Error when compiling Zig from source

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Hello, Zig Community!

I am using Zig compiler version 0.14.0-dev.3224+5ab511307, which I compiled from source on my Arch Linux PC (with all packages up to date).

Today I wanted to update it by git pull-ing the latest version from github and then running sudo zig build install --release=fast -Dcpu=native. I used the same flags to compile the previous Zig version.

After some time time the compilation process failed with this error:

negolng@negolng-arch ~/zig (master)> sudo zig build install --release=fast -Dcpu=native
install
└─ install zig
   └─ zig build-exe zig ReleaseFast native 2 errors
src/codegen/llvm.zig:101:10: error: no field named 'propeller' in enum 'Target.Cpu.Arch'
        .propeller,
        ~^~~~~~~~~
/usr/local/lib/zig/std/Target.zig:1341:22: note: enum declared here
    pub const Arch = enum {
                     ^~~~
src/target.zig:198:10: error: no field named 'propeller' in enum 'Target.Cpu.Arch'
        .propeller,
        ~^~~~~~~~~
/usr/local/lib/zig/std/Target.zig:1341:22: note: enum declared here
    pub const Arch = enum {
                     ^~~~
error: the following command failed with 2 compilation errors:
/usr/local/bin/zig build-exe --stack 48234496 -fno-sanitize-thread -OReleaseFast --dep aro --dep aro_translate_c --dep build_options -Mroot=/home/negolng/zig/src/main.zig -Maro=/home/negolng/zig/lib/compiler/aro/aro.zig --dep aro -Maro_translate_c=/home/negolng/zig/lib/compiler/aro_translate_c.zig -Mbuild_options=/home/negolng/zig/.zig-cache/c/d743ca96a7253c20cdb7b85e6646bf30/options.zig --cache-dir /home/negolng/zig/.zig-cache --global-cache-dir /root/.cache/zig --name zig --zig-lib-dir /usr/local/lib/zig/ --listen=- 
Build Summary: 289/292 steps succeeded; 1 failed
install transitive failure
└─ install zig transitive failure
   └─ zig build-exe zig ReleaseFast native 2 errors
error: the following build command failed with exit code 1:
/home/negolng/zig/.zig-cache/o/d2af8acc3e92eb0fe3a3911a66979daa/build /usr/local/bin/zig /usr/local/lib/zig /home/negolng/zig /home/negolng/zig/.zig-cache /root/.cache/zig --seed 0x2d9f25de -Z7cd016cc7dacb8b5 install --release=fast -Dcpu=native

I tried cleaning the build cache by sudo rm -rf .zig-cache and then re-building it without any flags (sudo zig build install) or with the --release=safe flag only, but goth the same error message both times.

I am still new to Zig and I have no idea how to solve this issue, so thanks in advance, I will appreciate any help! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello @Negolng

zig 0.14 requires llvm 19.x
What is your llvm version? (run llvm-config --version)

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Seems like my version satisfies the requirements. It is 19.1.7.

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propeller is declared at: zig/lib/std/Target.zig at 4720a79477e7f0faf30bcce3ea4bfd3056469a79 · ziglang/zig · GitHub

try again to git pull with fast forward or rebase if you have changes.

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sudo

I recommend to never use sudo to install any software, ever, including Zig.

Leave your package manage to manage your root-owned directories.

When building from source, a good prefix is ~/.local. With zig build, that would be -p ~/.local.

To build from source, please follow the instructions. If you only want to use Zig and not contribute to it, I recommend instead to download it.

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Thanks a lot! :smiley:

Seems like I have finally figured it out. I re-installed everything into ~/.local without sudo and it works now! Seems like the problem was with the sudo installation.

But since I want to only use Zig without contributing, I decided to switch to using the AUR package instead of compiling it by myself.