# [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git 6 messages from 2023-10-12 to 2023-10-12. Participants: Dorcas Litunya, Benson Muite, Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/60348 ## Dorcas Litunya, 2023-10-12 06:57 Subject: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ZSeYzdx07Cj67lR4%40dorcaslitunya-virtual-machine ``` Hello everyone, My name is Dorcas Litunya. I am excited to contribute to the git community, I am a first time contributor through the Outreachy program. I am excited to learn and grow through this project. I am currently installing Git and I have been faced with this error once I run the make command: In file included from http.c:2: git-curl-compat.h:3:10: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory 3 | #include | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make: *** [Makefile:2718: http.o] Error 1 Any assistance on what the possible problem could be will be highly appreciated. Kind regards, Dorcas ``` ## Benson Muite, 2023-10-12 07:28 Subject: Re: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: <4c5fef38-a671-dd6b-4b10-a531e1ae254a@emailplus.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4c5fef38-a671-dd6b-4b10-a531e1ae254a%40emailplus.org In-Reply-To: ``` On 10/12/23 09:57, Dorcas Litunya wrote: > Hello everyone, > My name is Dorcas Litunya. I am excited to contribute to the git > community, I am a first time contributor through the Outreachy program. > I am excited to learn and grow through this project. I am currently > installing Git and I have been faced with this error once I run the make > command: > In file included from http.c:2: > git-curl-compat.h:3:10: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory > 3 | #include > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will need to have curl libraries and development headers. https://curl.se/libcurl/ You maybe able to get these from a package manager, for example on Ubuntu sudo apt-get install curl-dev Fedora sudo dnf install libcurl-devel ``` ## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2023-10-12 07:43 Subject: Re: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: <724ff75e-1557-4d87-85a6-a3a58d41af1f@app.fastmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/724ff75e-1557-4d87-85a6-a3a58d41af1f%40app.fastmail.com In-Reply-To: <4c5fef38-a671-dd6b-4b10-a531e1ae254a@emailplus.org> ``` On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, at 09:28, Benson Muite wrote: > You maybe able to get these from a package manager, for example on Ubuntu > sudo apt-get install curl-dev This didn't work for me on Ubuntu 22.04. I tried the OpenSSL variant which worked. sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev Now I can drop `NO_CURL=true`. Thanks :) -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk ``` ## Dorcas Litunya, 2023-10-12 07:52 Subject: Re: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ZSeltAdIAm4miL3U%40dorcaslitunya-virtual-machine In-Reply-To: <724ff75e-1557-4d87-85a6-a3a58d41af1f@app.fastmail.com> ``` On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 09:43:55AM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, at 09:28, Benson Muite wrote: > > You maybe able to get these from a package manager, for example on Ubuntu > > sudo apt-get install curl-dev > > This didn't work for me on Ubuntu 22.04. I tried the OpenSSL variant which > worked. > Me too > sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev > This package has worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04 Thanks for the help! > Now I can drop `NO_CURL=true`. > > Thanks :) > > -- > Kristoffer Haugsbakk ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2023-10-12 16:20 Subject: Re: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqmswnhkxt.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: <4c5fef38-a671-dd6b-4b10-a531e1ae254a@emailplus.org> ``` Benson Muite writes: > On 10/12/23 09:57, Dorcas Litunya wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> My name is Dorcas Litunya. I am excited to contribute to the git >> community, I am a first time contributor through the Outreachy program. >> I am excited to learn and grow through this project. I am currently >> installing Git and I have been faced with this error once I run the make >> command: >> In file included from http.c:2: >> git-curl-compat.h:3:10: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory >> 3 | #include >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ > You will need to have curl libraries and development headers. > https://curl.se/libcurl/ > You maybe able to get these from a package manager, for example on Ubuntu > sudo apt-get install curl-dev > Fedora > sudo dnf install libcurl-devel Thanks for helping. Perhaps reading the INSTALL file at the top of the working tree would worth the time? ``` ## Dorcas Litunya, 2023-10-12 17:13 Subject: Re: [Outreachy]Introduction and Problem while installing Git Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ZSgpJgnaieu6kO0%2B%40dorcaslitunya-virtual-machine In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 09:20:14AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Benson Muite writes: > > > On 10/12/23 09:57, Dorcas Litunya wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> My name is Dorcas Litunya. I am excited to contribute to the git > >> community, I am a first time contributor through the Outreachy program. > >> I am excited to learn and grow through this project. I am currently > >> installing Git and I have been faced with this error once I run the make > >> command: > >> In file included from http.c:2: > >> git-curl-compat.h:3:10: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory > >> 3 | #include > >> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > You will need to have curl libraries and development headers. > > https://curl.se/libcurl/ > > You maybe able to get these from a package manager, for example on Ubuntu > > sudo apt-get install curl-dev > > Fedora > > sudo dnf install libcurl-devel > > Thanks for helping. Perhaps reading the INSTALL file at the top of > the working tree would worth the time? Thanks Junio. I did follow it eventually. I got stuck here since the instructions to install some libraries was at the towards the middle and end of the INSTALL file while the instruction to run the make command was at the top of the file, and it seemed a bit easy as the file had just said "it should work normally"(without pointing out the libraries needed) was what kinda got me lost, but I eventually found my solutions as I read through the doc. But yes,I will now try to read and search entire docs as all the good stuff might be at the bottom. :-) > ```