On 2014-11-27 12:20-0700 Walt Brainerd wrote: > I have again decided to try to build and run Plplot. > > I am running Windows 8 > > I got it to work fine using Cygwin. > > I tried many many combinations of Mingw configurations > (TDM 32 seems to work, but I want to run 64). Finally, I > got one to build and the compile and run a Fortran example. > > I messed around trying to put the compiler and plplot files > in the place I want them permanently, then went back to the > test directory and the executable didn't work any more. I get > the following: [...]
Hi Walt: The build tree is a really messy and disorganized place with all sorts of stuff there that is relevant to builds but not users needs. Therefore, virtually all software packages (including PLplot) are organized so that it is possible to copy the user essentials from a wide variety of locations in the build tree (chosen with the needs of building software in mind rather than the needs of the user) to known logical locations (chosen with the needs of the user in mind) in a completely separate area called the install tree. With PLplot (and most other software) you do this essential install step by configuring an install prefix with cmake, and once that cmake command finishes (preferably starting with an empty build tree) by running "make install". My suggestion is to run "make install" instead of trying to replicate most of what it does by hand. After doing that, please take a look at the locations of everything in the install tree; I think you will find it quite convenient for your needs. For example, once PLplot is installed, you should set compile options and link options when building _your own code_ so the compiler finds the PLplot headers in the install tree, and the linker finds the PLplot libraries in the install tree. Afterward, when the run-time loader runs your programme it will need to know the location of the PLplot libraries. On Windows that is simply done by putting <prefix>/bin on your PATH (where <prefix> is the install prefix you chose when you ran the "cmake" command). That should be all you need to do since the PLplot core library alreadys knows the installed location of everything else (e.g., driver location, map files, fonts, etc.) in the install tree. In sum, start with "make install", and if the above suggestions do not give you sufficient guidance about how to build your own code against installed PLplot, then ask more questions here. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
