List of common errors for the module pycairo.

Error - `CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_RADIAL' undeclared

Stage: Compile

 pycairo-pattern.c: In function `PycairoPattern_FromPattern':
 pycairo-pattern.c:62: warning: implicit declaration of function
 `cairo_pattern_get_type'
 pycairo-pattern.c:63: error: `CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_SOLID' undeclared (first use in
 this function)
 pycairo-pattern.c:63: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
 pycairo-pattern.c:63: error: for each function it appears in.)
 pycairo-pattern.c:66: error: `CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_SURFACE' undeclared (first use
 in this function)
 pycairo-pattern.c:69: error: `CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_LINEAR' undeclared (first use
 in this function)
 pycairo-pattern.c:72: error: `CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_RADIAL' undeclared (first use
 in this function)
 make[2]: *** [_cairo_la-pycairo-pattern.lo] Error 1
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/floss/building/gnome/pycairo/cairo'
 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Cause:

The compile errors are caused by JhBuild downloading the latest version of Cairo in the CVS repository, which is not the latest version of Cairo. Cairo was recently moved to a git repository but JhBuild can't handle git repositories yet. PyCairo needs to be compiled with the git version of Cairo.

Solution:

Download and install git and manually checkout and install Cairo using:

 git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/cairo

CategoryJhbuildIssues