Can't install on ubuntu 22.04 LTS with all package installed.

[PoutineSyropErable]

sudo apt install xsel xclip copyq wl-clipboard xdotool wtyp 
sudo apt install rofi-dev autoconf automake libtool-bin libtool

(Works)

cd /home/username/Downloads/rofi-emoji-master 
autoreconf -i
mkdir build
cd build/
../configure
make
sudo make install

gives:

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for clang... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define EXTENSIONS... yes
checking whether _XOPEN_SOURCE should be defined... no
checking for ar... ar
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for glib... yes
checking for cairo... yes
checking for rofi... yes
checking for CHECK... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for archiver @file support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
make all-am
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/username/Downloads/rofi-emoji-master/build'
CC src/emoji_la-plugin.lo
../src/plugin.c:300:6: error: ‘Mode’ {aka ‘struct rofi_mode’} has no member named ‘type’
300 | .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
| ^~~~
../src/plugin.c:300:13: error: ‘MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER’ undeclared here (not in a function)
300 | .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/plugin.c:310:6: error: ‘Mode’ {aka ‘struct rofi_mode’} has no member named ‘_completer_result’
310 | ._completer_result = NULL,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[1]: *** [Makefile:934: src/emoji_la-plugin.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/username/Downloads/rofi-emoji-master/build'
make: *** [Makefile:637: all] Error 2
CC src/emoji_la-plugin.lo
../src/plugin.c:300:6: error: ‘Mode’ {aka ‘struct rofi_mode’} has no member named ‘type’
300 | .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
| ^~~~
../src/plugin.c:300:13: error: ‘MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER’ undeclared here (not in a function)
300 | .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/plugin.c:310:6: error: ‘Mode’ {aka ‘struct rofi_mode’} has no member named ‘_completer_result’
310 | ._completer_result = NULL,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:934: src/emoji_la-plugin.lo] Error 1
f

[mghalix]

I have the same issue

[merazi]

I have the same issue on Debian 12.

$ make
make  all-am
make[1]: Entering directory '/media/jose/hard_drive/Code/rofi-emoji/build'
  CC       src/emoji_la-emoji.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-utils.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-loader.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-formatter.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-menu.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-search.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-actions.lo
  CC       src/emoji_la-plugin.lo
../src/plugin.c:300:6: error: 'Mode' {aka 'struct rofi_mode'} has no member named 'type'
  300 |     .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
      |      ^~~~
../src/plugin.c:300:13: error: 'MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER' undeclared here (not in a function)
  300 |     .type = MODE_TYPE_SWITCHER,
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/plugin.c:310:6: error: 'Mode' {aka 'struct rofi_mode'} has no member named '_completer_result'
  310 |     ._completer_result = NULL,
      |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[1]: *** [Makefile:935: src/emoji_la-plugin.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/media/jose/hard_drive/Code/rofi-emoji/build'
make: *** [Makefile:638: all] Error 2

[PoutineSyropErable]

Did you try ..configure to see the needed stuff. Also, you can build it yourself. It's just a bitch to find all the libraries.

Personally, ChatGpt really helped to find the lib name. Stuff thats hard to google especially with how shit google is nowadays.

[Mange]

Looks like you are using the wrong version of this lib against the wrong version of Rofi. Did you check the readme about which version you should compile against the Rofi you are using?

[EDIT:] To add more context, Rofi master has some breaking changes in it, which will require a major version release when it is released. It's been years since the last release.

[mghalix]

I have the same issue

I solved it by just downloading the source code of this version
then running the usual commands

autoreconf -i
mkdir build
cd build/
../configure
make
sudo make install

try this out.

[PoutineSyropErable]

Yeah i had such a pain on most compiling on ubuntu im on arch now. thanks, hope it helps the next guys