i am unable to locate the configure file refered to in
brlcad-7.6.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz distribution. I am
running Fedora 5.0 64 and when i run autogen.sh it
says the file does not exist. Any suggestions would
be appreciated.
I'm not sure that I understand your situation. Is the configure file missing or
the configure.ac file? autogen.sh doesn't usually complain about configure.
Can you provide the entire output of ./autogen.sh -v ? That runs autogen.sh
in verbose mode, giving insight on each step.
That said, there should already be a configure script in the tarball. You don't
really need to run autogen.sh from a fresh tar zxvf.
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For the impatient or simplistic, the following should
compile, test,
and install BRL-CAD quickly into the /usr/brlcad directory.
If you
have a configure script, run the following:
./configure
make
make benchmark
make install # as root, e.g. sudo make install
make test
If you don't have a configure script, run the following to
generate
the script then proceed with the steps above:
sh autogen.sh
That is what the intall file says. when i run the command
./configure
i get
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
sh autogen.sh
sh: autogen.sh: No such file or directory
i am probably looking in the wrong directory to find these
files, but as far as i know they dont exist.
thanks for your help.
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Ahh, I just realized what's going on. You downloaded a binary distribution,
not a source distribution. The documentation should probably be more clear
on the point that those instructions only apply to source distributions.
To install from the brlcad-7.6.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz binary distribution, you
are going to unpack the tarball with something such as:
tar zxvf brlcad-7.6.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
This should result in a usr/brlcad directory getting created. You can then
move this directory to /usr to "install" it into place:
sudo mv usr/brlcad /usr/.
That will then result in a full install of BRL-CAD in the /usr/brlcad directory.
You can add /usr/brlcad/bin to your PATH and/or run mged, one of the GUI-
based tools for geometry modeling:
export PATH=/usr/brlcad/bin:$PATH
mged
Cheers!
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Ah, that error is related to the new SELinux security model that Fedora uses.
You can either turn off the SELinux extension altogether, or change the
access control on the libraries that BRL-CAD provides. The latter should be
to run the following:
Since I haven't heard a response from you as to whether that resolved the
run-time security model issue for you, I'm going to close out this report. If
you are still experiencing a problem, feel free to comment again on this
report or post another support request. Thanks for your interest in BRL-CAD!
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I'm not sure that I understand your situation. Is the configure file missing or
the configure.ac file? autogen.sh doesn't usually complain about configure.
Can you provide the entire output of ./autogen.sh -v ? That runs autogen.sh
in verbose mode, giving insight on each step.
That said, there should already be a configure script in the tarball. You don't
really need to run autogen.sh from a fresh tar zxvf.
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QUICK INSTALLATION
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For the impatient or simplistic, the following should
compile, test,
and install BRL-CAD quickly into the /usr/brlcad directory.
If you
have a configure script, run the following:
./configure
make
make benchmark
make install # as root, e.g. sudo make install
make test
If you don't have a configure script, run the following to
generate
the script then proceed with the steps above:
sh autogen.sh
That is what the intall file says. when i run the command
./configure
i get
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
sh autogen.sh
sh: autogen.sh: No such file or directory
i am probably looking in the wrong directory to find these
files, but as far as i know they dont exist.
thanks for your help.
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Ahh, I just realized what's going on. You downloaded a binary distribution,
not a source distribution. The documentation should probably be more clear
on the point that those instructions only apply to source distributions.
To install from the brlcad-7.6.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz binary distribution, you
are going to unpack the tarball with something such as:
tar zxvf brlcad-7.6.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
This should result in a usr/brlcad directory getting created. You can then
move this directory to /usr to "install" it into place:
sudo mv usr/brlcad /usr/.
That will then result in a full install of BRL-CAD in the /usr/brlcad directory.
You can add /usr/brlcad/bin to your PATH and/or run mged, one of the GUI-
based tools for geometry modeling:
export PATH=/usr/brlcad/bin:$PATH
mged
Cheers!
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Hi sorry about this
ran into another snag when i used your advice
when i ran:
mged
this is the output.
mged: error while loading shared libraries:
/usr/brlcad/rel-7.6.4/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-64/lib/librt.so.19:
cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
once again thanks for your help
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Ah, that error is related to the new SELinux security model that Fedora uses.
You can either turn off the SELinux extension altogether, or change the
access control on the libraries that BRL-CAD provides. The latter should be
to run the following:
chcon -t texrel_shlib_t /usr/brlcad/rel-7.6.4/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-64/lib/*.so
There is more information on the issue available here:
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc3/
You can also find a wealth of discussion about that particular "cannot restore
segment prot after reloc" error via google as well.
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Since I haven't heard a response from you as to whether that resolved the
run-time security model issue for you, I'm going to close out this report. If
you are still experiencing a problem, feel free to comment again on this
report or post another support request. Thanks for your interest in BRL-CAD!