Re: [OctDev] DICOM package installation problem

[Andy B. <and...@gm...>]

On 1 October 2012 12:51, adam aitkenhead <ada...@ho...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been having trouble installing the DICOM toolbox, which fails with the
> following error message:
>
> octave:2> pkg install dicom-0.1.1.tar.gz
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libgdcmDSED.a(gdcmReader.cxx.o): relocation
> R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared
> object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/local/lib/libgdcmDSED.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [dicominfo.oct] Error 1
> 'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory
> `/tmp/oct-iaKJnH/dicom/src'
> mkoctfile -c  -g dicominfo.cpp
> mkoctfile -c  -g dicomdict.cpp
> mkoctfile  -L/usr/local/lib -lgdcmcharls  -lgdcmjpeg8 -lgdcmjpeg12
> -lgdcmjpeg16 -lgdcmCommon -lgdcmDICT -lgdcmDSED -lgdcmIOD -lgdcmMSFF   -g
> dicominfo.o dicomdict.o -o dicominfo.oct
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-iaKJnH/dicom/src'
> error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file
> /usr/local/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1385, column 9
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/local/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 827, column 5
> error:   /usr/local/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 383, column 9
>
> This is on a 64-bit Scientific Linux 5.7 system, with gdcm-2.0.19.  I've
> tried recompiling gdcm with -fPIC and -64 with no success.
>
> I've previously installed it on a different system (64-bit Scientific Linux
> 6.2 with gdcm-2.0.19 compiled with the default settings) without any
> problems.

I have not tried against Octave 3.6.3. I also don't think I have got
it to work against a static gdcm. Could you try a dynamically linked
gdcm?

(I will own up in advance - I struggle with this kind of thing too).

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