RE: Install issues for labCA (channel access interface for matlab)

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

Hi Raj,

 

I think the issue is caused by the build system being unable to find files. In

 

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

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

 

It looks like there is an extra space character  in “R2023a ” so you should check    configure/RELEASE   and remove this trailing character, however make may be unable to handle the space character in “Program Files” so you might need to use the 8.3 DOS equivalent short name of   PROGRA~1  as part of this path name i.e.     

 

    MATLABDIR=C:/PROGRA~1/MATLAB/R2023a

 

 

Later on there is the error

 

    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.

 

This looks to be due to make not finding the Microsoft compiler “cl”.    Before building  labca  was the epics base      startup/windows.bat    run for the command window? If not then try building labca again after running that bat file in the command window

 

Regards,

 

Freddie

 

 

From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> On Behalf Of Rajan Mistry - STFC UKRI via Tech-talk
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2024 2:29 PM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
Subject: Install issues for labCA (channel access interface for matlab)

 

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