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Re: [linrad] PSE help with SuSE 8.2 and svgalib



Hi Joop. Don't make the mistake I did. My old eyes have trouble
distinguishing "l" from "1". It's ga gee el not ga gee one. The "1" doesn't
work.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w3sz" <w3sz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 13:29
Subject: Re: [linrad] PSE help with SuSE 8.2 and svgalib


> Hi Joop!
>
> I am not a Linux expert and am replying only because no other replies have
appeared
> here.  I have never used Suse.
>
> The eror you describe indicates that the compiler couldn't find vgagl
libraries, I
> think.
>
> I wonder if somehow the manual linking that must be done (see Leif's page
> http://www.antennspecialisten.com/~sm5bsz/linuxdsp/install/svgainst.htm
again) didn't
> occur correctly.  A typo here would be fatal ;)
>
> The runtime libraries are placed at /usr/local/lib but they are needed at
/usr/lib.
> Symbolic links solve the problem.
> Type:ln -s /usr/local/lib/libvga.so.1.4.3 /usr/lib/libvga.so.1
> Type:ln -s /usr/local/lib/libvgagl.so.1.4.3 /usr/lib/libvgagl.so.1 The
"proper"
> solution is of course to change Makefile.cfg to place the library files at
the right
> place automatically, but keeping as many files as possible untouched is a
good way of
> avoiding problems....
>
> is the text in question on this page.
>
> See also:
> http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/hypermail/1449.html
> http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/hypermail/1450.html
>
>
> What happens when, after you type 'updatedb', you type 'locate vgagl' ?
>
> I get:
>
> [root@xxxxx root]# locate vgagl
> /home/svgalib/svgalib-1.9.17/doc/man7/vgagl.7
> /home/svgalib/svgalib-1.9.17/gl/vgagl.h
> /home/svgalib/svgalib-1.9.17/sharedlib/libvgagl.so.1.9.17
> /usr/local/include/vgagl.h
> /usr/local/lib/libvgagl.so.1.9.17
> /usr/local/lib/libvgagl.so
> /usr/local/lib/libvgagl.so.1
> /usr/local/man/man7/vgagl.7.gz
>
> Of course, if you typed the links wrong, then this could look ok but
things still
> wouldn't work.
>
> Finally, when you think things have compiled OK, if Linrad still doesn't
want to work
> you might try some of the svgalib demos, in the svgalib directory.  Here I
am using
> svgalib-1.9.17 and so these are at .../svgalib-1.9.17/demos.
>
> I hope that this message is of some help, and that you get some more
replies from
> folks who really DO know Linux.
>
> PS getting as far as you have gotten in 1 day is impressive!
>
> 73,
>
> ROger Rehr
> W3SZ
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > Hi Friends
> >
> > I am a total newbie on Linux and bought my first package yesterday (SuSE
8.2
> > personal)
> > Installation went fine, internet and sound looks OK.
> > I have installed nasm, and gcc seems to be working.
> > However, when installing Linrad 01-06 I get an error message towards the
end
> > of the compilation process, looks like something wrong with svgalib.
> >  msg:
> > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.3/
../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lvgagl   collect2  ld returned 1 exit status
> > make: xxx[linrad] error 1
> >
> > Leif advised me to reinstall svgalib143, I did exactly what i was told
to do
> > on Linrad-homepage, got NO errors, still no compilation possible.
> > Then i went to 2 different RPM installations, looked like they worked
ok,
> > but still no success in compiling Linrad
> > During all activities I was logged in as "root".
> >
> > Since i am a total newbie on Linux, i really don't know what to do
now...
> > I went through the linrad-archive file , saw some threads on SuSE 82,
but
> > not enough to help me out.
> >
> > Any help would be VERY much appreciated !!
> >
> > Thanks, 73
> > Joop PA0JMV
> >
> > www.planet.nl/~pa0jmv
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> 73,
> Roger Rehr
> W3SZ
> FN20ah
> http://www.qsl.net/w3sz
>
>

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