[PD] PD compile error on Fedora 2

[Pall Thayer]

On lau, 2004-05-22 at 15:38, guenter geiger wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2004, Pall Thayer wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the tip. I admit, I have read that one shouldn't do things
> > like that but I had tried installing tcl and tk via apt-get and
> > something wasn't working, don't remember what it was.
> >
> > I tried running ldconfig -a but the -a argument is recognized. What was
> > the -a supposed to do?
and I of course meant that the -a argument is NOT recognized, but I see
that you figured out what I meant.

It's like what I'm always trying to teach my kids and students, "Listen
to what I mean, not what I say."
> 
> Oops, sorry, must have invented that. Actually you do not need flags.
> Haven't used ldconfig for a long time, ...
> 
> Guenter
> 
> >
> > On lau, 2004-05-22 at 14:01, guenter geiger wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just a short note that although the way you solved your problem
> > > leads to a working system, it is not the recommended solution.
> > >
> > > First, having libraries in /usr/local/lib means that you have compiled
> > > and installed it by hand, or got it from another source (e.g. not the
> > > Fedora system). It is always preferrable to install software from one
> > > system only. There should be a tcl/tk package in Fedora.
> > >
> > > If you have libraries in /usr/local/lib, let them stay there and
> > > update /etc/ld.so.conf, and run "ldconfig -a" so that the dynamic linker
> > > can find the library.
> > > The advantage of this is that you will always know which libraries did
> > > not come from the system (those in /usr/local/lib).
> > >
> > > The goal of the whole procedure is to have a manageable system, and
> > > bugs that you encounter can probably be reproduced. This is not possible
> > > if you mix up libraries from different places, and at the end the
> > > only possibility will be to reinstall your system.
> > >
> > > Guenter
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 22 May 2004, Pall Thayer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok, for anyone interested... I got PD running. The tk makefile wasn't
> > > > putting the tk directory nor libtk8.4.so where PD wanted to find it. So
> > > > all you do is:
> > > >
> > > > cp libtk8.4.so /usr/lib/
> > > > and
> > > > cp -R /usr/local/lib/tk8.4 /usr/share/
> > > >
> > > > and you should be all set. I have yet to find out though if it managed
> > > > to make all the externals. But at least it's running.
> > > >
> > > > best r.
> > > > Pall
> > > >
> > > > On lau, 2004-05-22 at 11:02, Pall Thayer wrote:
> > > > > I'm trying to compile PD under Fedora Core 2. For once I was going to
> > > > > try to be "cutting edge" by using the newest(!) Now I remember why I
> > > > > usually prefer using the next to the newest version of something. Oh
> > > > > well. Anyway, trying to compile PD, everything goes just swell until it
> > > > > tries to make expr~. This sounds very familiar and I'm sure someone's
> > > > > worked this out before. OK, did a little digging and found a case where
> > > > > someone said, "remove -Werror" I did this and it makes it past the expr~
> > > > > error but I don't know if it makes it to the very end. Here's how make
> > > > > exited:
> > > > >
> > > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/palli/pd-0.37-1/extra/pique'
> > > > > cc -DPD -O2 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -W -Wshadow
> > > > > -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses -Wno-switch
> > > > > -I../../src -o pique.o -c pique.c
> > > > > ld -export_dynamic  -shared -o pique.pd_linux pique.o -lc -lm
> > > > > strip --strip-unneeded pique.pd_linux
> > > > > rm -f pique.o
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/palli/pd-0.37-1/extra/pique'
> > > > >
> > > > > But the other clincher is this, if I try to start PD (despite any make
> > > > > errors) I get this:
> > > > >
> > > > > ../bin/pd-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.4.so: cannot
> > > > > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > > I compiled and installed tk and tcl 8.4 before trying to compile PD, so
> > > > > this is a little wierd. Also, searching shows me that libtk8.4.so is
> > > > > located in /usr/local/lib/. So why does PD say it can't find it? Should
> > > > > it be elsewhere?
> > > > >
> > > > > Pall
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > PD-list mailing list
> > > > > PD-list at iem.at
> > > > > to manage your subscription (including un-subscription) see
> > > > > http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > PD-list mailing list
> > > > PD-list at iem.at
> > > > to manage your subscription (including un-subscription) see
> > > > http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > PD-list mailing list
> > > PD-list at iem.at
> > > to manage your subscription (including un-subscription) see
> > > http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> PD-list mailing list
> PD-list at iem.at
> to manage your subscription (including un-subscription) see
> http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list