[GRASSLIST:2484] Re: compiling module s.kernel; for GRASS 5.0.3 binary Linux (SuSE 8.2)

[Lars Forseth]

Thanks!

This worked nicely :-)

regards 
larsf


On Wednesday 04 February 2004 02:02, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Lars Forseth wrote:
> > I've just installed 5.0.3, binary for linux, on a SuSE 8.2 system.
> >
> > How do I compile/get the module s.kernel into that? (I.E do I need to
> > compile all from source?)
>
> If you need to compile any non-trivial module, you need the GRASS
> source code.
>
> Fortunately, s.kernel is sufficiently trivial that it should be
> possible to compile it without the GRASS source code:
>
> 	cd /usr/src/grass/src/sites/s.kernel/
> 	gcc -c -I/usr/local/grass5/include main.c
> 	gcc -c -I/usr/local/grass5/include function.c
> 	gcc -L/usr/local/grass5/lib -o /usr/local/grass5/etc/bin/cmd/s.kernel
> main.o function.o -lgis -ldatetime -lm -lz ln
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/bin/cmd/s.kernel /usr/local/grass5/bin/s.kernel
>
> [You still need the source code for s.kernel, obviously.]
>
> In general, if a module only needs libgis (and libdatetime, which is
> required by libgis), it can be built without having the GRASS source
> code.
>
> OTOH, if a module needs other libraries (e.g. vector or display
> libraries), you need the GRASS source code, as binary packages don't
> include the necessary libraries or their associated header files.
>
> Also, you can't use the "gmake5" script or the Gmakefiles without
> having the GRASS source code (you also need to have run configure, and
> to have at least let "make" run for a few seconds).

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