# Build breaks on make synfig.pot-update

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/build-breaks-on-make-synfig-pot-update/3964>\
**Category:** Building synfig\
**Created:** [August 16, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/build-breaks-on-make-synfig-pot-update/3964 "2016-08-16T21:34:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![macetini](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@macetini](https://forums.synfig.org/u/macetini)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/build-breaks-on-make-synfig-pot-update/3964/1 "2016-08-16T21:34:54Z")

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Hi all 🙂

Trying to build on Linux Mint KDE 17.3.

Cloned the git repository and called:

sudo ./autobuild/synfigstudio-linux-build.sh

The build broke, while checking for fftw3. Then I did:

sudo apt-get install fftw3 fftw3-dev pkg-config

and all went fine after that.

FTL built fine, but then I got:

Making all in po  
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/macetini/Development/source/synfig/synfig-core/po' make synfig.pot-update make[3]: Entering directory`/home/macetini/Development/source/synfig/synfig-core/po’  
make[3]: \*\*\* No rule to make target `../src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.cpp', needed by`synfig.pot-update’. Stop.  
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/macetini/Development/source/synfig/synfig-core/po' make[2]: *** [synfig.pot] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory`/home/macetini/Development/source/synfig/synfig-core/po’  
make[1]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1  
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/macetini/Development/source/synfig/synfig-core’  
make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2

All Best,

Mace

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**Author:** ![chrislondon](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/chrislondon/32/3873_2.png) [@chrislondon](https://forums.synfig.org/u/chrislondon)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/build-breaks-on-make-synfig-pot-update/3964/2 "2016-09-21T20:37:31Z")

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I had this exact same problem and I was able to solve it by commenting out the line that requires the file …/src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.cpp

So in synfig/synfig-core/po/POTFILES.in

I changed linee 213 - 214 from:

src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.cpp  
src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.h

to this:

# src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.cpp

# src/synfig/filecontainertemporary.h

And I was able to compile after that 🙂