Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hello Brandon,

EPICS modules are made aware about the location of other files they must include or link against through the use of the configure/RELEASE file. In StreamDevice, the configure/RELEASE file has the following line:

EPICS_BASE=/usr/local/epics/base-7.0.3

Thus, when you build, the module will try to find certain makefile rules, config files, headers, and libraries it needs in /usr/local/epics/base-7.0.3

When you are adding in a new module, you have to edit the configure/RELEASE file to match up the named macros with the locations where epics-base or the given modules are located on your system.

Keenan

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Brandon Gunn via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 1:59 PM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Issue installing StreamDevice on CentOS 7

 

Hello,

I am encountering an issue when attempting to install StreamDevice on our CentOS 7.9.2009 machine using this tutorial (step 7): https://epics-controls.org/resources-and-support/documents/getting-started/

When I run make from ~/EPICS/support/stream/StreamDevice, I get these errors:

$ make
configure/CONFIG:18: /usr/local/epics/base-7.0.3/configure/CONFIG: No such file or directory
Makefile:33: /usr/local/epics/base-7.0.3/configure/RULES_TOP: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/epics/base-7.0.3/configure/RULES_TOP'.  Stop.

Am I supposed to have an epics directory in /usr/local? I am unsure if this is an issue with setting paths correctly or an issue with my epics base install as I do not seem to see anything with the directory structure .../epics/base-7.0.3/...

Thank you,
Brandon