Install issues for labCA (channel access interface for matlab)

[Rajan Mistry - STFC UKRI via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hello,

 

I have a windows PC and am trying to install the channel access interface for MATLAB, known as labca:
LabCA - EPICS/Channel Access Interface for Scilab and Matlab | epics-labca (till-s.github.io)

GitHub - till-s/epics-labca: EPICS Channel-Access Interface/Wrapper for Matlab and Scilab.

 

I am relatively new to EPICs, but have successfully installed EPICS to the location:

 

C:\Users\fhr83689\base-R7.0.4.1\bin\windows-x64

 

Commands such as ‘softioc’ will start EPICS, so I am confident that I have installed EPICS correctly.

The following system and user variables paths are defined , and are saved in my PATH environment variables (both system and user):
EPICS_BASE=“C:\Users\fhr83689\base-R7.0.4.1\”

EPICS_HOST_ARCH=”windows-x64”

 

%EPICS_BASE%\bin\%EPICS_HOST_ARCH%\

%EPICS_BASE%

 

I have cloned the tag 3.8.1 from the labCA repo into my downloads folder and then ran the make command to install it. However, it is not successfully installed and I get the following error messages (pasted at the end of this post).

 

Please can someone help me figure out what the issue is and how I can successfully install labCA ?

 

Thanks,

 

Raj

 

 

 

C:\Users\fhr83689\Downloads\epics-labca>make

The system cannot find the path specified.

C:/ProgramData/chocolatey/lib/make/tools/install/bin/make.exe -C ./configure install

make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/configure'

The system cannot find the path specified.

perl -CSD C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/bin/windows-x64/makeMakefile.pl O.windows-x64 ../..

perl -CSD -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath O.Common

C:/ProgramData/chocolatey/lib/make/tools/install/bin/make.exe -C O.windows-x64 -f ../Makefile TOP=../.. \

    T_A=windows-x64 install

make[2]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/configure/O.windows-x64'

The system cannot find the path specified.

perl -CSD C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/bin/windows-x64/convertRelease.pl checkRelease

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, C:/Program Files/MATLAB/R2023a /bin/mexext.bat, ...) failed.

../../configure/RULES:10: pipe: No such file or directory

echo MEXEXT=.dll >>MATLAB_CONFIG_INCLUDE

make[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/configure/O.windows-x64'

make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/configure'

C:/ProgramData/chocolatey/lib/make/tools/install/bin/make.exe -C ./ezca install

make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/ezca'

The system cannot find the path specified.

perl -CSD C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/bin/windows-x64/makeMakefile.pl O.windows-x64 ../..

perl -CSD -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath O.Common

C:/ProgramData/chocolatey/lib/make/tools/install/bin/make.exe -C O.windows-x64 -f ../Makefile TOP=../.. \

    T_A=windows-x64 install

make[2]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/ezca/O.windows-x64'

The system cannot find the path specified.

perl -CSD C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/bin/windows-x64/mkmf.pl  -m ezca.d -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I.. -I../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../include          -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/compiler/msvc -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/os/WIN32 -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include                 ezca.obj ../ezca.c

The system cannot find the path specified.

cl               -nologo -FC -D__STDC__=0 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE    -Ox -GL -Oy-   -W3        -MD -DEPICS_BUILD_DLL -DEPICS_CALL_DLL   -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I.. -I../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../include          -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/compiler/msvc -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/os/WIN32 -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include                 -c ../ezca.c

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, cl -nologo -FC -D__STDC__=0 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -Ox -GL -Oy- -W3 -MD -DEPICS_BUILD_DLL -DEPICS_CALL_DLL -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I.. -I../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../include -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/compiler/msvc -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include/os/WIN32 -IC:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/include -c ../ezca.c, ...) failed.

make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.

make[2]: *** [C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/configure/RULES_BUILD:241: ezca.obj] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/ezca/O.windows-x64'

make[1]: *** [C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/configure/RULES_ARCHS:58: install.windows-x64] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/fhr83689/Downloads/epics-labca/ezca'

make: *** [C:/Users/fhr83689/base-R7.0.4.1/configure/RULES_DIRS:85: ezca.install] Error 2

 

 

Rajan Mistry

Laser Scientist (CALTA)

Central Laser Facility

R109 1.26

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK

 

rajan.mistry at stfc.ac.uk

Tel. +44 1235 394308