[daip] installation problem with readline

[Wes Young]

I've responded to this with essentially install the development version  
of libreadline and X11R6.

wes

On Dec 17, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Deborah Haarsma wrote:

> Hi Wes,
>
> The semester has ended, and we're back to trying to install aips on
> the linux machine.  Below is the correspondence we had several weeks
> ago.  Here's the latest:
> 1. I noticed that screen 10 of insall.pl lists where aips should look
>    for the readline library.  The default is /usr/lib/libreadline.a, a
>    file which doesn't exist on my linux installation.  I have
>    /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4.3.  I tried telling aips to use that, and
>    got even more error messages.
> 2. I tried installing a new version of libreadline, but I'm not sure
>    where to look for it on the web (we have virtually no support here,
>    so I do all my own system work too).  I found
>    readline-4.3-5.2.i386.rpm, but when installing it rpm said it
>    conflicted with files I already have installed.
>
> What can I try next?
>
> Debbie
>
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Eric Greisen wrote:
>> Doesn't RedHat simply come withb readline already installed?
>>
>> Otherwise, all the 100's of RedHat AIPS installations would all have
>> had such troubles...
>
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Wes Young wrote:
>> I think the best option is to include a more modern version of  
>> readline
>> in the AIPS distro.  I will talk with Eric about adding it. To solve
>> your short term problem, I would suggesting getting the latest version
>> readline from gnu and installing it into /usr/local (there is an  
>> option
>> in the install script to specify whether to install readline or use an
>> existing copy).  You should check to see if libreadline is installed  
>> in
>> /usr/lib, if not I can supply directions if you or your system folk
>> need them.
>>
>> wes
>> wyoung at aoc.nrao.edu
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Deborah Haarsma wrote:
>>
>>> A brand new linux installation of redhat 9.
>>> Typing uname -a implies it is linux version 2.4.20-8smp
>>>
>>> Debbie Haarsma
>>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Wes Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's likely the old version of readline distributed with AIPS  
>>>> doesn't
>>>> recognize your newer machine.  What kind of machine/OS are you
>>>> installing on?
>
>>> On Oct 28, 2004, at 11:34 AM, Deborah Haarsma wrote:
>>>
>>>> AIPS experts,
>>>>
>>>> I've installed aips many times, including several times in Linux,  
>>>> and
>>>> not encountered this error.  Near the beginning of install.pl it  
>>>> says
>>>>
>>>> AipsWiz:  =====> Configuring READLINE library...
>>>> AipsWiz: Unpacking the READLINE.SHR archive...
>>>> AipsWiz: Unpacking seemed to work.
>>>> AipsWiz: Unpacking the RLSUPP.SHR archive...
>>>> AipsWiz: Unpacking seemed to work.
>>>> AipsWiz: Running Readline 'configure' in quiet mode, and then  
>>>> make...
>>>> creating cache ./config.cache
>>>> configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one
>>>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>>>> AipsWiz: Error: Either the configure or make step failed in
>>>> AipsWiz: Error: /home/aips/31DEC03/LINUX/LIBR/GNU/.
>>>> AipsWiz: Error: This means INSTEP3/INSTEP4 will not work.
>>>> AipsWiz: ==> Press <ENTER> to acknowledge::
>>>>
>>>> HOSTS.LIST has a line for LOCALHOST, with architecture LINUX.
>>>> Why can't it figure out the host type?
>
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