Could not successfully build powerblock - PowerBlock Driver (opt/retropie.../build/powerblock not found)

[mikealves]

I installed wiringpi from here:

http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/

I installed it this way:

To update or install on a Raspbian-Lite system:

sudo apt-get install wiringpi

[mitu]

@mikealves wiringpi is already installed on a RetroPie system, however installing it through apt-get is also ok - but you didn't answer my other question: did you add extra-repositories to your apt sources ?

[mikealves]

@mitu said in Could not successfully build powerblock - PowerBlock Driver (opt/retropie.../build/powerblock not found):

Raspbian Buster

Hey. I just followed the instructions on the WiringPi site and wound up with this.

100%] Installing service.
[....] Starting powerblock (via systemctl): powerblock.service.
[100%] Built target installservice
/home/pi/PowerBlock
[SUCCESS] The PowerBlock driver binary is installed
[SUCCESS] The PowerBlock service is running
You can find the configuration file at /etc/powerblockconfig.cfg.

Now it works fine. Thank you for your help. This noob wouldn't have figured without your help. Thanks so much for everything!

[petrockblog]

Glad to hear that!
Just in case, I have just updated the ControlBlock and PowerBlock modules such that wiringpi gets installed as APT packages as part go the module installation process.

[mikealves]

@petrockblog

I had to reinstall RetroPie (long story). Now I am getting this error when I try to reinstall PowerBlockService.

/home/pi/PowerBlock/src/powerblock/PowerBlock.cpp:24:22: fatal error: plog/Log.h: No such file or directory
#include <plog/Log.h>
^
compilation terminated.
src/powerblock/CMakeFiles/powerblock-app.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'src/powerblock/CMakeFiles/powerblock-app.dir/PowerBlock.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [src/powerblock/CMakeFiles/powerblock-app.dir/PowerBlock.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:514: recipe for target 'src/powerblock/CMakeFiles/powerblock-app.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [src/powerblock/CMakeFiles/powerblock-app.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
pi@retropie:~/PowerBlock/build $

[petrockblog]

Does it work if you run the quick installation command from https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#quick-installation?

[superpie3k]

@petrockblog said in Could not successfully build powerblock - PowerBlock Driver (opt/retropie.../build/powerblock not found):

Does it work if you run the quick installation command from https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#quick-installation?

That one does not work for me, build stops with

[ 64%] Linking CXX executable powerblock
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/../../../libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `fcntl@GLIBC_2.28'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/build.make:97: die Regel für Ziel „powerblock“ scheiterte
make[2]: *** [powerblock] Fehler 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:68: die Regel für Ziel „CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/all“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/all] Fehler 2
Makefile:127: die Regel für Ziel „all“ scheiterte
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
Error during building binary
[ 23%] Built target jsoncpp_lib_static
[ 52%] Built target powerblock-app
[ 58%] Linking CXX executable powerblock
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/../../../libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `fcntl@GLIBC_2.28'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/build.make:97: die Regel für Ziel „powerblock“ scheiterte
make[2]: *** [powerblock] Fehler 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:68: die Regel für Ziel „CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/all“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/powerblock.dir/all] Fehler 2
Makefile:127: die Regel für Ziel „all“ scheiterte
make: *** [all] Fehler 2
Error during installation of binary
Scanning dependencies of target installservice
[100%] Installing service.
[ ok ] Starting powerblock (via systemctl): powerblock.service.
[100%] Built target installservice
/home/pi/PowerBlock
[SUCCESS] The PowerBlock driver binary is installed
[ERROR] The PowerBlock service is not running
You can find the configuration file at /etc/powerblockconfig.cfg.

[superpie3k]

Had to install wiringpi manually, and to execute steps from https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock manually. Seems to be a version mismatch with library wiringpi.

[mikealves]

@superpie3k Thanks for your responses. I was away on vacation and only just got back to this. I had the same experience as above. "Had to install wiringpi manually, and to execute steps from https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock manually. Seems to be a version mismatch with library wiringpi." But I got it working now.

[petrockblog]

For future note: I removed the dependency to WiringPi now. Please see also https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23328/powerblock-driver-quick-installation-fails/5.