Error while setting up the local-environment (undefined reference to `uuid_generate')

[BhargavaRam123]

here are the steps i followed

1. first i went to the readme and followed the given instructions like installing the following packages: sudo apt-get install libqt5gui5 qtbase5-dev qtwebengine5-dev \ libqt5svg5-dev qt5-image-formats-plugins aria2 \qttools5-dev-tools qtchooser qt5-qmake \qtbase5-dev-tools.
2. Then i noticed kiwix-desktop also depends on other libraries then i come to know about the kiwix-build . Then i cloned the repo locally and followed the setup instruction in the readme then i ran the command kiwix-build kiwix-desktop --config native_static
3. now i went back to the kiwix-desktop directory then i exported the package config path and ran the following commands qmake . and make.
4. Now this is where the error occured, error description

/usr/bin/ld: /home/bhargav/Pictures/projects/kiwix-build/BUILD_native_static/INSTALL/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxapian.a(uuids.o): in function `Uuid::generate()':
(.text+0x27): undefined reference to `uuid_generate'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:464: kiwix-desktop] Error 1

os: ubuntu 24.04.1

[asashnov]

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, but my answer still may be helpful:

$ apt search libxapian
...
libxapian30/jammy 1.4.18-4 amd64
  Search engine library

$ apt show libxapian30 | grep Depend

Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Is libuuid1 installed in your system?

[BhargavaRam123]

yes libuuid1 is already installed in my system.

apt search libxapian
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
libxapian-dev/noble,now 1.4.22-1build1 amd64 [installed]
  Development files for Xapian search engine library

libxapian-java/noble 1.4.22-1build5 all
  Xapian search engine interface for Java

libxapian-java-doc/noble 1.4.22-1build5 all
  Xapian search engine interface for Java (documentation)

libxapian-jni/noble 1.4.22-1build5 amd64
  Xapian search engine interface for Java (JNI library)

libxapian30/noble,now 1.4.22-1build1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  Search engine library

apt show libxapian30 | grep Depend

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Depends: libc6 (>= 2.39), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

dpkg -l | grep libuuid1
ii  libuuid1:amd64                                2.39.3-9ubuntu6.1                        amd64        Universally Unique ID library

[kelson42]

I guess this is more a problem with kiwix-build. @veloman-yunkan Do you have an idea?

[asashnov]

Is package uuid-dev installed?

Does it contain uuid_generate definition inside its static library?

$ nm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.a | grep 'uuid_generate$'
0000000000000c20 T uuid_generate

[BhargavaRam123]

yes uuid-dev is already installed and uuid_generate definition is also present.
Update:
instead of using kiwix_build i directly installed libzim and libkiwix into my system for kiwix desktop and it worked.