Erlang installation problem

[aruna.jambunathan@REDACTED]

Thanks Raimo for your immediate responses..
Your instructions were very helpful to solve the installation issue.
We have successfully installed erlang version R9C2 on solaris 8 with no
errors.
Thanks once again.

Regards,
Aruna




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED
[mailto:owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Raimo Niskanen
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 1:12 PM
To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
Subject: Re: Erlang installation problem

Sorry, I gave fuzzy instructions. "conftest.c" does not exist - it is
created by "configure" while it runs. To mimic what configure does;
create a file "conftest.c" containing:
--------------------------------------after-this-line
#line 3741 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
  FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w");
  if (!f) exit(1);
  fprintf(f, "%d\n", sizeof(short));
  exit(0);
}
--------------------------------------before-this-line
and then compile and link it using the same command as "configure":

gcc -o conftest -g -O2
-I/aims_home/sailajar/erlang/otp_src_R9C-2/erts/sparc-sun-solaris2.8
conftest.c -lncurses -lresolv -ldl -lm  -lsocket -lnsl

That "erts/sparc-sun-solaris2.8" does not exist is strange, because
it should be created by "configure". Try creating it yourself if
necessary, otherwise try the "gcc" command above without the
"-I/aims_home/sailajar/erlang/otp_src_R9C-2/erts/sparc-sun-solaris2.8"
switch. I do not think it is important at this point for "configure".

The compilation of "conftest.c" should produce an executable named
"conftest". Try to run "conftest" - it should write a file named
"conftestval" that contains "2" or whatever the size of short
is on your machine.

Now we'll see where this procedure fails...

--

/ Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB



aruna.jambunathan@REDACTED writes:

> 
>  I am unable to locate sparc-sun-solaris2.8 and conftest.c in the erts
> folder.
>
> Aruna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raimo Niskanen [mailto:raimo@REDACTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:16 PM
> To: Aruna Jambunathan(WT01 - TELECOM SOLUTIONS)
> Subject: Re: Erlang installation problem
>
> This part is from erts/config.log:
>
> configure:3733: checking size of short
> configure:3752: gcc -o conftest -g -O2
> -I/aims_home/sailajar/erlang/otp_src_R9C-2/erts/sparc-sun-solaris2.8
> conftest.c -lncurses -lresolv -ldl -lm  -lsocket -lnsl 1>&5
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 3741 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> #include <stdio.h>
> main()
> {
>   FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w");
>   if (!f) exit(1);
>   fprintf(f, "%d\n", sizeof(short));
>   exit(0);
> }
>
> I see no error printout. Try to paste the failing program from
> "#line 3751 ..." to "}" into a file "configure" and then run
> that gcc command above on it and see what fails. If it is
> linking that fails - check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>
> And yes, Erlang is compatible with Solaris 8. It is our main internal
> platform and our most important license customer platform. They run
> on our binary release, though. But compiling open source Erlang for
> Solaris 8 should be no problem. You probably have some problem in
> your compiler/linker installation.
>
> --
>
> / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
>
>
>
> <aruna.jambunathan@REDACTED> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >   Thanks for your responses. I checked with gcc version. It is as
> > follows:
> >
> >
> >
> > # gcc --version
> >
> > gcc (GCC) 3.3.2
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
> is
> > NO
> >
> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> > PURPOSE.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also checked if ncursers library are installed as suggested by
Henk
> > .They are already installed. Even then the problem is not solved
> >
> >
> >
> > # cd /usr/local/lib/
> >
> > # ls -l | grep libncurses
> >
> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 bin        127772 May  2  2003 libncurses++.a*
> >
> > -rw-r--r--   1 bin        464320 May  2  2003 libncurses.a
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root           15 Feb 20  2004 libncurses.so ->
> > libncurses.so.5
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root           17 Feb 20  2004 libncurses.so.5 ->
> > libncurses.so.5.3
> >
> > -rw-r--r--   1 bin        339008 May  2  2003 libncurses.so.5.3
> >
> > -rw-r--r--   1 bin       4255308 May  2  2003 libncurses_g.a
> >
> >
> >
> > The earlier version of Erlang (R8B)on the same system is :
> >
> >
> >
> > "Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.1[source]
> >
> > Eshell V5.1"
> >
> >
> >
> > I have attached the /erts/config.log file
> >
> >
> >
> > Please let me know the version of erlang compatible with SunOS 5.8
> > Generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc SUNW, Ultra-2.
> >
> > It would be of great help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Aruna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED
> > [mailto:owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Raimo
Niskanen
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:53 PM
> > To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> > Subject: Re: Erlang installation problem
> >
> >
> >
> > It seems as you are trying to build open source erlang for Solaris
8.
> >
> >
> >
> > Check the file erts/config.log and see what went long. The size of
> >
> > short being 0 is not right - it should be 2 or 4. All others are
> >
> > also wrong. They should be 4 or 8. Maybe your compiler is not
> >
> > correctly installed. It should be gcc. What does "gcc -- version"
> >
> > tell you?
> >
> >
> >
> > In short; this looks as a secondary error, the primary error
> >
> > occurred earlier.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Henk Bijker [mailto:henk@REDACTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:24 PM
> > To: Aruna Jambunathan(WT01 - TELECOM SOLUTIONS)
> > Subject: RE: mail to erlang mailing list
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I know we had the same problem, but I can't really remember what the
> >
> > solution was to this problem - I think it was the ncurses library.
> make
> >
> > sure it's installed, and then retry.... just a guess.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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