Build error regarding libjpegturbo.a on Ubuntu 14.04

[floe]

On current Ubuntu 14.04 amd64, even with all dependencies installed, you can get the following build error:

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.a(libturbojpeg_la-turbojpeg.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.data' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.a: error adding symbols: Bad value

This is due to a bug in the libturbojpeg package. A one-line fix is to execute:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.so

[floe]

Note that this isn't a bug in libfreenect2, but I'm posting the issue/fix here for reference.

[rocha]

Mmm, I made the symbolic link and still have the error. Any pointers? Thanks.

[floe]

Could you post the exact build error?

[fstafforini]

This confirmed bug could be the culprit, apparently there is a symlink missing.

[sketchc89]

I've installed all dependencies and added the symbolic link with

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.so

but the make step still fails on Ubuntu 14.04

Linking CXX shared library lib/libfreenect2.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.a(libturbojpeg_la-turbojpeg.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.data' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libturbojpeg.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [lib/libfreenect2.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/freenect2.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2