Re: ns-allinone-2.1b5 installation failure (with ns-2.1b1)

[Ya Xu <yaxu@isi.edu>]

You have to modify some configure files to let them understand the current
otcl etc. location/version number

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, KJ CURRAN wrote:

> I downloaded the ns-allinone-2.1b5 which installs fine on my Solaris 
> 2.4 OS.
> 
> However, i wish to use the ns-2.1b1 version with this allinone 
> download (so I can use the SOT research files from Jon Crowcroft). 
> Therefore I rename the n2-1.1b5 directory to another name and I 
> insert the (downloaded) ns-2.1b1 directory into the 
> /ns-allinone-2.1b5 directory containing all the other ns installation 
> directories and I rename it to ns-2.1b5 so that the .install program 
> does not know any different. The installation proceeds for ages buit 
> near the end it crashes out with the following error message.
> 
> ......... 
> -I../include -L../lib    -c sgb2hierns.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib -o
> ../bin/sgb2hierns sgb2hierns.o -lm -lgb gcc  -I../include -L../lib 
>   -c sgb2ns.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -o ../bin/sgb2ns sgb2ns.o
> -lm -lgb sgb2ns has been installed successfully.
> ./otcl-1.0a4/libotcl.so: No such file or directory ./install:
> ./configure: cannot execute Ns configuration failed! Exiting ...
> fair:~/ns-allinone-2.1b5> 
> 
> 
> Here is a fuller version of the last moments of my installation:
> 
> 
> make test_sample.c
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/home/igrs/phd/phkc/ns-allinone-2.1b5/sgb' if test -r test_sample.ch;
> then ctangle test_sample.w test_sample.ch; else ctangle test_sample.w;
> fi This is CTANGLE (Version 3.4) *1*13*19 Writing the output file
> (test_sample.c):. Done. (No errors were found.) make[2]: Leaving
> directory `/home/igrs/phd/phkc/ns-allinone-2.1b5/sgb' make test_sample
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/home/igrs/phd/phkc/ns-allinone-2.1b5/sgb' cc -g
> -I/usr/local/sgb/include   -L. -L/usr/local/lib  test_sample.c -lgb
> -lgb -o test_sample make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/igrs/phd/phkc/ns-allinone-2.1b5/sgb' make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/igrs/phd/phkc/ns-allinone-2.1b5/sgb' ./test_sample > sample.out
> diff test.gb test.correct diff sample.out sample.correct rm test.gb
> sample.out test_io test_graph test_flip test_sample echo
> "Congratulations --- the tests have all been passed." Congratulations
> --- the tests have all been passed. touch certified gcc  -I../include
> -L../lib  -DFBSD   -c itm.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD   -c
> geog.c NFS server cserve1 not responding still trying NFS server
> cserve1 ok gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD   -c ts.c gcc 
> -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD   -c dfs.c dfs.c:21: warning: `NBBY'
> redefined /usr/include/sys/select.h:45: warning: this is the location
> of the previous definition gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD -o
> ../bin/itm itm.o geog.o ts.o dfs.o -lm -lgb gcc  -I../include -L../lib
>  -DFBSD   -c sgb2alt.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD -o
> ../bin/sgb2alt sgb2alt.o  -lm -lgb gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD 
>  -c edriver.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -DFBSD -o ../bin/edriver
> edriver.o eval.o -lm -lgb gcc: eval.o: No such file or directory make:
> *** [edriver] Error 1 gcc  -I../include -L../lib    -c sgb2comns.c gcc
>  -I../include -L../lib  -o ../bin/sgb2comns sgb2comns.o -lm -lgb gcc 
> -I../include -L../lib    -c sgb2hierns.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib 
> -o ../bin/sgb2hierns sgb2hierns.o -lm -lgb gcc  -I../include -L../lib 
>   -c sgb2ns.c gcc  -I../include -L../lib  -o ../bin/sgb2ns sgb2ns.o
> -lm -lgb sgb2ns has been installed successfully.
> ./otcl-1.0a4/libotcl.so: No such file or directory ./install:
> ./configure: cannot execute Ns configuration failed! Exiting ...
> fair:~/ns-allinone-2.1b5> 
>