Error Compiling Root

Im using Ubuntu 14.04 and ./configure linuxx8664gcc and im getting this error:

... cint/cint/src/g__cfunc.o cint/cint/src/config/strlcpy.o cint/cint/src/config/strlcat.o cint/cint/src/config/snprintf.o cint/cint/main/G__setup.o cint/cint/src/Api.o cint/cint/src/auxu.o cint/cint/src/BaseCls.o cint/cint/src/bc_assign.o cint/cint/src/bc_autoobj.o cint/cint/src/bc_cfunc.o cint/cint/src/bc_debug.o cint/cint/src/bc_eh.o cint/cint/src/bc_exec.o cint/cint/src/bc_inst.o cint/cint/src/bc_item.o cint/cint/src/bc_parse.o cint/cint/src/bc_reader.o cint/cint/src/bc_type.o cint/cint/src/bc_vtbl.o cint/cint/src/CallFunc.o cint/cint/src/cast.o cint/cint/src/Class.o cint/cint/src/DataMbr.o cint/cint/src/debug.o cint/cint/src/decl.o cint/cint/src/disp.o cint/cint/src/dump.o cint/cint/src/end.o cint/cint/src/error.o cint/cint/src/expr.o cint/cint/src/FastAllocString.o cint/cint/src/fread.o cint/cint/src/func.o cint/cint/src/gcoll.o cint/cint/src/global1.o cint/cint/src/global2.o cint/cint/src/ifunc.o cint/cint/src/inherit.o cint/cint/src/init.o cint/cint/src/input.o cint/cint/src/intrpt.o cint/cint/src/loadfile_tmp.o cint/cint/src/macro.o cint/cint/src/malloc.o cint/cint/src/memtest.o cint/cint/src/MethodAr.o cint/cint/src/Method.o cint/cint/src/new.o cint/cint/src/newlink.o cint/cint/src/opr.o cint/cint/src/parse.o cint/cint/src/pause.o cint/cint/src/pcode.o cint/cint/src/pragma.o cint/cint/src/quote.o cint/cint/src/random.o cint/cint/src/rflx_gendict.o cint/cint/src/rflx_gensrc.o cint/cint/src/rflx_tools.o cint/cint/src/scrupto.o cint/cint/src/Shadow.o cint/cint/src/shl.o cint/cint/src/sizeof.o cint/cint/src/struct.o cint/cint/src/stub.o cint/cint/src/tmplt.o cint/cint/src/Token.o cint/cint/src/Type.o cint/cint/src/typedef.o cint/cint/src/Typedf.o cint/cint/src/val2a.o cint/cint/src/value.o cint/cint/src/var.o cint/cint/src/dict/Apiif.o cint/cint/src/dict/stdstrct.o cint/cint/src/dict/gcc4strm.o -lm -ldl -rdynamic bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/utils/src/rootcint.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/utils/src/rootcint.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/utils/src/rootcint.o -c /home/renan/root/core/utils/src/rootcint.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/utils/src/RStl.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/utils/src/RStl.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/utils/src/RStl.o -c /home/renan/root/core/utils/src/RStl.cxx g++ -m64 -O2 -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed -o bin/rootcint core/utils/src/rootcint.o core/utils/src/RStl.o core/metautils/src/RConversionRuleParser.o core/metautils/src/TClassEdit.o \ core/clib/src/snprintf.o core/clib/src/strlcpy.o core/clib/src/strlcat.o -Llib -lCint -lm -ldl -rdynamic bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/ManualBase4.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -I. -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/ManualBase4.cxx g++ -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -I. -o core/base/src/ManualBase4.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/ManualBase4.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TApplication.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TApplication.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TApplication.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TApplication.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TAttAxis.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TAttAxis.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TAttAxis.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TAttAxis.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TAttPad.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TAttPad.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TAttPad.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TAttPad.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TBrowser.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TBrowser.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TBrowser.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TBrowser.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TBuffer.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TBuffer.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TBuffer.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TBuffer.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TContextMenu.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TContextMenu.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TContextMenu.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TContextMenu.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TDirectory.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TDirectory.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TDirectory.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TDirectory.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TEnv.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TEnv.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TEnv.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TEnv.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TError.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TError.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TError.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TError.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TFileCollection.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFileCollection.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TFileCollection.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFileCollection.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TFileInfo.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFileInfo.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TFileInfo.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFileInfo.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TFolder.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFolder.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TFolder.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TFolder.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TInetAddress.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TInetAddress.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TInetAddress.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TInetAddress.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TMacro.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMacro.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TMacro.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMacro.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TMD5.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMD5.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TMD5.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMD5.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TMemberInspector.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMemberInspector.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TMemberInspector.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMemberInspector.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TMessageHandler.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMessageHandler.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TMessageHandler.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TMessageHandler.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TNamed.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TNamed.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TNamed.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TNamed.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TObject.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TObject.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TObject.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TObject.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TParameter.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TParameter.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TParameter.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TParameter.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TPluginManager.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TPluginManager.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TPluginManager.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TQConnection.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TQConnection.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TQConnection.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TQConnection.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TQObject.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TQObject.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TQObject.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TQObject.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TRef.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRef.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TRef.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRef.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TRegexp.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRegexp.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TRegexp.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRegexp.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TRemoteObject.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRemoteObject.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TRemoteObject.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TRemoteObject.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TROOT.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TROOT.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TROOT.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TROOT.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TString.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TString.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TString.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TString.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TStyle.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TStyle.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TStyle.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TStyle.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TSysEvtHandler.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSysEvtHandler.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TSysEvtHandler.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSysEvtHandler.cxx bin/rmkdepend -R -fcore/base/src/TSystem.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -D__cplusplus -- /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -o core/base/src/TSystem.o -c /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx In file included from /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:53:0: include/compiledata.h:3:129: warning: missing terminating " character #define BUILD_NODE "Linux Acconcia" 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13 15:45:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" ^ In file included from /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:53:0: include/compiledata.h:3:37: error: too many decimal points in number #define BUILD_NODE "Linux Acconcia" 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13 15:45:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" ^ /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:207:21: note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_NODE’ fBuildNode = BUILD_NODE; ^ include/compiledata.h:3:55: error: stray ‘#’ in program #define BUILD_NODE "Linux Acconcia" 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13 15:45:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" ^ /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:207:21: note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_NODE’ fBuildNode = BUILD_NODE; ^ /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:207:4: error: missing terminating " character fBuildNode = BUILD_NODE; ^ In file included from /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSys but stem.cxx:53:0: /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx: In member function ‘virtual Bool_t TSystem::Init()’: include/compiledata.h:3:37: error: expected ‘;’ before numeric constant #define BUILD_NODE "Linux Acconcia" 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13 15:45:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" ^ /home/renan/root/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx:207:21: note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_NODE’ fBuildNode = BUILD_NODE; ^ make: *** [core/base/src/TSystem.o] Error 1

i’ve tried several ./configure diferents but still get the same error. Any help is welcome :smiley: , Thks!

It seems that “uname -a” returned a strange nodename: Acconcia" (note the additional " character in the end).
Check the “/etc/hostname” file.
Try also “uname -n” and see if you get this additional " character, too.

Thks a lot man!