Error Compile Ncmpcpp | global.h:50:9: error: ‘timeval’ does not name a type

Error Compile Ncmpcpp | global.h:50:9: error: ‘timeval’ does not name a type

[Bowo Keren]

I get a problem when compiling ncmpcpp the cygwin version 1.7.16when I
am running "make" output like this
FYI : ncmpcpp ver 0.5.5

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bowo@baw ~/ncmpcpp
$ make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp/src'
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..    -I/usr/include/taglib  -g -O2
-fno-exceptions -MT browser.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/browser.Tpo -c -o
browser.o browser.cpp
In file included from browser.cpp:30:0:
global.h:50:9: error: ‘timeval’ does not name a type
Makefile:355: recipe for target `browser.o' failed
make[2]: *** [browser.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp/src'
Makefile:352: recipe for target `all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp'
Makefile:261: recipe for target `all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
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how to fix this

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Re: Error Compile Ncmpcpp | global.h:50:9: error: ‘timeval’ does not name a type

[Csaba Raduly]

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Bowo Keren  wrote:
> I get a problem when compiling ncmpcpp the cygwin version 1.7.16when I
> am running "make" output like this
> FYI : ncmpcpp ver 0.5.5
>
> ----------------------------------------CUT
> HERE------------------------------------------------
> bowo@baw ~/ncmpcpp
> $ make
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp/src'
> g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..    -I/usr/include/taglib  -g -O2
> -fno-exceptions -MT browser.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/browser.Tpo -c -o
> browser.o browser.cpp
> In file included from browser.cpp:30:0:
> global.h:50:9: error: ‘timeval’ does not name a type
> Makefile:355: recipe for target `browser.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [browser.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp/src'
> Makefile:352: recipe for target `all-recursive' failed
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bowo/ncmpcpp'
> Makefile:261: recipe for target `all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> -------------------------------------------CUT
> HERE------------------------------------------------
>
>
> how to fix this

My suggestion would be to upgrade to the latest ncmpcpp (0.5.10). I
was able to compile it straight out of the tarball.

Alternatively, chack that global.h includes <sys/time.h>  (it does in 0.5.10)

Csaba
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