Catkin build problem: undefined reference to `TIFFTileRowSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'

[pauljurczak]

I'm building Catkin version of the newest release v2021-01-21. I have two PCs with Ubuntu 18.04.5. It builds fine on one, but produces linker error on another. There are differences in development libraries between these systems, but I can't find out potential version mismatch. here is the error:

[ 89%] Linking CXX executable /home/paul/subt_ws/devel/lib/subt_ign/validate_visibility_table
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFTileRowSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFReadDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldTag@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFCurrentDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFLastDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFIsTiled@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFIsByteSwapped@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFDefaultStripSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFComputeStrip@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFReadTile@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFWriteScanline@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFGetField@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFScanlineSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldWithTag@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFTileSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFWriteDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldName@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldReadCount@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFGetTagListEntry@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFClose@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFClientOpen@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFSetTagExtender@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFGetTagListCount@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFGetFieldDefaulted@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFSwabArrayOfLong@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldPassCount@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFSetSubDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFStripSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFFieldDataType@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `_TIFFDataSize@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFReadRGBAImage@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFReadEncodedStrip@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFSetField@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFMergeFieldInfo@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFDataWidth@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFSetDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
//usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3: undefined reference to `TIFFReadEXIFDirectory@LIBTIFF_4.0'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
subt/subt_ign/CMakeFiles/validate_visibility_table.dir/build.make:189: recipe for target '/home/paul/subt_ws/devel/lib/subt_ign/validate_visibility_table' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/paul/subt_ws/devel/lib/subt_ign/validate_visibility_table] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:6912: recipe for target 'subt/subt_ign/CMakeFiles/validate_visibility_table.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [subt/subt_ign/CMakeFiles/validate_visibility_table.dir/all] Error 2

The libraries I suspected are identical between my two PCs:

(base) paul@desktop:~/subt_ws$ apt list --installed libfreeimage*
Listing... Done
libfreeimage-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
libfreeimage3/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
(base) paul@desktop:~/subt_ws$ apt list --installed libtiff*
Listing... Done
libtiff-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libtiff5/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libtiff5-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libtiffxx5/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 amd64 [installed,automatic]

Are there any other libraries or settings I should check?

[pauljurczak]

I can build the previous version downloaded on Dec. 31, 2020 with no problems on that PC. What changes affected libfreeimage or libtiff since then?

[nkoenig]

This is a strange error. The validate_visibility_table.cc file moved to into an app subdirectory in subt_ign/src. The linking process did not change. Your PC with the error might have some lingering libraries. Can you try making sure that you have the latest osrf/subt code and maybe clean out your build and devel folder in your catkin workspace?

[pauljurczak]

I completely deleted catkin workspace, pulled the new version and built. It didn't help. Do you have an estimate when the next version will be released? Maybe it will build automagically.

[pauljurczak]

The problem was created by Miniconda, which had its own copy of libtiff.so.5. Uninstalling Miniconda solved the problem. The mechanism is not clear to me, because:

paul@desktop:~$ ldd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so.3
....
	libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007f2646a4f000)
....

which indicates that /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 should have been used by catkin build. Apparently another version was used instead.