Re: [Nlpy-users] Building NLPy

[Dominique O. <dom...@gm...>]

On 2/5/08, Jean-Pierre Dussault <jpd...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  >> make
>  >> [[ ! -d /home/dmitrey/install/NLPy/nlpy/.objects ]] &&
> mkdir
>  >> /bin/sh: [[: not found
>  >> make: *** [/home/dmitrey/install/NLPy/nlpy/.objects]
> Error 127
>
> I had the same difficulties a few days ago. I manually created the .object
> and .module directories. Then , the message [[ not found becomes a warning
> since the directory exists, no action being requested then. After, I added
> suitable paths to PYTHONPATH, and I added also the Lib path to
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I also am using Kubuntu 7.10.

After discussing this off-line, it turns out that this error message
occurs because your /bin/sh points to /bin/dash (the Debian Almquist
shell), which is a stripped down version of bash. A solution is to
have /bin/sh point to /bin/bash or to specify SHELL=/bin/bash in the
Makefile.

> Moreover, I had to manually remove spurious lines (looking like output of
> some diff command) in 2 or 3 files, among which makedefs-path after getting
> the latest cvs version.

You may get such diff-style output in your makedefs-path after
upgrading because the one in the repository is the one for my machine.

I just committed a new release in which those settings appear in the
private file ~/.nlpy

> P.S. Is it possible to **reply** on the list? I had to send a fresh message.

I am not sure what the problem is. Let's see if this message gets
posted and if you receive it.

Dominique