Axis2/c error in instalaltion

Question

My problem is the following one:

When installing Axis2/c under the guidance of http://petio.org/ws/web_services_page7.html , which seems to be an adjusted manual from the official site I have a problem right after executing the make command in terminal. At exactly this point:

$ cd /tmp/axis/axis2c-src-1.6.0
$ ./configure --prefix=${AXIS2C_HOME} --enable-libxml2=yes
$ make

I get this error:

XXX@XXXPC:~/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0$ make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0'
Making all in util
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util'
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util'
Making all in src
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util/src'
Making all in platforms/unix
make[5]: Entering directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util/src/platforms/unix'
/bin/bash ../../../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include/platforms -I../../../include/platforms/unix    -g -O2 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -ansi -Wall -Werror -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -D_GNU_SOURCE  -MT uuid_gen_unix.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/uuid_gen_unix.Tpo -c -o uuid_gen_unix.lo uuid_gen_unix.c
 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../../include -I../../../include/platforms -I../../../include/platforms/unix -g -O2 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -ansi -Wall -Werror -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -D_GNU_SOURCE -MT uuid_gen_unix.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/uuid_gen_unix.Tpo -c uuid_gen_unix.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/uuid_gen_unix.o
**uuid_gen_unix.c: In function ‘axutil_uuid_gen_v1’:
uuid_gen_unix.c:62:20: error: variable ‘tv’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]**
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[5]: *** [uuid_gen_unix.lo] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util/src/platforms/unix'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0/util'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/XXX/Tools/axis2c/axis2c-src-1.5.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I am not able to understand the reason why this error is being produced.

Because 1.6.0 version is down, I am using the 1.5.0 source version of axis2/c from the official site : http://axis.apache.org/axis2/c/core/download.cgi .

I have additionally installed Apache2 and libxml2, OpenSSL, cURL, libiconv, and zlib. libraries.

I need your help because I am trying to build a serious project.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Link to mirror of original Axis2/C-1.6.0 source distribution is here.

The main problem is with -Werror flag.

To compile original Axis2/C with modern compiler you must remove -Werror string from build scripts. To do that run this command after unpacking tarball:

find -type f -name configure -exec sed -i '/CFLAGS/s/-Werror//g' {} \;

Then configure and make Axis2/C.

Note: Original Axis2/C-1.6.0 has many issues like memory leaks and crashes. Consider using Axis2/C unofficial project instead. Most critical Axis2/C-1.6.0's issues is fixed within that project.

Also it have additional features https://code.google.com/p/axis2c-unofficial/wiki/IssuesList like JSON support and enhanced CURL-based transport authentication (and some other features).

There is an manual on how to install Axis2/C unofficial on Linux.