[CIG-MC] svn download question for CitcomS

CLINT CONRAD clintc at hawaii.edu
Wed Jan 21 12:29:54 PST 2009 

Hi Eh,

RTM! I should Read The Manual more carefully! Sorry about that, but  
thanks for the pointer.

However, when I download the svn version and the follow the  
directions, I am immediately halted by:
(I am separating pasted text using "----------" breaks)

--------------------
[clintc at akua CitcomS.svn]$ autoreconf -i
configure.ac:84: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
       If this token and others are legitimate, please use  
m4_pattern_allow.
       See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
------------------

and then I try again and I get something different:

------------------
[clintc at akua CitcomS.svn]$ autoreconf -i
configure.ac: installing `./aux-config/install-sh'
configure.ac: installing `./aux-config/missing'
CitcomS/Makefile.am:26: installing `./aux-config/py-compile'
bin/Makefile.am: installing `./aux-config/compile'
bin/Makefile.am: installing `./aux-config/depcomp'
lib/Makefile.am:27: library used but `RANLIB' is undefined
lib/Makefile.am:27:
lib/Makefile.am:27: The usual way to define `RANLIB' is to add  
`AC_PROG_RANLIB'
lib/Makefile.am:27: to `configure.ac' and run `autoconf' again.
lib/Makefile.am:28: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
lib/Makefile.am:28:
lib/Makefile.am:28: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add  
`AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
lib/Makefile.am:28: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf'  
again.
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:26: library used but `RANLIB' is undefined
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:26:
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:26: The usual way to define `RANLIB' is  
to add `AC_PROG_RANLIB'
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:26: to `configure.ac' and run `autoconf'  
again.
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:27: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is  
undefined
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:27:
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:27: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is  
to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
module/Exchanger/Makefile.am:27: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal'  
and `autoconf' again.
module/Makefile.am:32: library used but `RANLIB' is undefined
module/Makefile.am:32:
module/Makefile.am:32: The usual way to define `RANLIB' is to add  
`AC_PROG_RANLIB'
module/Makefile.am:32: to `configure.ac' and run `autoconf' again.
module/Makefile.am:33: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
module/Makefile.am:33:
module/Makefile.am:33: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add  
`AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
module/Makefile.am:33: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and  
`autoconf' again.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
------------------

So obviously I didn't get very far. Just in case it helps, here are  
some other details: I am using Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.9.2, and  
Libtool 2.2. Note that I had to install Libtool myself (because my  
system didn't have it). My system also didn't have svn installed, and  
the installation failed (near the end) when I tried to install it.  
Rather than digging through that problem (which looked complicated), I  
simply implemented svn on my laptop (which did have svn installed) and  
then ftp'ed the contents over to the cluster.

Do you have any suggestions on how I should proceed? (By the way, what  
is the reason that configure and other scripts are not included in the  
svn download? I guess my original thought was that it would be easiest  
for users if they were included (as they are included in the 3.0.3  
version that you can download), but I am sure there are good reasons  
for excluding them - do they change with successive updates, but are  
easily updated using autoconf, automake, libtool?)

Sorry for the detailed technical questions, but thanks for any help  
you can give me! I really appreciate your efforts to make the lastest  
changes to CitcomS (and other codes) available to us.

Clint



On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Eh Tan wrote:

> Hi Clint,
>
> Those "missing" files are not stored in the svn repository and need to
> be generated by autoconf. The following is the instruction on how to
> generate those files, copied from "Section 2.11 Installing from the
> Software Repository" in the manual.
>
> ------------------------
> 2.11.1 Tools You Will Need
> In addition to the usual system requirements, you will need a  
> handful of
> additional development tools
> installed in order to work with the source from the CIG software
> repository.
>
> (...)
>
> Second, you must have the GNU tools Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
> installed. To check, enter the
> following commands:
> $ autoconf --version
> $ automake --version
> $ libtoolize --version
> For more information about these GNU tools, see the GNU website
> (www.gnu.org/software). The CitcomS
> v3.0.2 source package was created with Autoconf 2.59, Automake 1.9.2,
> and Libtool 1.5.6.
>
> (...)
>
> 2.11.3 Generating the GNU Build System
> Your working directory should now contain a fresh checkout of CitcomS:
> $ ls
> CitcomS
> $
>
> Before you can run configure or make, you must generate the necessary
> files using the GNU tools. The
> easiest way to do this is to run autoreconf -i:
> $ cd CitcomS
> $ autoreconf -i
> $ ./configure
> $ make
>
> The autoreconf tool runs Autoconf to generate the configure script  
> from
> configure.ac. It also runs
> Automake to generate Makefile.in from Makefile.am in each source  
> directory.
>
> The configure script stores dependency information for source files in
> hidden subdirectories called .deps.
> If source files are added, deleted, moved, or renamed – which may  
> happen
> if you run svn update to merge
> the latest changes – the make command may report errors for source  
> files
> which no longer exist. If this
> happens, clean your existing configuration using the make distclean
> command, and then re-run configure
> and make:
> $ make distclean
> $ ./configure
> $ make
>
> The make distclean command deletes all files generated by configure,
> including the Makefiles themselves!
> Therefore, after running make distclean, you will not be able to run
> make again until you re-run configure.
>
> Regards,
> ----
> Eh Tan
>
> Staff Scientist
> Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics
> Pasadena, CA 91125
> (626) 395-1693
> http://www.geodynamics.org
>
>
>
> CLINT CONRAD wrote:
>
>> Dear CitcomS Developers,
>>
>> I tried to download the latest version of CitcomS using the svn
>> command listed on the CitcomS web page:
>>
>> svn checkout http://geodynamics.org/svn/cig/mc/3D/CitcomS/trunk
>> CitcomS.svn
>>
>> When I do this, I find that several key installation files are  
>> missing
>> from the download, such as:
>> configure
>> config.h
>> Makefile.in
>> as well as several similar files in the various subdirectories (lib,
>> visual, module, etc.)
>>
>> These files are all present in the latest release (3.0.3). However,
>> because these files are missing from the svn download,
>> I cannot configure and compile the code. I could copy these files  
>> from
>> the 3.0.3 release (which compiles fine), but I worry
>> that there will be inconsistencies.
>>
>> Are the configuration files and makefiles supposed to be included  
>> with
>> the svn download? If not, how can I get them?
>> Sorry if I am missing something basic about svn...
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Clint
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Clint Conrad Assistant Professor
>> Dept. Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, 804 POST
>> Univ. Hawaii at Manoa ph: 808-956-6649
>> 1680 East-West Road fax: 808-956-5154
>> Honolulu, HI 96822 clintc at hawaii.edu <mailto:clintc at hawaii.edu>
>> http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/conrad
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>
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Clint Conrad              Assistant Professor
Dept. Geology & Geophysics,  SOEST,  804 POST
Univ. Hawaii at Manoa        ph: 808-956-6649
1680 East-West Road         fax: 808-956-5154
Honolulu, HI 96822          clintc at hawaii.edu
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/conrad
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