[gmx-users] Error installing gromacs on Solaris 9

[Mostyn Lewis]

Solaris 9 has a /bin/bash to use; editing any occurrences of /bin/sj to be
/bin/bash will get rid of this error.

Regards,
Mostyn

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 linux at eblackprint.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've managed to successfully compile mpi gromacs on Solaris 9 but
> installation fails. The following is the output of the error. From past
> posts in this thread, the error lies with Solaris "sh" shell being different
> from the "standard" and the solution is to do a "make install" in each
> subdirectory. My question is, does anyone has a updated Makefile for
> Solaris? Or can someone guide a unix noob here how to modify the Makefile?
> and what does the following line actually do:
>
>   (cd $libdir && test -e $libname.a -a ! -e $nompi.a && ln -s $libname.a
> $nompi.a ; exit 0);
>   (cd $libdir && test -e $libname.so -a ! -e $nompi.so && ln -s $libname.so
> $nompi.so ; exit 0);
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
>
> # make install
> Making install in src
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src'
> Making install in gmxlib
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> /bin/sh ../../config/mkinstalldirs
> /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install ../../config/install-sh -c
> libgmx_mpi_d.la /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib/libgmx_mpi_d.la
> ../../config/install-sh -c .libs/libgmx_mpi_d.lai
> /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib/libgmx_mpi_d.la
> ../../config/install-sh -c .libs/libgmx_mpi_d.a
> /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib/libgmx_mpi_d.a
> ranlib /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib/libgmx_mpi_d.a
> chmod 644 /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib/libgmx_mpi_d.a
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Libraries have been installed in:
>    /usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib
>
> If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
> in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
> specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
> flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
>    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
>      during execution
>    - use the `-RLIBDIR' linker flag
>
> See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
> more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> make  install-exec-hook
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> libname="libgmx_mpi_d"; \
> nompi="`echo $libname | sed -e 's,_mpi,,'`"; \
> libdir="/usr/local/gromacs/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/lib"; \
> if echo $libname | grep mpi >/dev/null ; then \
>   (cd $libdir && test -e $libname.a -a ! -e $nompi.a && ln -s $libname.a
> $nompi.a ; exit 0); \
>   (cd $libdir && test -e $libname.so -a ! -e $nompi.so && ln -s $libname.so
> $nompi.so ; exit 0); \
> fi;
> /bin/sh: test: unknown operator libgmx_mpi_d.a
> /bin/sh: test: unknown operator libgmx_mpi_d.so
> make[4]: *** [install-exec-hook] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> make[3]: *** [install-exec-am] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src/gmxlib'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gepadmin/gromacs/gromacs-3.1.4/src'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> #
>
>
>
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