Problems compiling pd and gem

[Karl MacMillan]

Ivica,

I have a fixed up version of PD for Redhat 7 with binary here:

http://mambo.peabody.jhu.edu/~karlmac/download/

Karl

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Ivica Bukvic wrote:

> Hello fellow pd users, I am sure you guys get a lot of questions like this
> one, but honestly I've tried now for over a week to fix this issue and I
> have exhausted all viable resources except this mailing list. So, I am
> writing to ya in hope to get some help. =)
> 
> Anyhow, the problem I have (under RH 7.0 only, 6.2 compiles ok, although
> it's a messy workaround) is that even though I install tcl and tk libraries
> (any version between 8.0 and 8.2 which are the only ones supported by
> ./configure file) and configure finds them just fine, once the pd is
> completely compiled, installed, (make, make install in the src dir, and yes,
> it compiles without any errors) and started by typing "pd" the program
> reports that it could not find libtcl8.x.so (depending on install), which I
> have solved by soft-linking these from /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib. Once this
> is resolved, the execution of pd just hangs and reports nothing, but nothing
> appears on the screen either. By ctrl+c-ing I get error 2 or something
> (exact message as if it was unable to find above mentioned libs). There are
> no errors reported until I press ctrl+c though. Does anyone have a solution
> to this one?
> 
> Is there any way to make ./configure find 8.3 tcl and tk libs, since those
> come pre-installed with RH7.0, except that they use a bit different .so
> files (libx8.3.so - notice there's that "x" after lib) and if such thing is
> possible would these be compatible with the pd itself?
> 
> Seems to me that configure should "fail" to create makefile if it would not
> find any of the tcl and tk libs, since those are crucial for making the app
> run, thus preventing less experienced users (such as myself :-) of tinkering
> with non-working makefile. Maybe this should be fixed (I'd be willing to do
> it as long as someone gives me a bit help with it, since I have a very
> limited shell-script writing knowledge) :-)
> 
> Is there a new version planned which will fix these issues and make the
> whole install less painfull on the newer releases of the tcl and tk libs?
> (uninstalling of tclx8.3 from RH distrib is not an option since a lot of
> other applications depend on that version of package, so I could potentially
> wreak havoc on my machine by forcing downgrading of the rpm package). Again,
> I'd be willing in assisting doing so, or even making an extensive
> install-help file as long as I'd get some assistance so that I can compile
> the darn thing first. After all, what's the point of writing an install-help
> file when my own version won't compile properly :-).
> 
> Finally, the other bunch :-) of questions pertain to the RH 6.2 (where I've
> successfully installed pd) and gem install. To me, gem install (Linux
> version, obviously) seems like a nightmare, is there any more extensive help
> as to how to make a generic linux install? What I did is as follows:
> 
> Did ./makeauxlibs in the /src/Gnu dir
> Did ./configure
> In 0.83 versions this sometimes ended-up being successfull (can't remember
> all of the instances, there were too many of attempts :-), but 0.84 was
> reporting lack of mpeg libs (which are not being made by ./makeauxlibs) and
> failed to move on.
> 
> >From all attempts, I finally got 0.84 version to work by installing debian
> mpeglib.rpm (or something similarly named, again, my memory escapes me :)
> and this got me through the ./config process.
> 
> Eventually, I managed to make and make-install file by hacking the install
> dirs and making them correspond to my install dirs. So, I ended up having
> /usr/local/pd/ folder with all binaries (except obviously for pd, which was
> put into /usr/local/bin/ and having Gem.pd-linux executable in the
> ./externs/ lib. (Gem compiled without any errors)
> 
> So, now when I run pd -lib /path/to/gem/externs/Gem (I tried Gem.pd-linux at
> the end instead of Gem as well), I get the following output:
> 
> <prompt>$ pd -lib ./externs/Gem (assuming I am in the pd-install dir)
> 
> successfully opened /dev/dsp write-only
> 
> successfully reopened /dev/dsp read/write
> 
> OSS: sampling rate: wanted 44100, got 44101
> 
> OSS: sampling rate: wanted 44100, got 44101
> 
> /usr/local/pd/./externs/Gem.pd_linux: /usr/local/pd/./externs/Gem.pd_linux:
> undefined symbol: OpenMPEG__FP8_IO_FILEP9ImageDesc
> 
> ./externs/Gem: can't load library
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the heck does this mean and how can I potentially
> fix this? :-) Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also, I'd like to
> suggest if maybe we could start a new thread where we would discuss install
> experiences and maybe Linux install instructions itemized by the "flavor"
> (i.e. Redhat) and version of Linux used by polling all of our experiences in
> one huge database. If something like this has already been done, I sincerely
> apologize for posting redundant suggestions. Thank you in advance for all
> your help! Sincerely,
> 
> Ivica "Ico" Bukvic, composer
> http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/
> http://bukvicrh.dyndns.org/ico/
> ico at fuse.net
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> 
> 

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| Karl W. MacMillan                                 |
| Computer Music Department                         |
| Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University |
| karlmac at peabody.jhu.edu                           |
| www.peabody.jhu.edu/~karlmac                      |
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