Octave 3.0.1 does not build on RHEL WS 4

Wed Apr 30 06:40:06 CDT 2008

hello, I am no expert, but might it be that you are missing zlib-devel 
package?
cheers,
Johann

Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please help:
> [ernesto at lcls-dev2 octave-3.0.1-build]$ more /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
> [ernesto at lcls-dev2 octave-3.0.1-build]$ uname -a
> Linux lcls-dev2 2.6.9-67.0.7.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Feb 27 04:48:20 EST 2008 
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
>
>
> =============================================================
> Octave 3.0.x does not build for our production Linux OS: RHEL WS4
> =============================================================
>
> g++ -c -I/usr/include/pcre -fPIC -I. -I../../octave-3.0.1/src -I.. 
> -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc -I../../octav         
> ctave-3.0.1/liboctave -I../../octave-3.0.1/src 
> -I../../octave-3.0.1/libcruft/misc  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -Wall -W 
> -Wsha         ast -g -O2 ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc -o 
> pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o
> In file included from ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:28:
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h: In member function `void 
> c_zfile_ptr_buf::clear()':
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h:189: error: `gzclearerr' was 
> not declared in this scope
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h:189: warning: unused variable 
> 'gzclearerr'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `int 
> c_zfile_ptr_buf::underflow_common(bool)':
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:231: error: `gzungetc' was 
> not declared in this scope
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:231: warning: unused 
> variable 'gzungetc'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `virtual 
> int c_zfile_ptr_buf::pbackfail(int)':
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:247: error: `gzungetc' was 
> not declared in this scope
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:247: warning: unused 
> variable 'gzungetc'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `virtual 
> std::streamsize c_zfile_ptr_buf::xsputn(const char         e)':
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:258: error: invalid 
> conversion from `const void*' to `void*'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:258: error:   initializing 
> argument 2 of `int gzwrite(void*, void*, unsigned in
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: At global scope:
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:292: warning: unused 
> parameter 'offset'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:275: warning: unused 
> parameter 'offset'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:275: warning: unused 
> parameter 'dir'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:148: warning: unused 
> parameter 'offset'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:131: warning: unused 
> parameter 'offset'
> ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:131: warning: unused 
> parameter 'dir'
> make[2]: *** [pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/afs/slac.stanford.edu/u/cd/ernesto/sandbox/octave-3.0.1-build/src'
> make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/afs/slac.stanford.edu/u/cd/ernesto/sandbox/octave-3.0.1-build'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
> Also, here is the result of my configure command:
> ============================================================
> Octave is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
>  Source directory:     ../octave-3.0.1
>  Installation prefix:  /nfs/slac/g/lcls/build/package/octave
>  C compiler:           gcc  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow -g -O2
>  C++ compiler:         g++  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow 
> -Wold-style-cast -g -O2
>  Fortran compiler:     g77 -O -mieee-fp
>  Fortran libraries:     -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6 
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../.. -lz -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm
>  BLAS libraries:       -llapack -lblas
>  FFTW libraries:
>  GLPK libraries:
>  UMFPACK libraries:
>  AMD libraries:
>  CAMD libraries:
>  COLAMD libraries:
>  CCOLAMD libraries:
>  CHOLMOD libraries:
>  CXSPARSE libraries:
>  HDF5 libraries:
>  CURL libraries:
>  REGEX libraries:      -L/usr/lib -lpcre
>  QHULL libraries:
>  LIBS:                 -lreadline  -lncurses -ldl -lz -lm
>  Default pager:        less
>  gnuplot:              gnuplot
>
>  Do internal array bounds checking:  false
>  Build static libraries:             false
>  Build shared libraries:             true
>  Dynamic Linking:                    true (dlopen)
>  Include support for GNU readline:   true
>  64-bit array dims and indexing:     false
>
> configure: WARNING: I didn't find gperf, but it's only a problem if you 
> need to reconstruct oct-gperf.h
> configure: WARNING: UMFPACK not found.  This will result in some lack of 
> functionality for sparse matrices.
> configure: WARNING: COLAMD not found. This will result in some lack of 
> functionality for sparse matrices.
> configure: WARNING: CCOLAMD not found. This will result in some lack of 
> functionality for sparse matrices.
> configure: WARNING: CHOLMOD not found. This will result in some lack of 
> functionality for sparse matrices.
> configure: WARNING: CXSparse not found. This will result in some lack of 
> functionality for sparse matrices.
> configure: WARNING: FFTW library not found.  Octave will use the 
> (slower) FFTPACK library instead.
> configure: WARNING: GLPK library not found.  The glpk function for 
> solving linear programs will be disabled.
> configure: WARNING: HDF5 library not found.  Octave will not be able to 
> save or load HDF5 data files.
> configure: WARNING: Qhull library not found --- This will result in loss 
> of functionality of some geometry functions.
> configure:
>
> NOTE: libraries may be skipped if a library is not found OR
>      if the library on your system is missing required features.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ernesto
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