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Subject: linux medm installation error: cannot find -lXmu
From: Rong Huang via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:26:48 -0500
Hello,

If my problem is just because I overlooked some instructions, I apologize.

system:    Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
epics base:  epics-base-R7.0.7 (installed smoothly)
synApps:    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EPICS-synApps/support/master/assemble_synApps.sh (installed smoothly after modifying EPICS_BASE)
medm extensions:  extensionsTop_20120904.tar.gz
medm: tried both 'medm-MEDM3_1_17' and current git clone

modifying made before medm/make:  (1) set MOTIF_LIB and X11_LIB to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu in extensions/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64.linux-x86_64, (2) in using 'USR_LIBS_Linux = Xm Xt Xmu X11 Xext' in medm/medm/Makefile (the modifications made the compile go further).

Currently, the make error is (the ending part of make output):

/usr/bin/gcc  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE          -D_X86_64_ -DUNIX  -Dlinux      -O3 -g   -Wall -Werror-implicit-function-declaration    -DSCIPLOT -DMOTIF -DEDITRES  -mtune=generic     -m64  -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I.. -I../../../../include/compiler/gcc -I../../../../include/os/Linux -I../../../../include -I/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/include/compiler/gcc -I/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/include/os/Linux -I/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/include          -I../../printUtils -I../../xc -I/usr/include -I/usr/include    -c ../xgif.c
/usr/bin/g++ -o medm  -L/home/rong/EPICS/extensions/lib/linux-x86_64 -L/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/lib/linux-x86_64 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -Wl,-rpath,/home/rong/EPICS/extensions/lib/linux-x86_64 -Wl,-rpath,/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/lib/linux-x86_64 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu          -rdynamic -m64          medmCartesianPlot.o medmSciPlot.o SciPlot.o medmCA.o actions.o bubbleHelp.o callbacks.o browserHelp.o channelPalette.o colorPalette.o dialogs.o display.o eventHandlers.o help.o medm.o medmArc.o medmBar.o medmByte.o medmChoiceButtons.o medmCommon.o medmComposite.o medmControl.o medmDisplay.o medmImage.o medmIndicator.o medmMenu.o medmMessageButton.o medmMeter.o medmMonitor.o medmOval.o medmPixmap.o medmPolygon.o medmPolyline.o medmRectangle.o medmRelatedDisplay.o medmShellCommand.o medmStripChart.o medmText.o medmTextEntry.o medmTextUpdate.o medmValuator.o medmWheelSwitch.o medmWidget.o objectPalette.o productDescriptionShell.o resourcePalette.o updateMonitors.o updateTask.o utils.o xgif.o   -lANLwidgets -lPrintUtils -lca -lCom -lXm -lXt -lXmu -lX11 -lXext  
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXmu: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/configure/RULES_BUILD:231: medm] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/rong/EPICS/extensions/src/medm/medm/O.linux-x86_64'
make[1]: *** [/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/configure/RULES_ARCHS:58: install.linux-x86_64] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rong/EPICS/extensions/src/medm/medm'
make: *** [/home/rong/EPICS/epics-base-R7.0.7/configure/RULES_DIRS:85: medm.install] Error 2

Thank you in advance.

Rong


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