Error compiling root from source

Kent · February 5, 2007, 2:22pm

I’m trying to set up root on an Ubuntu 6.06 system. When giving the command ‘make’ I get the following error:

bin/rmkdepend: error: cannot open "" make: *** [graf/src/TTF.o] Error 1

I’m guessing it might be a dependency problem and the solution might lie in the output from ‘./configure’, but I don’t know what I’m looking for. Output from ‘./configure’ is:

[code]kent@kent-laptop:~/root$ ./configure
Configuring for linux
Checking for libX11 … /usr/lib
Checking for X11/Xlib.h … /usr/include
Checking for libXpm … /usr/lib
Checking whether to build included libfreetype6 … yes
Checking whether to build included libpcre … yes
Checking whether to build included zlib … yes
Checking for GL/gl.h … /usr/include
Checking for libGL, or libMesaGL … /usr/lib
Checking for libGLU, or libMesaGLU … /usr/lib
Checking for mysql_config … /usr/bin/mysql_config
Checking for libmysqlclient version >= 3.23.* … ok
Checking for occi.h … no
Checking for libclntsh, or oci … no
Checking for libocci, or oraocci10 … no
Checking for libpq-fe.h … /usr/include/postgresql
Checking for libpq … /usr/lib
Checking for sql.h … /usr/include/maxdb
Checking for libsqlod … /usr/lib
Checking for sqlext.h … no
Checking for libiodbc, libodbc, or odbc32 … no
Checking for rfio_api.h … no
Checking for librfio, libshift, shiftmd, or shift … no
Checking for rfio_api.h … no
Checking for stager_api.h … no
Checking for libshift, shiftmd, or shift … no
Checking for gfal_api.h … no
Checking for libgfal … no
Checking for G4Navigator.hh … no
Checking for libG4navigation … no
Checking for CLHEP/Vector/Rotation.h … no
Checking for ApMon.h … no
Checking for libapmoncpp … no
Checking for monalisawsclient.h … no
Checking for libmonalisawsclient … no
Checking for fftw3.h … no
Checking for libfftw3, or libfftw3-3 … no
Checking for libpacklib_noshift, libpacklib, packmd, or packlib … /usr/lib
Checking for libkernlib_noshift, libkernlib, kernmd, or kernlib … /usr/lib
Checking for rfio in /usr/lib/libpacklib.so … no
Checking for libPythia6 … no
Checking for dcap.h … no
Checking for libdcap … no
Checking for chirp_client.h … no
Checking for libchirp_client … no
Checking for gapiUI.h … no
Checking for libgapiUI … no
Checking for jpeglib.h … /usr/include
Checking for png.h … /usr/include
Checking for tiffio.h … /usr/include
Checking for gif_lib.h … /usr/include
Checking for libjpeg … /usr/lib
Checking for libtiff … /usr/lib
Checking for libungif … /usr/lib
Checking for libz … /usr/lib
Checking for libpng … /usr/lib
Checking whether to build included libAfterImage … yes
Checking for ldap.h … /usr/include
Checking for libldap … /usr/lib
Checking for liblber … /usr/lib
Checking for python/Python.h, python2.5/Python.h, python2.4/Python.h, python2.3/Python.h, python2.2/Python.h, or Python.h … no
Checking for libpython, libpython2.5, libpython2.4, libpython2.3, libpython2.2, python25, python24, python23, or Python … no
Checking for xml2-config … /usr/bin/xml2-config
Checking for libxml2 version >= 2.4.x … ok
Checking whether to build xrootd … yes
Checking for for globusdir … no
Checking for GLOBUS_LOCATION … no
Checking for libssl … /usr/lib
Checking for libcrypto … /usr/lib
Checking for openssl/bio.h … /usr/include
Checking for openssl/blowfish.h … /usr/include
Checking for openssl/err.h … /usr/include
Checking for openssl/pem.h … /usr/include
Checking for openssl/rand.h … /usr/include
Checking for openssl/rsa.h … /usr/include
Checking for t_server.h … no
Checking for libsrp … no
Checking for libgmp … /usr/lib
Checking for libmisc … no
Checking for pwauth.h … no
Checking for krb5.h … /usr/include
Checking for libk5crypto … /usr/lib
Checking whether we’re using MIT Kerberos … yes
Checking for libkrb5 … /usr/lib
Checking for libcrypto … /usr/lib
Checking for kinit … no
Checking for libcom_err … /usr/lib
Checking for shadow passwords … yes
Checking for gsl/gsl_version.h … /usr/include
Checking for GSL version >= 1.8 … no
Checking whether to build libMathMore … no
Checking whether to build libMathCore … yes
Checking whether to build CINT7 … no
Checking whether to build libCintex … yes
Checking whether to build libReflex … yes
Checking whether to build libRooFit … no
Checking whether to build libMinuit2 … no
Checking whether to build libUnuran … no
Checking whether to build libGdml … no
Checking whether to build libTable … no
Checking for Clarens support … no
Checking for PEAC support … no
Generating cint dictionaries.
Checking whether setresuid declared in /usr/include/unistd.h … yes
Writing config/Makefile.config … done
Writing include/RConfigure.h … done
Writing bin/root-config … done
Writing etc/system.rootrc … done
Writing etc/system.rootauthrc … done
Writing etc/system.rootdaemonrc … done
Writing etc/root.mimes … done
Writing etc/daemons/rootd.rc.d … done
Writing etc/daemons/rootd.xinetd … done
Writing etc/daemons/proofd.rc.d … done
Writing etc/daemons/proofd.xinetd … done
Writing etc/daemons/xrootd.rc.d … done
Writing etc/daemons/olbd.rc.d … done
Writing bin/memprobe … done
Writing build/misc/root-help.el … done
Writing macros/html.C … done
Writing bin/thisroot.sh … done
Writing bin/thisroot.csh … done
Writing config.status … done

Enabled support for asimage, astiff, builtin_afterimage, builtin_freetype, builtin_pcre, builtin_zlib, cern, cintex, exceptions, krb5, ldap, mathcore, mysql, opengl, pch, pgsql, reflex, sapdb, shadowpw, shared, ssl, thread, xml, xrootd.

To build ROOT type:

make
make install
[/code]

I made the mistake of typing ‘sudo make install’ before resolving the mentioned error. The following errors showed up:

[code]make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kent/root’
Installing binaries in /bin
cp: cannot stat «bin/xrdgsiproxy»: No such file or directory

Installing misc docs in
mkdir: Missing operand

cp: missing destination file operand after «LICENSE»

cp: target «README/README.SELECTOR» is not a directory[/code]

Output from ‘root’ after this is:

rootx xpm error: XpmOpenFailed root: can't start ROOT -- check that /usr/bin/bin/root.exe exists!
Directory does not exist.

According to the Synaptic Package Manager I have the following packages installed:

g77-3.4 (g77-3.4.6)
libx11-dev (2:1.0.0*)
libxext-dev (2:1.0.0*
libxpm-dev (1:3.5.4.2)

As far as I can see, they are the latest versions available through the Ubuntu repositories.

I also started a thread about this in the Ubuntu forums: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … ost2105051
That link should perhaps contain even more info about what I’ve done, and perhaps some more output.

I would be grateful for any help.

Axel · February 5, 2007, 3:49pm

Hi,
the important part is of course the invocation of the command that produces the error message: bin/rmkdepend -R -fgraf/src/TTF.d -Y -w 1000 -- -pipe -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -DR__HAVE_CONFIG -pthread -Ifreetype/src/freetype-2.1.9/include -D__cplusplus -- graf/src/TTF.cxx bin/rmkdepend: error: cannot open "" There are two problems: a) the error message is wrong, and b) rmkdepend cannot open your graf/src/TTF.d for writing, probably because of a permission problem in your installation. Try to run “touch graf/src/TTF.d” and it should fail, too. Check with ls -l graf/src/TTF.d and ls -ld graf/src that you are allowed to write to that file and directory.

And I’ll fix the error message.

Cheers, Axel.

Kent · February 5, 2007, 4:40pm

Thank you. That took care of the error message from ‘make’. But the messages I mentioned when using ‘make install’ still persists. If I only use the command ‘./configure’ I get the following errors from ‘make install’:

[code]make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kent/root’
Installing binaries in /bin
cp: cannot stat «bin/xrdgsiproxy»: No such file or directory

Installing misc docs in
mkdir: Missing operand

cp: missing destination file operand after «LICENSE»

cp: target «README/README.SELECTOR» is not a directory[/code]

If I type ‘./configure --prefix=/usr’ or ‘./configure --prefix=/usr/local’ I only get the following “error” from ‘make install’:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kent/root' Installing binaries in /usr/local/bin cp: cannot stat «bin/xrdgsiproxy»: No such file or directory
“Installing binaries in /usr/local/bin” of course become “Installing binaries in /usr/bin” if I use the prefix “/usr” in stead of “/usr/local” (I think).

If I use ‘./configure --prefix=/usr/local’ or ‘./configure --prefix=/usr’ and try to run root I get

kent@kent-laptop:~/root$ root bash: /bin/root: No such file or directory
In this case I find the executable file root in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin, respectively. Trying to run them with ‘./root’ gives me

kent@kent-laptop:~/root$ root root: ROOTSYS not set. Set it before trying to run root.

If I use only ‘./configure’ I get

kent@kent-laptop:~/root$ root root: ROOTSYS not set. Set it before trying to run root.

Axel · February 5, 2007, 6:08pm

Hi,

you cannot re-run configure and expect that all of ROOT picks it up after a simple make. You’ll have to do configure --whatever; make distclean; make. So, could you pick one option (e.g. --prefix=/usr/local) and make distclean; make; make install, and let us know whether you still see the same error message?

Cheers, Axel.

Kent · February 5, 2007, 8:29pm

I used './configure --prefix=/usr*.
I didn’t see any errors. When I type ‘root’ I get

[quote]kent@kent-laptop:~/root$ root
root: ROOTSYS not set. Set it before trying to run root.
[/quote]

I’m using bash. Can I just do

export ROOTSYS=/usr export PATH=$PATH:$ROOTSYS/bin export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ROOTSYS/lib
?

I know my questions are basic, so I really appreciate that you’re taking the time to help. Thank you!

rdm · February 6, 2007, 12:19am

Hi Kent,

for personal usage of ROOT I advice to install it in ~. Just do:

cd root
./configure
make
make install

Before running do:

. bin/thisroot.sh

Cheers, Fons.

Kent · February 6, 2007, 3:05pm

I installed it in ~, and now it seems to be working properly. Thank you very much.