Re: compilation problem

[Padmaparna Haldar <haldar@ISI.EDU>]

On Mon, 18 May 1998, Thierry Chevalier wrote:

> I tried to use ns but I can't compile.
> That's what I did :
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> lennon% ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3
> checking target system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3
> checking build system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for c++... (cached) c++
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C++... (cached) yes
> checking whether c++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) no
> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
> checking for main in -ltcl... (cached) yes
> creating ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> 
> lennon% make
> rm -f link.o; c++ -o link.o -c -I. -DSIGRET=void -DNO_TK -O2 link.cc

looks like the tcl/tk libraries were not included while building ns.
ns depends on several components (tcl/tk, otcl, tclcl and in that order)
and you would need to install these (if you dont already have them) before
you can start to build ns. 

take a look at
http://www-mash.CS.Berkeley.EDU/ns/ns-build.html
for more info.

--Padma.

> In file included from link.h:44,
>                  from link.cc:43:
> trace.h:61: syntax error before `;'
> In file included from link.h:45,
>                  from link.cc:43:
> flow.h:159: `Tcl_Channel' was not declared in this scope
> flow.h:159: parse error before `)'
> flow.h:159: warning: ANSI C++ forbids initialization of member `dump'
> flow.h:185: syntax error before `;'
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `link.o'
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If you can help me to solve this problem.
> Sincerly,
> 
> 
> Thierry CHEVALIER, french student to GCATT.
> 
> 
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Padmaparna Haldar
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