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PKG_CHECK_MODULES USB unexpected token #83

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@zansibar

I installed this a month ago on OSX and it went fine, I had to reinstall osx and now I am running into problems.

./configure: line 4781: syntax error near unexpected token USB,' ./configure: line 4781:PKG_CHECK_MODULES(USB, libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.0,,'

I already installed libusb:

$ pkg-config --libs libusb
-L/usr/local/lib -lusb

$ pkg-config --libs libusb-1.0
-L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0

if I comment out the line 4781 from configure which causes the problem then it creates the make file but the makefile doesn't Include or link correctly.

I can compile it by adding -lusb-1.0 to the gcc command (also added -I/usr/local/include/libusb to the makefile)

gcc -g -O2 -o st-util gdbserver/st_util-gdb-remote.o gdbserver/st_util-gdb-server.o mingw/st_util-mingw.o libstlink.a -lusb-1.0

Any ideas why I don't have this USB token?
What should it be?

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karlp

karlp commented on May 25, 2012

@karlp
Contributor

can we remove autotools now? It's causing more problems.

sasai

sasai commented on May 29, 2012

@sasai

It seems the same trouble I had on OSX using homebrew.
In my case, it works well after adding a line "/usr/local/share/aclocal" in /usr/share/aclocal/dirlist file.

See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3522248/how-do-i-compile-jzmq-for-zeromq-on-osx

lestofante

lestofante commented on Jun 5, 2012

@lestofante

same problem here on Arch linux x86_64, gcc4.7 and autoconf 2.69...
How can i solve?
tomorrow i'll try fall back to autoconf 2.13.

kevincook

kevincook commented on Jun 20, 2012

@kevincook

I'm having this issue today. I've read that this issue can occur when your pkg.m4 file isn't in some sane directory. It will cause the aclocal.m4 file to not contain the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro. This is true for me. by modifying the autogen.sh file to execute

aclocal --force -I /opt/local/share/aclocal

after the autoreconf line, i find the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro in the generated aclocal.m4 file. Unfortunate it does not resolve my issue.

kevincook

kevincook commented on Jun 20, 2012

@kevincook

resolved my issue by adding:

ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /opt/local/share/aclocal

to Makefile.am

mkv123

mkv123 commented on Aug 24, 2012

@mkv123

I can confirm that adding

ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /opt/local/share/aclocal

to Makefile.am made ./configure run successfully on osx Lion, whereas before it would fail with the same PCK_CHECK_MODULES error.

gregoryfenton

gregoryfenton commented on Aug 24, 2012

@gregoryfenton

(ubuntu linux)
Anyone still experiencing this I did
sudo apt-get install pkg-config
and it worked. Thanks to https://twitter.com/KenichiHidai for pointing me in the right direction.

Juzujka

Juzujka commented on Jan 28, 2013

@Juzujka

installing libusb-1.0-0-dev helps me on Ubuntu 12

marvin-yorke

marvin-yorke commented on Feb 12, 2013

@marvin-yorke

executing

aclocal --force -I /opt/local/share/aclocal

once was enough for me.
My config is

  • Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2
  • automake 1.13.1, autoconf 2.69 from MacPorts
mfaini

mfaini commented on Aug 6, 2013

@mfaini

Hi,

here is what worked on my MacAir (10.7.5).

  1. Add ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /opt/local/share/aclocal to Makefile.am
  2. sudo port install libftdi0
  3. sudo port install libusb
  4. ./autogen.sh
  5. ./configure
  6. make

Tested with st-flash and all worked smoothly.

PS: On my MacPro (10.7.5) step #2 was not necessary.

zhuyjgh

zhuyjgh commented on Aug 10, 2013

@zhuyjgh

ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/share/aclocal" ./autogen.sh works for me!
I find my pkg.m4 here /usr/share/aclocal.

homer-j

homer-j commented on Aug 14, 2013

@homer-j

Had the same issue - finally solved it the following way - from comments I figured out that configure script cannot find pkg.mp4 pkg-config file.
Couldn't find it either in /opt/local/share/aclocal nor in /usr/share/aclocal but used the following command:
brew list pkg-config
which outputted - /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28/share/aclocal/pkg.m4
added
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28/share/aclocal/
to Makefile.am and it worked fine.

OS: Mac OSX 10.7.5 + homebrew

Thanks everyone for the tips!

supersynthesis

supersynthesis commented on Mar 1, 2014

@supersynthesis

howdy all,

I'm unfortunately having similar problems to all above, but none of the options have solved it. I've tried with macports and with homebrew. I get this error after ./configure:
./configure: line 4422: syntax error near unexpected token USB,' ./configure: line 4422:PKG_CHECK_MODULES(USB, libusb-1.0 >= 1.0.0,,'

I tried:

"by modifying the autogen.sh file to execute
aclocal --force -I /opt/local/share/aclocal
...
resolved my issue by adding:
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /opt/local/share/aclocal
to Makefile.am"

with no change.

"executing
aclocal --force -I /opt/local/share/aclocal
once was enough for me. "

no change.

"Had the same issue - finally solved it the following way - from comments I figured out that configure script cannot find pkg.mp4 pkg-config file.
Couldn't find it either in /opt/local/share/aclocal nor in /usr/share/aclocal but used the following command:
brew list pkg-config
which outputted - /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28/share/aclocal/pkg.m4
added
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28/share/aclocal/
to Makefile.am and it worked fine."

brew list pkg-config gives me "Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config"

and this one
"here is what worked on my MacAir (10.7.5).

Add ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I /opt/local/share/aclocal to Makefile.am
sudo port install libftdi0
sudo port install libusb
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
Tested with st-flash and all worked smoothly."

with no change. does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Thanks in advance!

homer-j

homer-j commented on Mar 22, 2014

@homer-j

Hi, supersynthesis,
I think if you got:

brew list pkg-config gives me "Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config"

it means you need to install it first.
try the following:

  1. brew update
  2. brew install pkg-config
  3. brew list pkg-config

I also heard that macports and homebrew doesn't work well together, may be this mix can cause issues.

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