Thu, 05/22/2008 - 15:19
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Hi,
I am trying to install OpenCascade6.2 on Ubuntu Linux. I got a compilation error :
../../../src/Draw/Draw.cxx:317: error: 'Tcl_DString' does not name a type
../../../src/Draw/Draw.cxx:321: error: 'command' was not declared in this scope
make[2]: *** [Draw.lo] Error 1
I have Tcl installed, But I don't know how I can rectify this problem, could any of you please help ?
Thanks,
Venu
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 21:37
How do you install OpenCascade ?
Personally I have successfully installed Occ on Ubuntu 8.04, g++ 4.2.3.
Here are the steps I followed :
1. install package sun-java6-bin (or later), type : sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin
3. cd in $occdir/Linux
4. type : java -cp setup.jar run
And that should be done.
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 23:28
Hi Hugues,
I was following a diffeent route, I am not sure if what I am doing is the right way. But I did these steps:
1. in ros dir: ./configure
2. make
I had problems initially compiling, but many modules got built after fixing couple of problems, except when I got that error.
If what I am doing is wrong, could you please tell me as what modules will I need to install for CAD application development? and I will follow your steps of installation.
Thanks,
Venu
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 00:38
I think you should use the OpenCascade's java installer, it makes setup very easy.
That done, check if you can compile/link a small project that is using OpenCascade's libs.
If you get compilation errors, define these compiler directives :
HAVE_CONFIG_H
HAVE_FSTREAM
HAVE_IOSTREAM
HAVE_LIMITS_H
You will surely have to link against these libs :
TKBrep
TKernel
TKG2d
TKG3d
TKGeomAlgo
TKGeomBase
TKMath
TKOpenGl
TKPrim
TKService
TKV2d
TKV3d
TKXSBase
And maybe IGES and STEP packages, if your application needs them ...
After that if you have a strange linking error due to a missing C++ standard library (libstdc++.so.5), you might try to make a link to your current version of libstdc++ (take a look in your /usr/lib folder).
link -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (assuming version 6 of your current libstdc++)
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 02:39
Hugues, Thanks a lot for your help. I should be able to make it work. I tried installing using set.jar, it worked! along with examples.
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 04:48
You can also try my .deb packages for OpenCascade:
http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/opencascade/
6.2-3 is the latest version, I uploaded it to the Debian NEW queue a week and a half ago so I should have a reply soon... I'm hoping it will get into Debian Lenny, and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex.
If you're on an amd64 machine, you can install them directly, otherwise get the .orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz and .dsc files and do:
dpkg-source -x opencascade_6.2-3.dsc
cd opencascade-6.2
dpkg-buildpackage
That will either build the package or tell you what other packages you need to install in order to do so.
I believe it works on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.
-Adam
Thu, 05/29/2008 - 08:46
Thanks Adam, I tried your deb package too, I was able to build it. As a matter of fact, I made a mistake while building, I didn't setup my environment variables by running env.[ksh csh] which is why it wasn't able to find TCL/TK include files and libs. Your package was helpful as I was able to compile and install it on Ubuntu 8.04.I could in fact install it as it was as you indicated, but I had problems with libstdc++.so.6. I guess your binaries/libraries were built using libstdc++.so.5, I had lib clashing problems on my system. And even though I ran ldconfig, I wasn't able to resolve my problem, hence the need for a build.
Regards,
Venu
Mon, 06/02/2008 - 19:31
Hello Venu,
It's odd that you had trouble with libstdc++, given the dependencies of the packages. (I don't think my system even has libstdc++.so.5.) The library has:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4), libx11-6, libxext6, libxmu6, tcl8.4 (>= 8.4.16), tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16)
I've heard other success reports on Ubuntu 8.04, and want this to be installable there. Can you post or send me (hazelsct@debian.org) the error message you saw when trying to install this?
Thanks,
Adam
Tue, 06/03/2008 - 00:20
Hi Adam, I shall try to recreate the problem again, one reason could be that I have both libstdc++.so.6 and libstdc++.so.5 on my machine in /usr/lib. The Debain package was compiled using libstdc++.so.5? so I had to fool my linker to accept libstdc++.so.6 as libstdc++.so.5 . But I shall mail you the error once I recreate it.
Venu
Thu, 06/05/2008 - 18:41
No, the Debian package was compiled using libstdc++.so.6.
I just checked every lib file in the package using ldd, and they all point to libstdc++.so.6.
Why do you think it is linked to .5? What does ldd tell you about the lib files in my package?
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 01:45
Hi Powell,
You are correct, I checked the your built libraries, they all point to libstdc++so.6. I was bit confused, the original OCC libraries that I downloaded were pointing to libstdc++.so.5. Since I downloaded your built package and OCC at the same time, It led my confusion. Indeed it is your libraries that I am using now. I had trouble installing official OCC because of the library version differences. Everytime I run OCC examples using official built libraries I get a message :
"/usr/bin/ld: warning: libstdc++.so.5, needed by /opt/OpenCASCADE6.2.0/ros/Linux/lib/libTKernel.so, may conflict with libstdc++.so.6"
However, I don't this message with your built and I don't have any problems now.
Thanks,
Venu