[Plplot-devel] FW: Trouble with Makefile

[Dumm, J. J. <Jef...@jh...>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Olof Svensson [mailto:sve...@es...]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:59 AM
To: Dumm, Jeffrey J.
Subject: Re: Trouble with Makefile


Dear Jeffery,

I'm sorry but I'm no longer involved in the plplot development. Please=20
contact Arjen Markus (arj...@wl...) or send your question to=20
the plplot development list (plp...@li...).

Best regards,

Olof



Dumm, Jeffrey J. wrote:
> Olof,
> I am trying to install PLplot-5.3.1 to be used with MSDEV 6.0.  It =
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> at step 4.5 in the attached INSTALL.txt.
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> <<INSTALL.TXT>>
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> I get the following message:
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> No Configuration Specified. Defaulting to plplib - Win32 Debug.
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> Warning: cannot find "plplib.dep"
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> cl.exe /nologo /0x /MD /W3 /GX /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /D=20
> "_LIB" ? "BUILD_DIR =3D"|"tmp\""" /Fo".\Release\\ " /Fd".\Release\\" =
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> /c ..\..\..\tmp\plot3d.c
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> plot3d.c
> ..\..\..\..\tmp\plot3d.c<281> : warning C4013: 'c_plsurf3dl' =
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> assuming extern return int
> ..\..\..\..\tmp\plot3d.c<325> : error c2371: 'c_plsurf3dl' :=20
> redefinition; different basic types
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> ..\..\..\..\tmp\plot3d.c<653> : warning C4013: 'c_plsurf3dcl' =
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> assuming extern return int
> ..\..\..\..\tmp\plot3d.c<776> : error c2371: 'c_plsurf3dcl' :=20
> redefinition; different basic types
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> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl.exe' : return code '0x2'
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> Stop
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> Do you have any suggestions as to how to correct this?
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> J. Dumm
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> Johns Hopkins University
> (240) 228-7408
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> =
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> Installation instructions for the win32/msdev port of plplot
> =
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> 1. Introduction
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> This file contains information on how to compile and run the=20
> plplot library using MS Visual C++ on PCs running MS Windows=20
> 98/NT/2000 (the current distribution has not been tested on=20
> neither 95 nor XP however it should normally work on these=20
> two versions of Windows as well.)=20
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> Please note that the work on the win32/msdev port is under=20
> progress. These instructions will tell you how to build
> the plplot.lib library and all the C examples except x14c
> and x17c. However, the work on the plplot.dll is not yet
> finished. For more information about the win32/msdev port=20
> of plplot please see plplot/sys/win32/msdev/README.TXT.
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> 2. Requirements
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> You'll need MS Visual C++ version 5, 6 or higher for building=20
> plplot. You might be able to use an earlier version of Visual C++=20
> but you will probably not be able to use the provided makfiles.
> You will also need to make sure that you can execute the "nmake"
> command on a MS-DOS promt command line.=20
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> 3. Source files
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> You can extract the sources of plplot in any directory you want.
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> 4. Compilation
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>   4.1 Open a MS-DOS prompt window.
>   4.2 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev
>   4.3 Type "nmake". The files needed for the compilation of
>       plplot will be copied to plplot\tmp.
>   4.4 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\plplib.
>   4.5 Type "nmake plplib.mak". The plplot.lib library will
>       be built and placed in the same directory.
>   4.6 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\Examples.
>   4.7 Type "nmake Examples.mak". All C examples will be=20
>       built except x14c and x17c in the plplot/tmp
>       directory. (For comments about the examples see
>       plplot\sys\win32\msdev\README.TXT.)
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> 5. Running plplot
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> You can run the C examples directly from plplot\tmp. However,
> if you would like to run your programs in a different directory
> you have to make sure that plplot can find the font files
> (located in plplot/lib with the extension .fnt):
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>   5.1 Set the environment variable PLPLOT_HOME to point to
>       where you have installed plplot, e.g.
>         SET PLPLOT_HOME=3D"C:\PLPLOT"
>       (see plplot\FAQ number 1.12)
>   5.2 or simply make sure that the font files are in the same
>       directory where you execute your plplot program.
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> 6. Comments & suggestions
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> If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the
> win32/msdev port of plplot please dont't hesitate to contact=20
> me via email.
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> January 2002
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> Olof Svensson
> European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
> email: sve...@es...
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