[Plplot-devel] Re: unable to install plplot under W2000

[Olof S. <sve...@es...>]

Hi Joachim,

Joachim Wuttke wrote:
> 
> Hi Olof,
> 
>    I am trying to install plplot under W2000 (with Cygwin).
> In a first step, I did ./configure, make, make install in
> the plplot main directory (btw: which configure options are
> recommended if I only want to use the W2000 port ?).

I managed to compile plplot under cygwin even with the X11 device
working on Cygwin XFree86 with the following command:

> command:        /cygdrive/c/Docume~1/svensson/develop/plplot/plplot-5.1.0/configure --with-gcc
> system:         CYGWIN_NT-5.0-1.3.12(0.54/3/2)
> prefix:         /usr/local/plplot
> CC:             gcc -c          -O
> LDC:            gcc
> CXX:            g++ -c            -O
> LDCXX:          g++
> F77:            g77 -c           -O
> LDF:            g77
> INCS:            -I. -I/usr/X11R6/include
> LIBS:            -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lm
> LIB_TAG:
> devices:         plmeta null xterm tek4010 tek4010f tek4107 tek4107f mskermit conex vlt versaterm dg300 ps psc xfig ljii hp7470 hp7580 lj_hpgl ljiip imp xwin pbm pstex
> 
> Available device drivers
> static:          plmeta null tek dg300 ps xfig ljii hpgl ljiip impress xwin pbm
> pstex
> dynamic:
> 
> with_shlib:     no              with_double:    no
> with_debug:     no              with_opt:       yes
> with_warn:      no              with_profile:   no
> with_gcc:       yes             with_rpath:     yes
> 
> enable_xwin:    yes             enable_tcl:     no
> enable_tk:      no              enable_itcl:    no
> enable_cxx:     yes             enable_python:  no
> enable_f77:     yes             enable_java:    no
> enable_octave:  no              enable_gnome:   no

I can then compile and run all the examples with the xwin device, I
haven't tested all the other devices.
 
> In a second step I went into the sys/win32/msdev directory,
> and I followed your instructions until step 5, which fails
> with the following message:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /D/Downloads/plplot-5.1.0/sys/win32/msdev/plplib $ nmake plplib.mak
> 
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.
> 
> No configuration specified. Defaulting to plplib - Win32 Debug.
> Warning: cannot find "plplib.dep"
>         if not exist ".\Release/" mkdir ".\Release"
>         cl.exe /nologo /ML /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /D "_LI
> B" /Fo".\Release\\" /Fd".\Release\\" /FD /c ..\..\..\..\tmp\plcore.cpp
> plcore.cpp
> ..\..\..\..\tmp\plplot/plplotP.h(94) : fatal error C1034: ctype.h: no include pa
> th set
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl.exe' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I got exactly the same question from another person who found the
solution himself:

> Wayne Richardson wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I am able to compile and run PLPLOT !!  Thanks very much for your
> help.
> 
> You actually gave the solution to the problem in the readme.txt file.
> The relevent part reads `` make sure that you can execute the ``
> nmake'' command on a MS-DOS prompt command line.''  Running nmake from
> the command line requires the setting of many more environmental
> variables than I had set and in fact the issue was addressed in a note
> on MS Knowledge base.  More importantly, the settings to run nmake are
> contained in the file  Vcvars32.bat     which is in the VC98\bin
> directory.  Hence by either first executing Vcvars32.bat, or placing
> it in the autoexec.bat file, it is possible to make nmake work
> properly.
> 
> Again, thanks very much for you help.
> 
> Respectfully,
> W. Richardson

I hope this helps!

Regards,

Olof