[GRASS-user] compile addon module with debian grass-dev package

[Hamish]

[renaming subject]

Seb wrote:
> Trying to compile a module (v.in.gshhs) following these
> instructions I did (first relevant output lines only):
> 
> ---<--------------------cut
> here---------------start------------------->---
> $ sudo make MODULE_TOPDIR=/usr/lib/grass64
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/bin.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include/grass
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/etc
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/driver
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/driver/db
> mkdir -p
> /build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fonts
> test -d OBJ.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu || mkdir -p
> OBJ.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> gcc
> -I/build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include 
> -Wall -g -O    -I/usr/include/gdal   
> -DPACKAGE=\""grassmods"\"  -I/usr/include/gdal
> -I/build/buildd/grass-6.4.0~rc4/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include
> -o OBJ.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/main.o -c main.c
> main.c:30:23: error: grass/gis.h: No such file or
> directory
> main.c:31:24: error: grass/dbmi.h: No such file or
> directory
> main.c:32:24: error: grass/Vect.h: No such file or
> directory
> main.c:33:29: error: grass/gprojects.h: No such file or
> directory
> main.c:34:27: error: grass/glocale.h: No such file or
> directory 
> ---<--------------------cut
> here---------------end--------------------->---
> 
> This is in Debian sid AMD64 (with grass-dev installeds, I
> don't understand why gis.h is not found),

it should be there,
  http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/grass-dev/filelist

ls will confirm :)

> where the /build path doesn't exist.
> What variable needs to be passed to 'make' to set that
> /build path so as not to create such top level directories
> beyond GRASS that might pollute the system? Thanks.

is some enviro variable missing so that $VARIABLE/build/.../
becomes ""/build/... which tries to create a subdir off the
root dir which fails for a normal user account? (and since it
is broken, please don't try as root because who knows what
will happen :)


?,
Hamish