Dear reader,
I am trying to build Root on my mac (version os x 10.4.11). I should have everything necessary installed. however at the “make” command an error follows:
/usr/bin/ld: unix/src/TUnixSystem.o bad magic number (not a Mach-O file)
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [lib/libCore.dylib] Error 1
I have NO knowledge of linux, or building from source, I have been following tutorials thus far. If it helps, the bad magic number may be a result of the error previous to this:
[quote]But I solved (I think) this by renaming the TUnixSystem.(something) to TUnixSystem.o. [/quote]This does not work! The .something is not a proper/complete .o file and is not useable.
This is a bug in the compiler. You will need to either only build in debug mode (add --debug to the configure line) or to upgrade your compiler version.
Thank you again for your advice. I’m afraid the problem still remains:
/src/G__Cont.o meta/src/G__Meta.o net/src/G__Net.o unix/src/G__Unix.o clib/src/G__Clib.o metautils/src/G__MetaUtils.o -L/sw/lib -ldl -lssl -lcrypto
/usr/bin/ld: unix/src/TUnixSystem.o bad magic number (not a Mach-O file)
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [lib/libCore.dylib] Error 1
Macbook-3:/users/lee/root lee$
My honest guess is that I am still missing the TUnixSystem.o file, plus libraries necessary for building root. Any advice hence forth is much appreciated.
Dear Rene, thank you once again for your suggestion. It seems to have gotten further in the build, however this error occurs:
[/code]graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1010: error: expected unqualified-id before string constant
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1026: error: expected `)’ before 'vertex_func’
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx: In static member function ‘static GLUtesselator* TGLUtil::GetDrawTesselator3fv()’:
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1052: error: ‘tessfuncptr_t’ was not declared in this scope
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx: In static member function ‘static GLUtesselator* TGLUtil::GetDrawTesselator4fv()’:
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1063: error: ‘tessfuncptr_t’ was not declared in this scope
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx: In static member function ‘static GLUtesselator* TGLUtil::GetDrawTesselator3dv()’:
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1074: error: ‘tessfuncptr_t’ was not declared in this scope
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx: In static member function ‘static GLUtesselator* TGLUtil::GetDrawTesselator4dv()’:
graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.cxx:1085: error: ‘tessfuncptr_t’ was not declared in this scope
make: *** [graf3d/gl/src/TGLUtil.o] Error 1
rm core/utils/src/RStl_tmp.cxx core/utils/src/rootcint_tmp.cxx
however, it has not yet been solved. I will await for ‘Fons’ to reply on this thread. In the meantime, if you can please can the two of you private message me your full names so that I may include you in my acknowledgments in my report.
What version of gcc do you have on your 10.4.11? Do gcc -v and let me know. The TGLUtil.cxx problem does not show on my 10.4.11 system so it might be a compiler version issue.
I have gcc 4.0.1 build 5250. I’ve downloaded something called GRESS, that to my knowledge has gcc 4.0.1 5363, but I do not know how to install compliers with the terminal.
Hello,
Thank you everyone for your advice. I currently have gcc 4 build 5370, and as far as I know, I have finished building root, but I cannot not start root at all? Please advise, and merry christmas
Hi Fons,
Thank you for your advice. I tried the following, but another error has occurred. I have no idea what it means, if you could give another hint for me, it would be great!
[code]Macbook-3:~ lee$ PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:usr/local/root/bin
Macbook-3:~ lee$ root
root: can’t figure out DISPLAY, set it manually
In case you run a remote ssh session, restart your ssh session with:
=========> ssh -Y
Macbook-3:~ lee$ ssh -Y
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
[-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
[-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host]
[-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
[-R [bind_address:]port:host] [-S ctl_path]
[-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]
Macbook-3:~ lee$ root
root: can’t figure out DISPLAY, set it manually
In case you run a remote ssh session, restart your ssh session with:
=========> ssh -Y
On Mac OS X 10.4 you have to manually start the X11 server to get ROOT graphics. You find the X11 server in Applications/Utilities (if you did install it from the install DVD).
Thank Fons, my thanks here is only a small part of my gratitude. Thank you. A last and stubborn question; is there no way of running root from the Terminal? I am currently working from X11, but it does not remember the whole session, it only remembers what is on the window.
Once again, thank you all three of you, I’m off making Feynman diagrams now
What exactly do you mean that “it does not remeber the whole session”? You can run in MacOS X Terminal application (Applications/Utilities), but the ROOT graphics will go into windows created via X11. If you quit the ROOT session in the Terminal the X11 ROOT windows will be closed. This is expected.
Hi, I can use root in terminal provided by X11. If I use the normal one, the display error comes up. While not a problem, the terminal window provided by X11 has no scroll bars, as it only ‘remembers’ things by the size of window, that is preset. Hence, after 20 ~ 30 lines, the first one will disappear for good. I also have to set the path to root/bin for every log in, but at the moment I’m still happily slugging on.
