[GRASSLIST:2049] Re: Newbie Grass5.0.0pre1 compilation problem

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Simon,

Glynn already send one suggestion, here a second:

On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 08:19:25AM +0100, Simon Parker wrote:
> Hi Markus,
> 
> thanks for the help. I tried these checks and results were:
> 	plenty of disc space
> 	no .gislock
> 	could create it and remove it
> 
> So I tried another tack. I updated my glibc, since there was an update
> available from Mandrake (7th May 2001), this was a bugfix - fixes a problem
> with Oracle Universal Installer. Thought this was worth a shot. Also
> downloaded the CVS snapshot and recompiled. This did the trick - it compiled
> fine. So I don't know which one was causing the problem, but hopefully this
> might help someone else out.
> 
> I still have a problem though, neithter of the two modules I wanted to use
> (r.in.ntf2 and m.in.ntf) would compile for me. For example for r.in.ntf2,
> when I run gmake5, it compiles about 4 or 5 files, then I get:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file /r.in.ntf2 permission denied
> 
> Now I know that I don't have permission to write to this directory as user,
> but this doeasn't seem to be the right place for the file. Looking through
> the  Gmakefile it seems as though the variable $(BIN_CONTRIB_CMD) is
> undefined.
[...]

I guess you have been downloading from Mark Lake's web site. This tool is
not fully updated to GRASS 5: Some month ago we changed
$(BIN_CONTRIB_CMD) to $(BIN_CMD)

So you have to *adjust* the variable accordingly in Gmakefile. Then the
strange error message will disappear (I know that message).

Probably Mark could put such a modified version online (hi Mark!).

Hope this helps,

 Markus

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu [mailto:owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu]On
> > Behalf Of Markus Neteler
> > Sent: 28 June 2001 11:18
> > To: GRASSLIST at baylor.edu
> > Subject: [GRASSLIST:2027] Re: Newbie Grass5.0.0pre1 compilation problem
> >
> >
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:15:09AM +0100, Simon Parker wrote:
> > > Hi Everyone
> > >
> > > I wonder if anyone can help me out.
> > >
> > > I have a box running Mandrake8.0 and have been trying to compile
> > > grass5.0.0pre1 from source (not CVS snapshot, dated 20 May
> > 2001). I have in
> > > the past successfully installed the grass5.0.0pre1 precompiled
> > binary and it
> > > worked fine, but wanted to use some additional modules so
> > needed the source
> > > files to compile these. I tried unsucessfully to compile from
> > source having
> > > removed the previous installation but gave up and reinstalled
> > my Linux OS
> > > (drastic I know but it was getting messy).
> > >
> > > Installing onto the fresh OS, the compilation seemed to go ok,
> > it reported
> > > that it had compiled sucessfully. However after I install and
> > try to run I
> > > get the following error:
> > >
> > > Unable to properly access /home/simon/.gislock5, Please notify to system
> > > personel.
> > >
> > > I run ./configuration and make as user and make install as
> > root. Trying to
> > > start grass5 as user.
> >
> > Well, above sounds all fine. Please try following *directly* after getting
> > this message:
> >
> > # is there enough space:
> > df -k .
> >
> > # does the file exist?
> > more /home/simon/.gislock5
> >
> > # can you create it (permission problem):
> > touch /home/simon/.gislock5
> >
> > #if yes, remove afterwards
> > rm /home/simon/.gislock5
> >
> > Maybe one of these tests will fail (please report).
> >
> > > I noticed that this message is reported in the FAQ in relation
> > to installing
> > > the precompiled binary to a system with an older glibc (2.0)
> > and that the
> > > binaries are built on glibc2.1. My system is based on glibc2.2
> > is this the
> > > root of the problem and if so what can I do about it? Anyone have any
> > > similar problems?
> >
> > That's an old story not relevant with current systems (especially if you
> > compiled locally).
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >  Markus Neteler
> >
> 

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