Hi Lars, Thanks for the information. You are right - I was confusing 'make' and 'automake'. Adding the build dependency and the preconfigopts got me to the next error :-)
Cheers, Loris Lars Viklund <[email protected]> writes: > Hi! > > The easyblock does not pull in any build dependencies, so unless specified > you do not have any other tools than the ones that may happen to be installed > on your system. > > Please note that (GNU) Make and Automake are two completely different pieces > of software. In EasyBuild there's an Autotools bundle of Autoconf and > Automake. Make is typically provided by your operating system packages. > > You should probably pull in a build dependency like `('Autotools', > '20200321'),` to have a good Autotools installation available. > > A common pattern in existing easyconfigs is to use `preconfigopts` to inject > things to run before the configure command, like: > > preconfigopts = 'make && ' > > With kind regards, > > Lars > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf of Loris Bennett <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 11:34:59 AM > To: easybuild > Subject: [easybuild] 'make' required before 'configure/make' > > Hi, > > I'm looking the installation instructions for Macaulay2 > > https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/blob/release-1.17/M2/INSTALL > > in which is says > > Begin with this command: > > make > > The "make" command above runs the commands "autoconf" and "autoheader", > which > create the "configure" script and the "include/config.h.in" file, needed in > the > next steps. Once those files are created, it is not necessary to make them > again. The "make" command on your system should be a recent version of GNU > make. > > Now continue building the program this way: > > ./configure --enable-download --prefix=/foo/bar > make > make check # optional > make install > > My naive approach was use > > easyblock = 'ConfigureMake' > > with > > configure_cmd = 'make && ./configure' > > but this results in the error > > error: the automake program installed on your system (automake is > /usr/bin/automake) is too old. > > Please install or update automake: the version (1.13.4) should be at least > 1.16. > make[2]: Entering directory > `/trinity/shared/easybuild/build/Macaulay2/1.17/foss-2020b/M2-release-1.17/M2' > > So it seems that the system 'make' is being used rather than the one > from the EB toolchain. > > How should I deal with this pre-configure 'make'? > > Cheers, > > Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Hr./Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected]
