<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"> <div class="WordSection1"> Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> We’re trying to install ModemManager 1.14.2 on Ubuntu 20.04 (5.4.0-52-generic) and are encountering a few problems.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> From a fresh OS install, all dependencies were retrieved using the typical sudo apt-get install … method. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> We are installing libmbim 1.24.4 from source and libqmi 1.26.4 from source.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Following the instructions from this mailing list topic <o:p></o:p> <a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/modemmanager-devel/2020-September/008164.html">https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/modemmanager-devel/2020-September/008164.html</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> this was done using the command:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <pre>./configure –prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib/<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Make<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Sudo make install<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> Following successful completion (no obvious errors or warning), we moved on to installing ModemManager 1.14.2 from source.<o:p></o:p> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>./configure –prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib/ --with-qmi=yes<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Make<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>sudo make install<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> This also seemed to complete successfully, with no obvious errors or warnings. However, when running<o:p></o:p> mmcli <o:p></o:p> or<o:p></o:p> sudo ModemManager<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> the resulting output is:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <pre>ModemManager: symbol lookup error: ModemManager: undefined symbol: mm_bearer_stats_get_total_rx_bytes<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> In an attempt to debug this (as this appeared very similar to the error in the previously linked mailing list entry), we then uninstalled ModemManager, libmbim, and libqmi <o:p></o:p> <pre>sudo make uninstall<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> <pre>And repeated the installation with <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>--libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>Starting with libmbmim. <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>While this seems to succeed, there were some warnings of note:<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: (cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu && { ln -s -f libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0 libmbim-glib.so.4 || { rm -f libmbim-glib.so.4 && ln -s libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0 libmbim-glib.so.4; }; })<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: (cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu && { ln -s -f libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0 libmbim-glib.so || { rm -f libmbim-glib.so && ln -s libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0 libmbim-glib.so; }; })<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmbim-glib.lai /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmbim-glib.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.a<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: chmod 644 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.a<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: ranlib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.a<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: warning: remember to run 'libtool --finish /usr/lib' <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/include/libmbim-glib'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>And also<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>Making install in mbimcli<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>make[2]: Entering directory '/home/nuc/tarbals/libmbim_1.24.4.orig/libmbim-1.24.4/src/mbimcli'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>make[3]: Entering directory '/home/nuc/tarbals/libmbim_1.24.4.orig/libmbim-1.24.4/src/mbimcli'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/bin'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> /bin/bash ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c mbimcli '/usr/bin'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: warning: '../../src/libmbim-glib/libmbim-glib.la' has not been installed in '/usr/lib'<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/mbimcli /usr/bin/mbimcli<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre>When repeating the installation process for libqmi, there were some more warnings, that seem related<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> CC libqmi_glib_la-qmi-proxy.lo<o:p></o:p> CC libqmi_glib_la-qmi-endpoint-mbim.lo<o:p></o:p> CC libqmi_glib_compat_la-qmi-compat.lo<o:p></o:p> CCLD libqmi-glib-compat.la<o:p></o:p> CCLD libqmi-glib.la<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/nuc/tarbals/libqmi_1.26.4.orig/libqmi-1.26.4/src/libqmi-glib'<o:p></o:p> Making all in test<o:p></o:p> make[4]: Entering directory '/home/nuc/tarbals/libqmi_1.26.4.orig/libqmi-1.26.4/src/libqmi-glib/test'<o:p></o:p> CCLD test-utils<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> test-message.o<o:p></o:p> CCLD test-message<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> CC test-fixture.o<o:p></o:p> CC test-port-context.o<o:p></o:p> CC test-generated.o<o:p></o:p> CCLD test-generated<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> CC test_compat_utils-test-compat-utils.o<o:p></o:p> CCLD test-compat-utils<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> libtool: warning: library '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmbim-glib.la' was moved.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Again this seems to succeed as an installation.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> However, when trying to complete the ModemManager installation, the resulting error during make is:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CC mm-helper-enums-types.lo<o:p></o:p> CCLD libhelpers.la<o:p></o:p> /usr/bin/grep: /usr/lib/libmbim-glib.la: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p> /usr/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libmbim-glib.la: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p> libtool: error: '/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.la' is not a valid libtool archive<o:p></o:p> make[4]: * [Makefile:974: libhelpers.la] Error 1<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Assumably this fatal error is a result of the previous warnings from the libqmi installation. <o:p></o:p> At this point, I’m afraid we’ve run out of ideas.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any help or advice appreciated.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Best Regards,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Dani Anderson<o:p></o:p> University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland <o:p></o:p> Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>