninstall them and instead you can use the script pi-install-elixir.sh (which should work on other linux platforms) to install the latest version under the folder .asdf in the user home folder.
Check the versions of elixir you have first.
on my build on raspberry pi 64 bit OS I have

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ elixir --version
Erlang/OTP 25 [erts-13.0] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]

Elixir 1.13.4 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 25)

If you do try this, I would delete the sonic-pi/app/server/beam/tau/_build folder before retrying to compile, for which you can use the script ./linux-pre-tau-prod-release.sh All being well you can then continue the overall build with the scripts ./linux-config.sh and ./linux-build-gui.sh

Also you should restart your shell after using pi-install-elixir.sh to make sure you pick up the new install location.

[steffenkrogmann]

Thank you for the feedback!

I will try that and post will post an update on how it goes.

[bjornandersson]

It may be the version of elixir you have installed. Many distros don't have one that is recent enough. If you have used distro supplied erlang and elixir packages you can uninstall them and instead you can use the script pi-install-elixir.sh (which should work on other linux platforms) to install the latest version under the folder .asdf in the user home folder. Check the versions of elixir you have first. on my build on raspberry pi 64 bit OS I have

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ elixir --version
Erlang/OTP 25 [erts-13.0] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]

Elixir 1.13.4 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 25)

If you do try this, I would delete the sonic-pi/app/server/beam/tau/_build folder before retrying to compile, for which you can use the script ./linux-pre-tau-prod-release.sh All being well you can then continue the overall build with the scripts ./linux-config.sh and ./linux-build-gui.sh

Also you should restart your shell after using pi-install-elixir.sh to make sure you pick up the new install location.

I had the same problem and this solution worked for me. However, the build fails at a later step with...

-- Configuring done
CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::PrintSupport" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Widgets" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::OpenGL" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Xml" but the target was not found.
  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an
  ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Core" but the target was not found.
  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an
  ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Gui" but the target was not found.
  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an
  ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Widgets" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::OpenGL" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Concurrent" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:573 (_add_executable):
  Target "sonic-pi" links to target "Qt::Network" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/CMakeLists.txt:203 (add_executable)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:613 (_add_library):
  Target "QScintilla" links to target "Qt::PrintSupport" but the target was
  not found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED
  target, or an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/CMakeLists.txt:283 (add_library)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:613 (_add_library):
  Target "QScintilla" links to target "Qt::Widgets" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/CMakeLists.txt:283 (add_library)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:613 (_add_library):
  Target "QScintilla" links to target "Qt::OpenGL" but the target was not
  found.  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or
  an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/CMakeLists.txt:283 (add_library)


CMake Error at vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:613 (_add_library):
  Target "QScintilla" links to target "Qt::Xml" but the target was not found.
  Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an
  ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  gui/qt/QScintilla_src-2.13.3/CMakeLists.txt:283 (add_library)


-- Generating done
CMake Generate step failed.  Build files cannot be regenerated correctly.

[nlebellier]

Hi there,

Happy not to be alone to meet difficulties to install from sources for LInux.

nlb@devbox:~/audio/spi07072022/app$ ./linux-build-all.sh
Cloning vcpkg
Clonage dans 'vcpkg'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 10780, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (10780/10780), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9588/9588), done.
remote: Total 10780 (delta 2289), reused 6813 (delta 1137), pack-reused 0
Réception d'objets: 100% (10780/10780), 4.73 Mio | 1.21 Mio/s, fait.
Résolution des deltas: 100% (2289/2289), fait.
Note : basculement sur '14e7bb4ae24616ec54ff6b2f6ef4e8659434ea44'.

Vous êtes dans l'état « HEAD détachée ». Vous pouvez visiter, faire des modifications
expérimentales et les valider. Il vous suffit de faire un autre basculement pour
abandonner les commits que vous faites dans cet état sans impacter les autres branches

Si vous voulez créer une nouvelle branche pour conserver les commits que vous créez,
il vous suffit d'utiliser l'option -c de la commande switch comme ceci :

  git switch -c <nom-de-la-nouvelle-branche>

Ou annuler cette opération avec :

  git switch -

Désactivez ce conseil en renseignant la variable de configuration advice.detachedHead à false

Mise à jour des fichiers: 100% (8820/8820), fait.
Building vcpkg
Downloading vcpkg-glibc...
Computing installation plan...
A suitable version of cmake was not found (required v3.22.2). Downloading portable cmake v3.22.2...
Downloading cmake...
  https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.2/cmake-3.22.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -> /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/downloads/cmake-3.22.2linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Extracting cmake...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    catch2[core]:x64-linux -> 2.13.9
    concurrentqueue[core]:x64-linux -> 1.0.3
    crossguid[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-10-22#2
  * egl-registry[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-23
    fmt[core]:x64-linux -> 8.1.1#1
    gl3w[core]:x64-linux -> 2018-05-31#4
    gsl-lite[core]:x64-linux -> 0.40.0
    kissfft[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-14
  * libuuid[core]:x64-linux -> 1.0.3#11
  * opengl-registry[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-17
    platform-folders[core]:x64-linux -> 4.1.0
    reproc[core]:x64-linux -> 14.2.4#1
    sdl2[core,x11]:x64-linux -> 2.0.20#3
  * vcpkg-cmake[core]:x64-linux -> 2022-05-06
  * vcpkg-cmake-config[core]:x64-linux -> 2022-02-06
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux...
Restored 0 packages from /home/nlb/.cache/vcpkg/archives in 39.44 us. Use --debug to see more details.
Installing 1/15 vcpkg-cmake:x64-linux...
Building vcpkg-cmake[core]:x64-linux...
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_build.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_install.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_get_vars.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/cmake_get_vars
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/cmake_get_vars/CMakeLists.txt
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/copyright
-- Performing post-build validation
-- Performing post-build validation done
/mnt/vss/_work/1/s/src/vcpkg/build.cpp(1456): copy_file("/home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/buildtrees/vcpkg-cmake/x64-linux.vcpkg_abi_info.txt", "/home/nlb/audio/spi07072022/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_abi_info.txt"): Argument invalide
nlb@devbox:~/audio/spi07072022/app$ 

So if you have an idea for this vcpkg issue ?

[rbnpi]

What version of cmake do you have installed? I think I used snap to install the latest when I had an issue.
for the Pi see https://snapcraft.io/install/cmake/raspbian similar for other distro.
NB restart after install to make sure it is picked up

[nlebellier]

Thanks Robin for your answer.

On another computer on ubuntu 22.04
same issue

nlb@hermes:~$ cd audio/spi4/
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.22.1

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ elixir --version
Erlang/OTP 25 [erts-13.0.2] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1] [jit:ns]

Elixir 1.13.4 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 25)
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ app
app                 applygnupgdefaults  apport-unpack
apparmor_parser     apport-bug          appres
apparmor_status     apport-cli          appstreamcli
applet-coherence    apport-collect      
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ cd app/
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ ./linux-
linux-build-all.sh             linux-pre-tau-dev-init.sh
linux-build-gui.sh             linux-pre-tau-prod-release.sh
linux-clean.sh                 linux-pre-translations.sh
linux-config.sh                linux-pre-vcpkg.sh
linux-prebuild.sh              linux-release.sh
linux-pre-copy-binaries.sh     
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ ./linux-build-all.sh 
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
    catch2[core]:x64-linux -> 2.13.9
    concurrentqueue[core]:x64-linux -> 1.0.3
    crossguid[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-10-22#2
  * egl-registry[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-23
    fmt[core]:x64-linux -> 8.1.1#1
    gl3w[core]:x64-linux -> 2018-05-31#4
    gsl-lite[core]:x64-linux -> 0.40.0
    kissfft[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-14
  * libuuid[core]:x64-linux -> 1.0.3#11
  * opengl-registry[core]:x64-linux -> 2021-11-17
    platform-folders[core]:x64-linux -> 4.1.0
    reproc[core]:x64-linux -> 14.2.4#1
    sdl2[core,x11]:x64-linux -> 2.0.20#3
  * vcpkg-cmake[core]:x64-linux -> 2022-05-06
  * vcpkg-cmake-config[core]:x64-linux -> 2022-02-06
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-linux...
Restored 0 packages from /home/nlb/.cache/vcpkg/archives in 52.89 us. Use --debug to see more details.
Installing 1/15 vcpkg-cmake:x64-linux...
Building vcpkg-cmake[core]:x64-linux...
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_build.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_install.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_get_vars.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/cmake_get_vars
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/cmake_get_vars/CMakeLists.txt
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
-- Installing: /home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/copyright
-- Performing post-build validation
-- Performing post-build validation done
/mnt/vss/_work/1/s/src/vcpkg/build.cpp(1456): copy_file("/home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/buildtrees/vcpkg-cmake/x64-linux.vcpkg_abi_info.txt", "/home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/vcpkg/packages/vcpkg-cmake_x64-linux/share/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_abi_info.txt"): Argument invalide
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ 

which version of cmake we need actually ?

[lilyinstarlight]

It's failing in vcpkg which actually bootstraps its own version of CMake (so system CMake wouldn't matter as much for that step). Are you possibly using VirtualBox by any chance @nlebellier? microsoft/vcpkg#24585 might be related

[nlebellier]

Are you possibly using VirtualBox by any chance @nlebellier? microsoft/vcpkg#24585 might be related

Thanks for your answer but i try on a real machine not in a virtualbox machine. That was the meaning of your question ?

@rbnpi

nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.22.1

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ sudo snap install cmake --classic
sudo: impossible de résoudre l'hôte hermes: Nom ou service inconnu
[sudo] Mot de passe de nlb : 
le snap "cmake" est déjà installé, voir « snap help refresh »
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ whereis cmake
cmake: /usr/bin/cmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake /usr/share/cmake /snap/bin/cmake /usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ sudo apt remove cmake
sudo: impossible de résoudre l'hôte hermes: Nom ou service inconnu
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait      
Les paquets suivants ont été installés automatiquement et ne sont plus nécessaires :
  cmake-data dh-elpa-helper kbuild libgsoap-2.8.117 libjsoncpp25 liblzf1
  librhash0 module-assistant
Veuillez utiliser « sudo apt autoremove » pour les supprimer.
Les paquets suivants seront ENLEVÉS :
  cmake
0 mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 1 à enlever et 0 non mis à jour.
Après cette opération, 21,2 Mo d'espace disque seront libérés.
Souhaitez-vous continuer ? [O/n] O
(Lecture de la base de données... 889533 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.
)
Suppression de cmake (3.22.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ cmake --version
bash: /usr/bin/cmake: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ /snap/c
chromium/ cmake/    core18/   core20/   
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ /snap/cmake/
1088/    current/ 
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ /snap/cmake/current/
bin/   doc/   etc/   lib/   man/   meta/  share/ snap/  usr/   
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ /snap/cmake/current/bin/c
ccmake     cmake      cmake-gui  cpack      ctest      
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ /snap/cmake/current/bin/cmake --version
cmake version 3.23.2

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4$ 

now how can make cmake point to /snap/... ? An alias ?

[lilyinstarlight]

Yes, the issue I linked had a similar error message and the problem turned out to be trying to build in a VirtualBox shared folder. It might still be related, but it's not the exact same issue in your case then

Can you try running export VCPKG_BRANCH=2022.06.15.1 and building again from the same terminal?

[lilyinstarlight]

Oh and make sure to run rm -r vcpkg first to delete the old vcpkg directory

[nlebellier]

here we are :-)

nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ rm -rf vcpkg
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ export VCPKG_BRANCH=2022.06.15.1
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ ./linux-build-all.sh 
Cloning vcpkg
Clonage dans 'vcpkg'...
warning: Impossible de trouver la branche distante '2022.06.15.1' à cloner.
fatal: La branche distante 2022.06.15.1 n'a pas été trouvée dans le dépôt amont origin
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ 

[lilyinstarlight]

Oops I made a typo. It should be export VCPKG_BRANCH=2022.06.16.1

[nlebellier]

Well it seems you have resolved my issue 👍

So maybe need to add this line export VCPKG_BRANCH=2022.06.16.1 in the linux Readme or in the script no ?
For now, my computer is building but it seems in a good way !
Thanks again !

[nlebellier]

bad news :-(

[  3%] Built target sonic-pi-api
[  4%] Building CXX object api-tests/CMakeFiles/api-tests.dir/__/api/src/sonicpi_api.test.cpp.o
/home/nlb/audio/spi4/app/api/src/sonicpi_api.test.cpp:3:10: fatal error: catch2/catch.hpp: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
    3 | #include <catch2/catch.hpp>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
gmake[2]: *** [api-tests/CMakeFiles/api-tests.dir/build.make:76 : api-tests/CMakeFiles/api-tests.dir/__/api/src/sonicpi_api.test.cpp.o] Erreur 1
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:212 : api-tests/CMakeFiles/api-tests.dir/all] Erreur 2
gmake: *** [Makefile:91 : all] Erreur 2
nlb@hermes:~/audio/spi4/app$ 

But maybe it causes by cmake removal... so I try again. hash -r and then cmake --version displays the snap latest version. But you seem to say the local version is not used so...

[lilyinstarlight]

Huh, that's weird. Maybe start with a fresh directory again and do export VCPKG_BRANCH=2022.06.16.1 first before running anything?

And the local CMake does get used later in the build process. Fetching dependencies with vcpkg just uses vcpkg's own build of CMake for its stuff only

@samaaron It looks like we might need to bump the VCPKG_BRANCH version again to get a bug fix in the vcpkg tool