Unable to compile openfst

openfst will not compile on Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. (www.openfst.org site is currently down though openfst-1.3.3 and openfst-1.3.4 can be found on mirrors). Have tried numerous recommendations from the cached form of this page with both 1.3.3 and 1.3.4 though can’t seem to get openfst to compile:

Making install in bin
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/roland/openfst-1.3.4/src/bin'
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I./../include -I./../script    -g -O2 -MT fstarcsort.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/fstarcsort.Tpo -c -o fstarcsort.o fstarcsort.cc
mv -f .deps/fstarcsort.Tpo .deps/fstarcsort.Po
/bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=link g++  -g -O2   -o fstarcsort fstarcsort.o ../script/libfstscript.la ../lib/libfst.la -lm -ldl 
libtool: link: g++ -g -O2 -o .libs/fstarcsort fstarcsort.o  ../script/.libs/libfstscript.so ../lib/.libs/libfst.so -lm -ldl
../script/.libs/libfstscript.so: undefined reference to `dlopen'
../script/.libs/libfstscript.so: undefined reference to `dlerror'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [fstarcsort] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/roland/openfst-1.3.4/src/bin'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/roland/openfst-1.3.4/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

with some modifications the build got farther to src/extensions/far before it failed.

I know this isn’t an issue with the Jasper Client though this is a dependency and thought you should be aware / maybe had a solution.

[Chazmus]

The install-recursive errors can also be caused by a lack of swap space. I’m currently building it again after creating a 512Mb swap file and certainly seems to have gotten further than before… still building though… can take up to 6 hours on the pi apparently 😕

[davesnowdon]

I couldn’t get openfst to compile on the 'Pi itself however, I did manage to cross-compile it on my Fedora Linux box and then transfers the output to the 'pi

1. Set up cross-compilation environment as described here: http://www.bootc.net/archives/2012/05/26/how-to-build-a-cross-compiler-for-your-raspberry-pi/

2. Configure openfst using: ./configure --prefix=$PIROOT --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --host=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi --enable-compact-fsts --enable-const-fsts --enable-far --enable-lookahead-fsts --enable-pdt

where $PIROOT was set to a directory other that /usr/local so that running the install script would not overwrite my native binaries

I got x86_64-redhat-linux by running gcc -dumpmachine on my Fedora box, your value for --host may vary depending on the machine you are building on

1. make
2. make install
3. zip up the files under $PIROOT, copy the archive to the 'Pi and unzip under /usr/local

I tested that I can run one of the executables, haven’t finished building everything else yet