Error message while starting root

Hi!
I just downloaded an installed root ver. 3.10/01 for RedHat 9 as binary. Everything works fine so far (meaning, that I can do my work with root), but at startup I get an error message several times saying:

Error: cannot open /usr/local/root/cint/MAKEINFO
!!! There are examples of MAKEINFO files under /usr/local/root/cint/platform/ !!!
Please refer to these examples and create for your platform

But there is no folder “/usr/local/root/cint/platform/”. So what did I do wrong?

Thanks

see: http://root.cern.ch/root/roottalk/roottalk01/0798.html
Rene

…if I just rename makeinfo to MAKEINFO, everything works fine. So could it be so simple? In my opinion, the paths are set correctly:

setenv ROOTSYS "/usr/local/root"
setenv PATH "${PATH}:${ROOTSYS}/bin"
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ".:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${ROOTSYS}/lib"
setenv MANPATH “${ROOTSYS}/man”

Nevertheless: The message:"!!! There are examples of MAKEINFO files under /usr/local/root/cint/platform/ !!"

is not true, because (at least in the binary package) there isn´t a subfolder named /platform.

Thanks for your help.

Hi kasselm,
try to change order in your setting like:

setenv PATH "${ROOTSYS}/bin:${PATH}"
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH “${ROOTSYS}/lib:.:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}”

HTH. Regards. Valeriy

Hi!

This has no effect. The problem only disappears, when I write makeinfo in capital letters. As long as it works this way, it´s ok for me. Perhaps the only problem is, that somebody fogot to write it in capital letters?!?

Thanks.

Hi kasselm,
yes MAKEINFO must be in capital letters.
Which distribution you are using?
I checked both RH9 binaries from
root.cern.ch/root/Version310.html

MAKEINFO is in capital letters over there.

Regards. Valeriy

Hi!

I used this one:

Intel x86 Linux for Redhat 9.0 and gcc 3.2.2, version 3.10/01

And makeinfo was in small letters after copying it over the old binary version. Then it was probably my fault. What´s important is, that the problem is solved now. :slight_smile:
Thanks!