[PD] uh oh... gem linux compile question

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

David Kendall wrote:
> Thanks for the advice, but I think my problem may come from somewhere
> else. I have re-installed XFree86 now, and I have installed glu-devel,
> and OpenGLContext-2.0.0b1-1.src.rpm, which apears to have little or
> nothing to do with my particular OpenGL needs. I think I can assume I
> have all of the OpenGL tools that I need, installed as part of FC4. 
> 
> This makes me wonder if perhaps the compiler is looking in the wrong
> places for the headers and includes. I notice at the beginning of
> compilation there is this message:
> 
> HEAD: /usr/include /usr/local/include ../../../GemLibs/
> LIBS: ../../../GemLibs/ /usr/local/lib /usr/local/src

this means nothing, it is just some information where Gem will do a deep 
search for requested headers/libraries.
lik
> 
> ... perhaps if I can figure out exactly which files Gem is looking for,
> and I place these files in one or more of the above directories, then I
> may be able to compile successfully. what might the filenames be, that
> Gem is looking for when it compiles?
> 
> I hate to admit failure, but I am starting to suspect that Gem is
> incompatible with FC4 at this moment. Perhaps a different linux distro
> might prove more useful than FC4 in this endeavor. Still, if there is
> anything else I can try short of installing Debian or Suse, I would very
> much appreciate any remaining advice.

this is very unlikely.
until now, i have managed to compile Gem quite on every distro i ever 
got hands on (and where people asked me to compile Gem)

>>>checking for glInitNames in -lGL... no
>>>checking for glInitNames in -lMesaGL... no
>>>OpenGL is mandatory


this just means that configure cannot link against libGL (do you have 
/usr/lib/libGL.{a,so} ?)


but this reminds me on a bug that was found with Gem on FC (so you are 
right: there is an issue with compiling Gem on your platform)

it has been fixed long ago in the CVS so i didn't remember it 
instantenously : i guess you are using the gem-0.90-0.tgz sources ??

either use the CVS-version of Gem or search the gem-dev archives 
http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/gem-dev for "fedora"
this should help you fix the problem.


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IOhannes