Unable to compile deepin-anything

[anirvinn]

I installed linux kerne 6.19.12 to my laptop using Deepin 25.1.0

I realized deepin-anything-dkms module was not compiled. So I downloaded deepin anything fron the git repo, installed dependencies and tried to compile. It is impossible to compile. It says libmount is nos available but it is.

dpkg -L libmount-dev
/.
/usr
/usr/include
/usr/include/libmount
/usr/include/libmount/libmount.h
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/mount.pc
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libmount-dev
/usr/share/doc/libmount-dev/NEWS.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libmount-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libmount-dev/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libmount-dev/copyright
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmount.so

make
make -C src all
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src'
sed 's|@@Version@@|0.0|g' ../debian/deepin-anything-dkms.dkms.in | tee ../debian/deepin-anything-dkms.dkms
PACKAGE_VERSION="0.0"

PACKAGE_NAME="deepin-anything"
MAKE[0]="make -C ${kernel_source_dir} KBUILD_EXTMOD=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build modules"
CLEAN="make -C ${kernel_source_dir} KBUILD_EXTMOD=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build clean"

DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/updates/"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="vfs_monitor"

AUTOINSTALL="yes"
make -C library all
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src/library'
mkdir -p bin/release
gcc -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wl,--no-undefined -D_GNU_SOURCE -Iinc -Iinc/index -I../../3rdparty/fsearch -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/sysprof-6 -pthread -shared -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -O3 src/fs_buf.c src/resourceutil.c src/utils.c src/walkdir.c src/index/composite_str.c src/index/index_allfile.c src/index/index_allmem.c src/index/index.c src/index/index_utils.c src/chinese/pinyin.c ../../3rdparty/fsearch/thread_pool.c -lpthread -lglib-2.0 -lpcre2-8 -shared -Wl,-soname,libanything.so.1.0.0 --shared -o bin/release/libanything.so.1.0.0
src/utils.c:10:10: fatal error: libmount.h: No such file or directory
10 | #include <libmount.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
src/chinese/pinyin.c: In function ‘convert_all_pinyin’:
src/chinese/pinyin.c:126:21: warning: ‘strncat’ output may be truncated copying 1 byte from a string of length 6 [-Wstringop-truncation]
126 | strncat(first, buf, 1); // append the first char of word
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [Makefile:42: release] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src/library'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:6: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src'
make: *** [Makefile:2: all] Error 2

Best regards,
Alejandro

[BLumia]

You need to get all build dependencies before attempt to build. Use sudo apt build-dep . in the source dir to install build dependencies.

[BLumia]

I noticed that you are using make instead of cmake, please use CMake instead, it will be able to build.

[anirvinn]

make
cmake -C src all
loading initial cache file src
CMake Error: Not a file: /home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src
CMake Error: Error processing file: /home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src
CMake Error: The source directory "/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/all" does not exist.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
make: *** [Makefile:2: all] Error 1

OR

cmake -C src .
loading initial cache file src
CMake Error: Not a file: /home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src
CMake Error: Error processing file: /home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 12.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 12.3.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Build type: Release
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "2.5.1")
-- Checking for module 'glib-2.0'
-- Found glib-2.0, version 2.80.1
-- Checking for module 'libpcre2-8'
-- Found libpcre2-8, version 10.46
-- Checking for module 'mount'
-- Found mount, version 2.40.4

Found Qt version: 5
CMake Warning at src/server/backend/CMakeLists.txt:31 (find_package):
By not providing "FindPolkitQt5-1.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project
has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by
"PolkitQt5-1", but CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "PolkitQt5-1" with
any of the following names:

PolkitQt5-1Config.cmake
polkitqt5-1-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "PolkitQt5-1" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"PolkitQt5-1_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If
"PolkitQt5-1" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it
has been installed.

-- Checking for modules 'libnl-3.0;libnl-genl-3.0'
-- Found libnl-3.0, version 3.7.0
-- Found libnl-genl-3.0, version 3.7.0
-- Checking for module 'udisks2-qt5'
-- Found udisks2-qt5, version 0.0.1
CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR:/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo/deepin-anything/src/kernelmod
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[BLumia]

cmake -C src .

No, the source root is, well, the project root. It should be something like:

$ cmake -Bbuild .
$ cmake --build build -j

Or you can simply use dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -nc -b to build the package.

[anirvinn]

HI,

This is the output

dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -nc -b
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package deepin-anything
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 6.2.11
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by wangrong wangrong@uniontech.com
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
dpkg-source --before-build .
debian/rules build
make: 'build' is up to date.
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh binary --parallel --with dkms,systemd
dh: warning: Compatibility levels before 10 are deprecated (level 9 in use)
dh: error: unable to load addon dkms: Can't locate Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/dkms.pm in @inc (you may need to install the Debian::Debhelper::Sequence::dkms module) (@inc contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.36.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36 /usr/share/perl/5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 11) line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 11) line 1.

make: *** [debian/rules:22: binary] Error 255
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2

Best regards,

[anirvinn]

I was able to compile it. But know I have this error:

sudo journalctl -xe | grep anything
[sudo] password for xingzhi:
Verification successful
abr 20 15:52:31 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:53:01 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:53:04 heaven.beyond sudo[4837]: xingzhi : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start deepin-anything-server
abr 20 15:53:32 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:54:02 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:54:33 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:55:03 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:55:34 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:56:04 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:56:35 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:57:05 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.

sudo systemctl status deepin-anything-server.service
● deepin-anything-server.service - Deepin anything server service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/deepin-anything-server.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2026-04-20 19:42:46 CST; 10s ago
Process: 46944 ExecStartPre=modprobe vfs_monitor (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 46947 ExecStart=/usr/bin/deepin-anything-server (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Process: 46950 ExecStopPost=rmmod vfs_monitor (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 46947 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
CPU: 197ms

It seems dpkg couldn't finish installing deepin-anything-server.. Also my laptop got restarted by itself after installation. It seems something is making the kernel to halt and reboot. But I can´t find a trace in the logs of what causes it.

[anirvinn]

I was able to compile it. But know I have this error:

sudo journalctl -xe | grep anything
[sudo] password for xingzhi:
Verification successful
abr 20 15:52:31 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:53:01 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:53:04 heaven.beyond sudo[4837]: xingzhi : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/xingzhi/Documents/git-repo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start deepin-anything-server
abr 20 15:53:32 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:54:02 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:54:33 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:55:03 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:55:34 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:56:04 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:56:35 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
abr 20 15:57:05 heaven.beyond systemd[1]: deepin-anything-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ The unit deepin-anything-server.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.

sudo systemctl status deepin-anything-server.service
● deepin-anything-server.service - Deepin anything server service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/deepin-anything-server.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2026-04-20 19:42:46 CST; 10s ago
Process: 46944 ExecStartPre=modprobe vfs_monitor (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 46947 ExecStart=/usr/bin/deepin-anything-server (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Process: 46950 ExecStopPost=rmmod vfs_monitor (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 46947 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
CPU: 197ms

[anirvinn]

Hi. I was very busy. I reinstalled deepin because I was not letting me to install the latest version. Even the last update from deepin crashed. It seems my dpkg database was corrupted.

I was able to copile on kernel 6.19.13 but It was not working. The log was full of errors related to deepin-anything.

I compiled kernel 7.0.3 but as soon it loads the vfs_monitor module the system halts and can't continue booting.

[BLumia]

Just a quick heads-up: deepin-anything might require patches to support newer custom kernel builds. See the existing PRs (if any) and git log for details.

[anirvinn]

I donwloaded the code from the branch: "fix-snipe-kernel-7-dkms", compiled it and it is working with kernel 7.0.10 without problems.

Thank you