Hello, What is the result of 'which make' ? BR, Sumit
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Hongzheng Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Seems like you don't have make installed in your system. Just refer > to your system's package manager and find which package provides GNU > make > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:07 AM, syed raza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you so much dear Marco for your detail email reply. > > i have tried what you advised me as > > > > $ cd /home/marco > > $ mkdir -p var/build > > $ cd var/build > > $ tar --extract --gzip --verbose --file=/home/marco/gsl-1.9.tar.gz > > $ cd gsl-1.9 > > > > $ ./configure --disable-static --enable-shared > > > > up to this point it works error free all the tar(command) and configure > > done successfully > > > > > > but when i try the command > > > > $ make > > > > it tells me > > > > cant found make command . > > > > in the gsl-1.9 directory i have the the makefile . > > > > please let me know what could be the problem . > > > > i am using Mandriva spring 2009. > > > > Regards > > > > Shahid > > > > > > > > On 10/2/09, Marco Maggi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> "syed raza" wrote: > >> > I want to compile a program of simple Matrix using gcc and > >> > GSL. > >> > >> Ciao, in what follows I assume you are a beginner with > >> GNU+Linux platforms, so bear with it if I write stuff you > >> already know. There are a lot of things to say and it is > >> difficult to have this exchange through email; anyway, let's > >> give it a try. > >> > >> If you do a Google search for "how to compile and install > >> a program under linux", you will find a number of tutorials > >> about how to compile and install programs; I suggest that > >> you read some of them. > >> > >> Now for the specific task of compiling and installing the > >> GSL: first, you should unpack the archive "gsl-1.9.tar.gz" > >> in a temporary directory. > >> > >> On my system, my user name is "marco", so my home > >> directory pathname is "/home/marco"; in everything below I > >> use this pathname, you should use your own home directory > >> pathname. When I build a GSL package I do it in the > >> temporary directory "/home/marco/var/build". It goes like > >> this, assuming that "gsl-1.9.tar.gz" is a file under > >> "/home/marco": > >> > >> $ cd /home/marco > >> $ mkdir -p var/build > >> $ cd var/build > >> $ tar --extract --gzip --verbose --file=/home/marco/gsl-1.9.tar.gz > >> $ cd gsl-1.9 > >> $ ./configure --disable-static --enable-shared > >> $ make > >> > >> if everything works the GSL is configured and built by the > >> last two commands; we can verify that the building worked by > >> running the tests: > >> > >> $ make check > >> > >> you should see a lot of compiler invocations and messages > >> like: > >> > >> ============= > >> 1 test passed > >> ============= > >> > >> meaning that a test program was run and successfully > >> executed. Running the tests may take some minute. > >> > >> Now we have to install the GSL; we configured it with the > >> default setting for the destination directory, so it will be > >> installed under the "/usr/local" directory hierarchy. > >> > >> First, you have to make sure that "/usr/local" is in a > >> hard disk partition mounted with writable access > >> permissions. For example, on my system running the > >> following command: > >> > >> $ mount | grep /usr/local > >> > >> prints: > >> > >> /dev/sda11 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw,nodev,errors=remount-ro) > >> > >> the first "rw" in the parentheses shows that "/usr/local" is > >> writable. There is too much to be told about how your > >> system may be configured; so, let's assume that your > >> "/usr/local" is writable, and come back to it only if the > >> installation fails. > >> > >> To install GSL you need to acquire root permissions, this > >> means use the "su" program or "sudo" program. "sudo" needs > >> to be configured, while "su" should work for you; let's use > >> "su". If you do a Google search on "how to use su on linux" > >> you should find some tutorials on it. > >> > >> Basically to install GSL you should do: > >> > >> $ su > >> $ make install > >> $ /sbin/ldconfig > >> $ exit > >> > >> the "su" program asks you to type in the "root" password; do > >> it and "su" will run a shell under "root" privileges; run > >> "make install" and "ldconfig" and finally type "exit" to > >> exit the privileged shell. > >> > >> The location of "ldconfig" may vary on your Linux system, > >> I do not know where Mandriva places it; it may be in one of > >> the following locations: > >> > >> /sbin/ldconfig > >> /usr/sbin/ldconfig > >> > >> or some other place. Find it and run it with "root" > >> privileges. > >> > >> Now, on to compiling a program linked to the GSL library. > >> The source file of your program is called "matrixExp.c", > >> fine; first put it under a temporary directory: > >> > >> $ cd <where the file is> > >> $ mkdir /home/marco/var/tmp > >> $ mv matrixExp.c /home/marco/var/tmp > >> $ cd /home/marco/var/tmp > >> > >> Your program looks fine to me, meaning that I successfully > >> compiled and run it on my system with the commands below. > >> When linking to the GSL library, you have to tell the > >> compiler how to use it; the GSL package installs a script > >> "gsl-config" which we can use to acquire the informations we > >> need. You can try to run this: > >> > >> $ gsl-config --cflags --libs > >> > >> on my system it prints: > >> > >> -I/usr/local/include > >> -L/usr/local/lib -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm > >> > >> these are all options to be put on the command line of GCC; > >> so let's try: > >> > >> $ gcc -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -o > >> matrixExp matrixExp.c > >> > >> it should compile the program and create an executable named > >> "matrixExp"; equivalently, using the features of the shell > >> you are running you could do: > >> > >> $ gcc $(gsl-config --cflags --libs) -o matrixExp matrixExp.c > >> > >> To run the program: > >> > >> $ ./matrixExp > >> > >> which prints: > >> > >> differences = 0 (should be zero) > >> > >> I hope all of this helps you; to have further help, you > >> can reply to me by private email. > >> -- > >> Marco Maggi > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-gsl mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl > > > > > > -- > HZ > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gsl mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl > -- -------------------------------------------- Sumit Adhikari System Design Engineer austriamicrosystems AG Business Unit : Automotive Mob : 00-91-9885271710/00-91-9000161710 _______________________________________________ Help-gsl mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl
