Re: Problem installing SDDS on OS X 10.5.1

["Bertrand H.J. Biritz" <bbiritz@ucla.edu>]

So it is a Mac Port versus Fink problem?

Bertrand

On Nov 28, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Bob Soliday wrote:

> When I build SDDS on OSX it does not attempt to build the gd library  
> because I already have it installed. The Makefile in the SDDS  
> directory looks for /sw/lib/libgd.a and /sw/lib/libgd.dylib and if  
> they are found it will use the system library instead of building a  
> new one. The same goes for libpng and libtiff
>
> --Bob
>
> Bertrand H.J. Biritz wrote:
> > Dear Tech talk,
> > it is I once more, the early adopter of OS X 10.5 :)
> > After the initial help of getting base to build (thanks once more  
> > for the incredible prompt turn around) I didn't run into any  
> > problem building the Alarm Handler nor even MEDM (thought I would  
> > with the later).
> > Now I am trying to build SDDS - latest version downloaded from  
> > their website.
> > I run into the following error:
> > make -C O.darwin-ppc -f ../Makefile TOP=../../../.. T_A=darwin-ppc  
> > install
> > /usr/bin/c++ -o libgd.3.14.9.dylib -dynamiclib -flat_namespace - 
> > undefined suppress -install_name /usr/local/bin/epics/extensions/ 
> > lib/darwin-ppc/libgd.3.14.9.dylib -compatibility_version 3.14 - 
> > current_version 3.14.9 -L/usr/local/bin/epics/extensions/lib/darwin- 
> > ppc        -L/opt/local/lib/            gd.o gdfx.o gd_security.o  
> > gd_gd.o gd_gd2.o gd_io.o gd_io_dp.o gd_gif_in.o gd_gif_out.o  
> > gd_io_file.o gd_io_ss.o gd_png.o gd_ss.o gd_topal.o gd_wbmp.o  
> > gdcache.o gdfontg.o gdfontl.o gdfontmb.o gdfonts.o gdfontt.o  
> > gdhelpers.o gdkanji.o gdtables.o gdxpm.o wbmp.o gdft.o gd_jpeg.o   - 
> > lpng -lz -lXpm     -lreadline -lm -lgcc
> > ld: library not found for -lXpm
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[2]: *** [libgd.3.14.9.dylib] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [install.darwin-ppc] Error 2
> > make: *** [gd.install] Error 2
> > Now, when I used Mac Ports (switched from Fink to try it out) to  
> > install Xpm it get the error message:
> > Activating xpm 3.4k_0
> > Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /usr/X11/ 
> > bin/cxpm already exists and does not belong to a registered port.   
> > Unable to activate port xpm.
> > Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
> > Naturally my question is how I get SDDS to build?
> > My ultimate goal is to get the VLinac to run on my machine. It is  
> > really a great way to test if everything is working and to try out  
> > new things.
> > Thanks once more,
> > Bertrand