[GRASSLIST:1419] Re: compiling GRASS with tcl8.4

[Hamish]

> (sorry if you received this mail a few times - I already tried it
> several times to send the mail on the list, but it neither appeared in
> the archive nor did I receive my own mail or any responses - but
> anyway, that's what I wanted to ask.....)

Anyone else having trouble sending?


> I compiled the GRASS source 5.0.2
> 
> ./configure --with-gdal --without-gd
> 
> it stopps with the message:
> 
> checking for png_read_image in -lpng... yes
> checking whether to use GD... no
> checking whether to use Tcl/Tk... yes
> checking for location of Tcl/Tk includes...
> checking for tcl.h... no
> configure: error: *** Unable to locate Tcl includes.
> 
> but I have tcl8.4 installed
> baliola at diomedea:~$ dpkg -s tcl8.4
...
> any idea? thanks in advance cheers martin


Some general hints on getting GRASS installed on a Debian system follow.


Config line for intel PIII:

CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -Wall" LDFLAGS="-s" ./configure \
        --with-tcltk-includes=/usr/include/tcl8.4 \
        --with-postgres-includes=/usr/include/postgresql \
        --with-motif --with-motif-includes=/usr/X11R6/include \
        --with-freetype --with-freetype-includes=/usr/include/freetype2 \
        --with-blas --with-blas-libs=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.0.4 \
        --with-lapack \
        --with-glw \
        --with-readline \
        2>&1 | tee config_log.txt

$> make
#> make install



Packages needed for compile:
 (give or take a few, the list is slightly outdated)

apt-file was used for most of this discovery. It's very handy.


.deb Package       Provides..
---------------------------------
libncurses5-dev    curses.h
zlib1g-dev         zip fn's
libjpegb2-dev                    \
libtiff3g-dev                     |- graphics
# superseded  libpng2-dev        /
libpng-dev                      /
# superseded  libgd-dev          gif/png support 
libgd2-dev          gif/png support

# no longer exists  task-tcltk-dev    Tcl/Tk widgets 8.3
tcl8.3-dev
tk8.3-dev          Tcl/Tk 8.3 development files. As of 5.0.0, Tk8.4 breaks NVIZ
# tc8.4-dev
# tk8.4-dev        Tcl/Tk 8.4 Development Files. Depends on needed Tcl bits. 
fftw-dev           FFT Libraries

postgresql-dev     PostgreSQL
libsqlxx-dev       ODBC ? conflicts with unixodbc-dev?
libgdbm-dev        DBM  (Use libgdbmg1-dev for Woody)
unixodbc-dev       ODBC
libfreetype6-dev   Freetype
libmotif-dev       Motif
blas-dev           BLAS math library
lapack-dev         LAPACK math library
g77-3.0            for BLAS (& lapack as well??)
f2c                for BLAS (libf2c) unneeded?


gotchas:

GRASS 5.0.2 needs Tcl/Tk 8.3 for NVIZ. The upcoming 5.0.3 should
handle 8.4 ok.

but...
The upcoming GRASS 5.0.3 with Tcl/Tk8.4 on a Debian system requries a
slight change to keep NVIZ from locking up on startup. Add "-lpthread"
to the end of the XTRA_LDFLAGS line in src.contrib/GMSL/NVIZ2.2/src/Gmakefile.

see this thread:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.devel/2026



good luck,
Hamish