[fprint] fprintd compilation error, No package 'polkit' found

[Bastien Nocera]

On Sat, 2017-11-25 at 10:48 +0000, Gnappino Gnappino wrote:
> Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to the linux world, or rather, I've
> been 
> using it for so many years to develop, but I'm just trying to
> contribute 
> to linux development now.
> 
> I would like to do fprintd tests to improve the integration of the
> login 
> screen with PAM module.
> 
> I downloaded the sources, I try to compile fprintd but I get this
> error:
> 
> 
> configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 dbus-glib-1 gmodule-
> 2.0 
> polkit> = 0.8 polkit-dbus) were not met:
> 
> No package 'polkit' found
> No package 'polkit-dbus' found
> 
> 
> I can not figure out the situation, I installed all the polkit
> packages 
> I found with apt search, but I continue to receive this error.
> 
> I do not know how to proceed, a help would be appreciated.

You need to install the development package for the library, just like
you would do for other types of development.

apt-get build-dep fprintd

will probably install all the packages you'll need.

Cheers