{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209/events","html_url":"https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209","id":111943128,"number":209,"title":"[ERROR] configure: error: expat is missing or unusable should probably be error: *lib*expat is missing","user":{"login":"voltagex","id":159567,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/159567?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex","html_url":"https://github.com/voltagex","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/voltagex/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-10-17T04:16:51Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T18:38:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I got `[ERROR]    configure: error: expat is missing or unusable` so I installed the expat package. After yet another 15 minute build I got the same error. So the package I actually need is libexpat-dev. \r\n\r\n1. Is there a way to check all these prerequisites *before* doing ct-ng build\r\n\r\n2. Should the error actually reference libexpat to reduce confusion?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/comments/148941505","html_url":"https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209#issuecomment-148941505","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/209","id":148941505,"user":{"login":"jasmin-j","id":7049379,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7049379?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j","html_url":"https://github.com/jasmin-j","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jasmin-j/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-17T18:38:03Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T18:38:03Z","body":"> Is there a way to check all these prerequisites before doing ct-ng build\r\n\r\nCT-NG is designed to do all of this automatically. So there must be a mistake\r\nin your configuration, or something is missing in CT-NG for your particular\r\ncross compiler.\r\nPlease have look to my comments in #208.\r\n"}}