[GRASSLIST:6785] Re: GRASS 6 build/run problems on Linux

[Glynn Clements]

Thomas Adams wrote:

> I have pretty much successfully built GRASS 6 to run on Redhat Linux 7.3 
> with a couple of exceptions. First off, I configured with:
> 
> gdal 1.2.3
> fftw 3.0.1

GRASS needs FFTW 2.x; 3.x isn't compatible.

> PostgreSQL 7.4.7
> proj 4.4.9
> 
> However, problem (1) I had to configure without fftw because the 
> includes could not be found:
> 
> checking whether to use FFTW... yes
> checking for location of FFTW includes... 
> /awips/rep/lx/local_apps/fftw/include
> checking for fftw.h... no
> checking for dfftw.h... no
> configure: error: *** Unable to locate FFTW includes.
> 
> However, in the fftw install directory were:
> 
> fftw3.f  fftw3.h
> 
> Should I be using an older version of fftw?

Yes.

> I ran the test for the install and everything verified. OK, I *can*
> live without fftw.

FFTW is required for i.fft, i.zc and r.surf.fractal. If you don't need
those modules, you don't need FFTW.

> The big problem occurs when I try to run GRASS 6, the display manager 
> fails to start and I get:
> 
> GRASS-GRID > Error in startup script: ps.map: error while loading shared 
> libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
> directory while executing
> "exec ps.map -p"
>     (procedure "DmPrint::init" line 14)
>     invoked from within
> "DmPrint::init"
>     (procedure "main" line 32)
>     invoked from within
> "main $argc $argv"
>     (file 
> "/awips/rep/lx/local_apps/grass6-build/grass-6.0.0/etc/dm/d.m.tcl" line 894)
> 
> I copied the gdal libs to /usr/local/lib and made sure it was in my 
> path, but to no avail. I had to install gdal, fftw, proj, PostgreSQL, 
> and GRASS 6 in the directory /awips/rep/lx/local_apps/ due to local 
> admin restrictions.
> 
> GRASS 6 runs from the command line, FWIW.
> Any ideas?

Check that /usr/local/lib is listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, then run
"ldconfig" as root.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>