[daip] Problem installing AIPS 31DEC01 under Mandrake Linux 8.0

[Eric Greisen]

Juan Cabanela writes:

 >     I have been attempting to install AIPS (31DEC01) under Mandrake 
 > Linux 8.0 (which as I understand it is similar to RedHat 7.0).  I went 
 > through the process of installing gcc-2.9.5-3 and confirmed it was 
 > installed in /usr/local/bin with a "/usr/local/bin/gcc -v".  
 >    I ran install.pl and after editting the file to retrieve the frozen 
 > 31DEC01 package, I went through the installation with no problems.  At 

    Editting?  to do what?

 > the appropriate point, I told the script to use /usr/bin/local/g77 as 
 > the Fortran compiler and linker. and /usr/bin/local/gcc as the C 
 > compiler.  The install.pl script got to the point where INSTEP2 is run, 
 > I told it to go ahead and I got the following error after a few minutes:
 > 
 > > COMRPL    : Copied     /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/LINUX/PREP/ZXLX8.o
 > > COMRPL    : to         /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/LINUX/LIBR/APLLINUX
 > > COMRPL    : Removed    /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/LINUX/PREP/ZXLX8.o
 > > COMRPL    : Changed    /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/APL/DEV/ZXLX8.FOR
 > > COMRPL    : in         /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/LINUX/INSTALL/APLGEN.LIS
 > > COMRPL    : to         -/usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/APL/DEV/ZXLX8.FOR
 > > COMRPL    : at least one module FAILED to compile
 > > COMRPL    : Dies of unnatural causes
 > > INSTEP2   : Failure in $APLGEN/...
 > > INSTEP2   : compilations.
 > > INSTEP2   : Aborts!    Fri Feb 15 14:56:58 EST 2002
 > > AipsWiz: Error: INSTEP2 failed, no point in proceeding.
 > > AipsWiz: Error: Look in /usr/local/AIPS/31DEC01/LINUX/INSTALL to see
 > > AipsWiz: Error: if you can figure out what went wrong.  There are
 > > AipsWiz: Error: many log and list files there.  You may want to do
 > >  
 > > grep -v ^- *.LIS
 > >  
 > >  
 > > AipsWiz: Error: to see what modules did not compile.
 > >  
 > > AipsWiz: Install Wizard stopping.  Current settings saved in ~/.AIPSRC
 > > AipsWiz: Abandoning ship!  Goodbye.
 > 

Did you try 

    grep -v ^- *.LIS

This will tell you what modules failed to compile.  Then look in $PREP
for *.LOG - there are likely to be more messages there (or you can
look in INSTEP2.LOG searching for the file names of the files that
failed to compile).  I suspect somethning with C - perhaps a
difference in the Mandrake /usr/include area and the RedHat one -
since you got through several area of pure Fortran before this rea of
Mixed C and Fortran failed.  If you can provide me more information I
may be of more help.

Eric Greisen