Re: (re)compiling from source

[Chris Elshout <chris.el-at-wxs.nl>]

Dear Enrique,

Before I try this, where do I copy the source from cvs to. I downloaded
with different machine and copied them to cd-rom. Removing bdi source and
copying to the same directories screw things up.

Chris

Enrique Sanchez Vela schreef:

> the BDI Dev distro has a script that does that for you....check
>
>      /usr/local/compile
>
>  I dont have it in front of me, otherwise I would check it right away,
> but I bet it is the name of the script. it should take care of
> everything.
>
>   just run it from the command line, sit back and relax.
>
> regards,
> esv.
>
> --- Chris Elshout <chris.el-at-wxs.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Can someone give me a hint on compiling from source. I am an
> > unexperienced linux user. Have taken the following steps:
> >
> > I need to update because Fred Proctor made some changes for our
> > particular use.
> >
> > Retreived and installed developers version of BDI. Retreived source
> > from
> > sourceforge (on a WIN98 machine) on nov 29
> >
> > Copied the  EMC and RCSLIB directories to linux machine to the
> > /usr/local/
> >
> > went into emc/src directory as root and gave command  $ make
> > PLAT=rtlinux_3_0 all
> >
> > Get all kinds of error messages like
> >
> > exraneous text after 'endif' directive etc. including line numbers
> > from
> > the makefile where the error occurs. And then it stops
> >
> > If I use the old source (june 16 2001) which comes with the bdi,  the
> > command "make etc." does seem to work o.k.
> >
> > I cheated and exchanged makefiles but that doesn't work.
> >
> > Does the RCSLIB also have to be compiled? and if so how?
> > Is there an error in the emc/src makefile?
> >
> > Could someone give a golden clue?
> >
> > Chris Elshout
> >
> >
>
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