Can't build cava NIXOS unstable failed with exit code 1;

[dwilliam62]

Describe the bug
Error output during rebuild

these 12 derivations will be built:
/nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv
/nix/store/65261yl684f3fy2jwgdmk709sfdr8s2a-system-path.drv
/nix/store/wzr7x1c4jfjh615ki4q55vqzrs6w1xkx-dbus-1.drv
/nix/store/ap2pc8l1j05g5mz0avlfsf8y2z2v1xdi-X-Restart-Triggers-dbus.drv
/nix/store/05hzdxygq1ddvnz06cblvqqnymhh46nv-unit-dbus.service.drv
/nix/store/w21a45cb8hbzfachphj76na3bxq1vhyl-X-Restart-Triggers-polkit.drv
/nix/store/24yb30v8yp7fdvpi7a3zaz39msvdvaay-unit-polkit.service.drv
/nix/store/lc2nklv3w9qhz953ynmlbc477y0vbb58-user-units.drv
/nix/store/pgva75l0lcwiq7wdsbqhzm8nwbz8hlrz-unit-dbus.service.drv
/nix/store/ws6zsc205k8yagdc3l6fs3b1mrkg7nlf-system-units.drv
/nix/store/9x8934g1xkkbahqzmr80rdx4d7xxqijl-etc.drv
/nix/store/7i3lmkm326979b9rqjidp65m6rhhlxh0-nixos-system-p520-jakos-25.05.20241115.5e4fbfb.drv
cava> building '/nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv'
cava> Using versionCheckHook
cava> Running phase: unpackPhase
cava> unpacking source archive /nix/store/7n3i4i7mf29fwap22m4srqy73c8vv55n-source
cava> source root is source
cava> Running phase: patchPhase
cava> Running phase: autoreconfPhase
cava> autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
cava> autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
cava> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
cava> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
cava> aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
cava> configure.ac:306: error: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC: argument must not be empty
cava> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
cava> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
cava> /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:187: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC is expanded from...
cava> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:595: AS_CASE is expanded from...
cava> /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:253: AX_CHECK_GL is expanded from...
cava> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
cava> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
cava> configure.ac:306: the top level
cava> autom4te: error: /nix/store/ab13djpkv4pyii8lvz4106bimy62db59-gnum4-1.4.19/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
cava> aclocal: error: /nix/store/wky99hgy2w2nb3a6hzgk96yqdbi95zsj-autoconf-2.72/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
cava> autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
error: builder for '/nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv' failed with exit code 1;
last 23 log lines:
> Using versionCheckHook
> Running phase: unpackPhase
> unpacking source archive /nix/store/7n3i4i7mf29fwap22m4srqy73c8vv55n-source
> source root is source
> Running phase: patchPhase
> Running phase: autoreconfPhase
> autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
> autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
> configure.ac:306: error: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC: argument must not be empty
> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
> /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:187: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC is expanded from...
> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:595: AS_CASE is expanded from...
> /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:253: AX_CHECK_GL is expanded from...
> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
> configure.ac:306: the top level
> autom4te: error: /nix/store/ab13djpkv4pyii8lvz4106bimy62db59-gnum4-1.4.19/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> aclocal: error: /nix/store/wky99hgy2w2nb3a6hzgk96yqdbi95zsj-autoconf-2.72/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
> autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/65261yl684f3fy2jwgdmk709sfdr8s2a-system-path.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/7i3lmkm326979b9rqjidp65m6rhhlxh0-nixos-system-p520-jakos-25.05.20241115.5e4fbfb.drv' failed to build
┏━ 1 Errors:
┃ error: builder for '/nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv' failed with exit code 1;
┃ last 23 log lines:
┃ > Using versionCheckHook
┃ > Running phase: unpackPhase
┃ > unpacking source archive /nix/store/7n3i4i7mf29fwap22m4srqy73c8vv55n-source
┃ > source root is source
┃ > Running phase: patchPhase
┃ > Running phase: autoreconfPhase
┃ > autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
┃ > autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
┃ > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
┃ > autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
┃ > aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
┃ > configure.ac:306: error: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC: argument must not be empty
┃ > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
┃ > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
┃ > /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:187: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC is expanded from...
┃ > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:595: AS_CASE is expanded from...
┃ > /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:253: AX_CHECK_GL is expanded from...
┃ > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
┃ > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
┃ > configure.ac:306: the top level
┃ > autom4te: error: /nix/store/ab13djpkv4pyii8lvz4106bimy62db59-gnum4-1.4.19/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
┃ > aclocal: error: /nix/store/wky99hgy2w2nb3a6hzgk96yqdbi95zsj-autoconf-2.72/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
┃ > autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
┃ For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/g0mjcanixacvsvn7zqlm4x9fvl30q0i9-cava-0.10.2.drv'.
┣━ Dependency Graph:
┃ ┌─ ⏸ unit-dbus.service waiting for 1 ⚠
┃ │ ┌─ ⏸ X-Restart-Triggers-polkit waiting for 1 ⚠
┃ ├─ ⏸ unit-polkit.service
┃ ┌─ ⏸ system-units
┃ │ ┌─ ⏸ dbus-1 waiting for 1 ⚠
┃ │ ┌─ ⏸ X-Restart-Triggers-dbus
┃ │ ┌─ ⏸ unit-dbus.service
┃ ├─ ⏸ user-units
┃ ┌─ ⏸ etc
┃ │ ┌─ ⚠ cava-0.10.2 failed with exit code 1 after ⏱ 2s in autoreconfPhase
┃ ├─ ⏸ system-path
┃ ⏸ nixos-system-p520-jakos-25.05.20241115.5e4fbfb
┣━━━ Builds
┗━ ∑ ⏵ 0 │ ✔ 0 │ ⏸ 11 │ ⚠ Exited after 1 build failures at 22:37:16 after 57s
Error:
0: Command exited with status Exited(1)

To Reproduce
I updated my flake and now get this error I tried override for 10.1, .2, .3 same results
Another user just reported the same thing

Expected behavior

build successfully

Desktop (please complete the following information):
NIXOS unstable, hyprland 0.45

NIXOS config here: https://github.com/jakoolit/NixOs-Hyprland

[frn-af]

i have the same issue with this, even when i trying install cava with nix-env the installation failed.
this the log when i install whit nix-env:

❯ nix-env -iA nixos.cava
warning: name collision in input Nix expressions, skipping '/nix/store/cpcas9m73hnr9f045b1znmh8c6cv83z3-nixos-24.11/nixos'
installing 'cava-0.10.2'
this derivation will be built:
  /nix/store/821davazpq9vzyczldink8w4shaxb8ky-cava-0.10.2.drv
building '/nix/store/821davazpq9vzyczldink8w4shaxb8ky-cava-0.10.2.drv'...
Using versionCheckHook
Running phase: unpackPhase
unpacking source archive /nix/store/7n3i4i7mf29fwap22m4srqy73c8vv55n-source
source root is source
Running phase: patchPhase
Running phase: autoreconfPhase
autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
configure.ac:306: error: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC: argument must not be empty
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
/nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:187: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:595: AS_CASE is expanded from...
/nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:253: AX_CHECK_GL is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
configure.ac:306: the top level
autom4te: error: /nix/store/ab13djpkv4pyii8lvz4106bimy62db59-gnum4-1.4.19/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: /nix/store/wky99hgy2w2nb3a6hzgk96yqdbi95zsj-autoconf-2.72/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
error: builder for '/nix/store/821davazpq9vzyczldink8w4shaxb8ky-cava-0.10.2.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 23 log lines:
       > Using versionCheckHook
       > Running phase: unpackPhase
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/7n3i4i7mf29fwap22m4srqy73c8vv55n-source
       > source root is source
       > Running phase: patchPhase
       > Running phase: autoreconfPhase
       > autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
       > autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
       > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
       > autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
       > aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
       > configure.ac:306: error: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC: argument must not be empty
       > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
       > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
       > /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:187: _AX_CHECK_GL_MANUAL_LIBS_GENERIC is expanded from...
       > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:595: AS_CASE is expanded from...
       > /nix/store/fvdsb9i4vb8ca77s8lh60cil33m36dmk-autoconf-archive-2024.10.16/share/aclocal/ax_check_gl.m4:253: AX_CHECK_GL is expanded from...
       > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
       > lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
       > configure.ac:306: the top level
       > autom4te: error: /nix/store/ab13djpkv4pyii8lvz4106bimy62db59-gnum4-1.4.19/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
       > aclocal: error: /nix/store/wky99hgy2w2nb3a6hzgk96yqdbi95zsj-autoconf-2.72/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
       > autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/821davazpq9vzyczldink8w4shaxb8ky-cava-0.10.2.drv'.

i still dont know what should i do to fix that.

[karlstav]

This is the same as #594. You can use the source package described in #598

[dwilliam62]

Thank you. I suspect I will have to wait for the nix pacakage maintainer to update it. I did try an override for 10.3 and that too fails with same error. I can't just build cava on NIXOS.

[jack-avery]

Hi everyone. I use NixOS Unstable. I hacked together a working build on x86_64-linux in the meantime using a Nix flake pointing to nixpkgs/nixos-unstable.

Note that it foregoes a lot of checks and might be a "works on my machine" type of deal, but it's worth a shot to see if this works for you. The only difference from the original nixpkgs derivation (aside from omitting tests and support for other systems) is using autoconf instead of autoconf-archive.

Looks like nixpkgs is already aware of this and a fix for the related issue is in staging already.

[jack-avery]

This is the same as #594. You can use the source package described in #598

Software builds in Nix are weird; they prefer to absorb anything into its' own ecosystem, where dependencies are declared and managed by Nix instead of the user. Most ./configure && make && make install builds won't work, but Nix stdenv.mkDerivation basically achieves the same thing. It's sometimes tedious and I'm too new to get some software I like working, but I find it rewarding so far. Hopefully the above works for people wanting to run Cava on Linux.

[karlstav]

I will close this as duplicate. Please do poke the nix cava package maintainer about the issue.