Hi Llio,

Have you commented the TCL part in common/Makefile.machine.i686* ?

In my machine, I commented out these lines:

NO_TCL = X
#TCL_INCLUDE =
#TCL_LIBRARY = -ltcl
TCL_INCLUDE =
TCL_LIBRARY =

On my Ubuntu Linux, I was using i686 machine type.

Anung

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Llio Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Dear Josh,
> thanks for the links.  I had already found this information, and it
> helped me compile SRILM on the Mac.  Here, the problem was finding the
> most appropriate Makefile for the Linux/Ubuntu machine I'm working on:
> amd athlon x2 dual core x86_64.  $SRILM/common.Makefile.i686_m64
> seemed the most appropriate, and the CC and  CXX variables are
> correct, but I still ended up with a lot of errors, unfortunately.
> Llio
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Josh Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > You can also check out the SRILM documentation:
> > http://www.speech.sri.com/projects/srilm/manpages/
> > FAQ: http://www.speech.sri.com/projects/srilm/manpages/srilm-faq.7.html
> >
> > Or search the SRILM mailing list archives:
> > http://www.speech.sri.com/projects/srilm/mail-archive/srilm-user/
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On 13 Aug 2008, at 13:37, Anung Ariwibowo wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Llio,
> >>
> >> I can compile SRILM in Linux Ubuntu without problem. Can you post the
> >> error message here, maybe we can help.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Anung
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Llio Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >> Dear Josh/Hieu,
> >> many thanks for your replies.  The default shell is bash, and updating
> >> the .profile file worked - thanks for that tip.  I look forward to
> >> hearing more from you about the ./model/extract.0-0.o.part* problem.
> >> My apologies for my ignorance of Unix matters: I'd like to think of
> >> myself as a newbie rather than one who is averse to learning about
> >> these things, and the further information you have provided has been
> >> useful and interesting.  Hieu mentioned that Anung Ariwibowo got Moses
> >> to work when he transferred to a Linux machine.  A colleague has
> >> kindly let me borrow a Linux/Ubuntu machine, but I have already run
> >> into problems compiling SRILM!  So, I'll see if Eric Nichols's
> >> packages will take care of that:
> >> http://cl.naist.jp/~eric-n/ubuntu-nlp/dists/feisty/nlp/<http://cl.naist.jp/%7Eeric-n/ubuntu-nlp/dists/feisty/nlp/>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Llio
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/13/08, Josh Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > Hi Llio,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > you may have already received my email on the following problem when
> >> > > building the language model:
> >> > >
> >> > > Executing: cat ./model/extract.0-0.o.part* > ./model/extract.0-0.o
> >> > > cat: ./model/extract.0-0.o.part*: No such file or directory
> >> > > Exit code: 1
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >  That's building the phrase table, not the language model. It seems
> like
> >> > several people on the list are having problems with this step, so I'm
> >> > going
> >> > to take a look at the training process and post something to the list
> in
> >> > the
> >> > next day or two.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > 1. You mention that Moses does not use environment variables.
> >> > > However, in order to get SRILM to work, I found it necessary to
> create
> >> > > environment variables and pass these on to SRILM's make:
> >> > >
> >> > > make SRILM=$PWD MACHINE_TYPE=macosx
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/Users/lliohumphreys/MT/MOSESSUITE/srilm:/Users/lliohumphreys/MT/MOSESSUITE/srilm/bin:/Users/lliohumphreys/MT/MOSESSUITE/srilm/bin/macosx:/sw/bin/gawk
> >> > > MANPATH=/Users/lliohumphreys/MT/MOSESSUITE/srilm/man
> >> > LC_NUMERIC=C
> >> > >
> >> > > In addition, I was also required to type in the following command
> for
> >> > > moses-scripts:
> >> > >
> >> > > export
> >> >
> >> >
> SCRIPTS_ROOTDIR=/Users/lliohumphreys/MT/MOSESSUITE/bin/moses-scripts/scripts-20080811-1801
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >  Sorry, I should have been more clear. Moses itself, the decoder that
> >> > loads
> >> > a trained phrase table and language model and translates text, is a
> >> > self-contained command-line program that doesn't require environment
> >> > variables.
> >> >
> >> >  Your first example is compiling SRILM. This is not part of the Moses
> >> > toolkit: it's a toolkit of its own for language modeling and a ton of
> >> > other
> >> > stuff. We use it as one of two possible integrated language models
> (the
> >> > other is IRSTLM) with Moses.
> >> >
> >> >  Your second example is part of the training regime. Yes, there is
> some
> >> > use
> >> > of the SCRIPTS_ROOTDIR in the
> >> > train-factored-phrase-model.perl, but for most training
> >> > support scripts that come with moses there is a flag that lets you
> >> > specify
> >> > SCRIPTS_ROOTDIR at the command line instead of storing it as an
> >> > environment
> >> > variable. In train-factored-phrase-model it's "-scripts-root-dir",
> which
> >> > I
> >> > think you've actually used in one of your other emails.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > If I open a new terminal and echo these variables, most of them are
> >> > > blank, and PATH just gives the default bin paths.
> >> > >
> >> > > So, how do I make them permanent?  I assume that if I want to use
> >> > > Moses again, it needs to have access to these variables?  How can I
> >> > > ensure that I can close the terminal, go home, open a new terminal
> the
> >> > > next day and get Moses working again?  A colleague suggested I
> update
> >> > > the .bashrc file to update each new terminal session with these
> >> > > environment variables. However, my Mac system does not appear to
> have
> >> > > a .bashrc system as a default, and when I created one in my home
> >> > > directory and opened a new terminal, it did not access the .bashrc
> >> > > file.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >  Here's some info on environment variables on the Mac, found with a
> >> > quick
> >> > Google search:
> >> >  http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/24/bash.html
> >> >
> >> >  I tried it with .profile, that worked fine. Are you sure you're set
> to
> >> > use
> >> > the bash shell? Try ' echo $SHELL ' in Terminal.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > 2. You say that you ran the decoder on your laptop just fine, but
> had
> >> > > to change a few scripts for training.  I have very basic knowledge
> of
> >> > > Unix systems and installing open-source software: would it be
> possible
> >> > > for you to detail the changes you did to the scripts to get it to
> run
> >> > > on a Mac?  Although I need this information urgently, it may also be
> >> > > useful for other students who are installing Moses on a Mac and who
> >> > > may also have basic knowledge of Unix installation procedures.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >  I'll look into this. Mac isn't really the platform of choice for
> >> > training a
> >> > Moses model and I do most of my work on linux. If I recall correctly,
> an
> >> > Intel-based Mac should be easier to get working than a PowerPC one.
> The
> >> > *decoder* does work on my Intel-based laptop, but I haven't run a full
> >> > training setup locally in some time -- most of the time we're working
> >> > with
> >> > so much data that I use a cluster of linux machines instead of my Mac.
> >> >
> >> >  As a word of caution: Moses isn't an out-of-the box translation
> >> > solution
> >> > for end users. It's research software undergoing active development,
> so
> >> > almost every user -- on any platform --  will need to muck around in
> the
> >> > scripts at some point, or face a compile error or runtime crash. The
> >> > ability
> >> > to deal with unix/linux command line tools, and debug code and scripts
> >> > when
> >> > necessary, is really important. That being said, I'll see what I can
> do
> >> > about highlighting where the scripts might have problems on the Mac.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > 3. My final question: which is embarrasingly basic...can I use the
> one
> >> > > installation of Moses for different corpora, or do I need to do a
> >> > > separate installation for each one?  Can I have separate
> installations
> >> > > of SRILM, Giza and mckls, or should they all reference the same
> >> > > libraries?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >  All you need to do to have moses use different corpora is point it to
> a
> >> > different moses.ini file. Assuming you have compiled moses with
> support
> >> > for
> >> > the language model specified in the file (IRSTLM or SRILM), it will
> >> > translate. You should only need one copy of giza, mkcls, irst/srilm,
> and
> >> > moses. The code stays the same, it's the data model that's different.
> >> >
> >> >  -Josh
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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