Installing SoXt to get open inventor to work.

[Pureferret]

Hi guys, I've been having trouble 'make installing' SoXt-1.2.2 on the server at work. I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit, I'm not sure what else to mention, besides the print out of the terminal, it's quite a lot...

Also I tired to use Libtools, but then I stopped when I realised I had no idea what I was doing.

...ok so I can't upload it as "You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more." I'm pretty certain there are no urls in it, so I've attached it.

Thanks very much for any help.

[Pureferret]

I've just uninstalled/deleted SoXt, downloaded it and not fiddled with libtool. This is the error I get:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../lib/crti.o: In function `_init':
(.init+0x0): multiple definition of `_init'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../lib/crti.o:(.init+0x0): first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../lib/crti.o: In function `_fini':
(.fini+0x0): multiple definition of `_fini'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../lib/crti.o:(.fini+0x0): first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/crtbeginS.o:(.data.rel+0x0): multiple definition of `__dso_handle'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/crtbeginS.o:(.data.rel+0x0): first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/crtendS.o:(.dtors+0x0): multiple definition of `__DTOR_END__'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.1/crtendS.o:(.dtors+0x0): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[8]: *** [libSoXt.la] Error 1
make[8]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt'
make[7]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[7]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt'
make[6]: *** [install] Error 2
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt'
make[5]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor'
make[4]: *** [install] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor'
make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Everything above that looks identical. From what I've read onthe web this loks like a compiler compatibility error, but I'm not sure nor do I want to fiddle with the compiler. It's gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) 4.4.1

Hope that helps, I've seen a few people look at this thread but no replies? Am I in the wrong forum?

[reed9]

The steps are

./configure
make
sudo make install

You missed the make part it looks like. Also note that you should not configure or build software as the root user, only use sudo for the installation.

[Pureferret]

I only used the sudo command when I noticed it didn't have the permission to remove some files. My logic was that programmer wouldn't be trying to remove critical files (it would have done that on the original programmers machine and messed it all up), and if removing them helped in some way it was worth trying. Also, after configuring it, it asks to 'make install' not make and make install like most programmes do. I'm going to go and try the make command but I don't have high hopes any more.

[reed9]

What instructions are you following? The INSTALL file in the source lists the instructions as so

The simplest way to compile this package is:

  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
     `configure' itself.

     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
     messages telling which features it is checking for.

  2. Type `make' to compile the package.

  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
     the package.

  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
     documentation.

I would look at the files it's trying to remove. It would be odd to try and remove files in the configure or make process. But it's more likely they are files in your build directory, which should be owned and have r/w permission by your user.

[Pureferret]

The instructions are the ones given to me after I configure the programme:

geantuser@slicey:~/SoXt-1.2.2$ ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... file_magic ELF [0-9][0-9]*-bit [LM]SB (shared object|dynamic lib )
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for f90... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for f95... f95
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether f95 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for file... /usr/bin/file
checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... no
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for f95 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if f95 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if f95 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the f95 linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking windows.h usability... no
checking windows.h presence... no
checking for windows.h... no
checking whether g++ accepts -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for function name variable for CPP compiler... __func__
checking for function name variable for C compiler... __func__
checking whether gcc accepts -W... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wall... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-unused... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-multichar... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -W... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -Wall... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -Wno-unused... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -Wno-multichar... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -Woverloaded-virtual... yes
checking for GetEnvironmentVariable() function... no
checking for dlfcn.h... (cached) yes
checking for the dl library...   -ldl
checking for X... libraries , headers 
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking whether we can link against X11... yes
checking whether libXpm is available... yes
checking whether the X11 shared memory extension is available... yes
checking whether the X11 miscellaneous utilities library is available... yes
checking whether the X11 extension device library is available... yes
checking whether the X11 printing library is available... yes
checking whether the X11 Intrinsic library is available... yes
checking how to include gl.h... #include <GL/gl.h>
checking for coin-config... /usr/local/bin/coin-config
checking if we can compile and link with the Coin library... true
checking if the Open Inventor SoPolygonOffset node is available... true
checking if the Open Inventor SoVRMLMaterial VRML node is available... true
checking for SoKeyboardEvent::DELETE enum... true
checking for SoMouseButtonEvent::BUTTON5 enum... true
checking for SoCamera::setStereoMode() method... true
checking for SoGLRenderAction::SORTED_LAYERS_BLEND transparency mode... true
checking Linux Joystick device driver... true
checking Linux Joystick device handle... (cached) /dev/js0
checking for a Motif development environment... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating soxt-default.cfg
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/editors/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/widgets/Makefile
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating man/man1/Makefile
config.status: creating man/man3/Makefile
config.status: creating html/Makefile
config.status: creating test-code/Makefile
config.status: creating build/soxt.spec
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: src/config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands

SoXt configuration settings:
  Xpm Library:          Yes
  Open Inventor brand:  Coin
  Static Materials:     Yes
  Installation Prefix:  /usr/local

Now, run 'make install' to build and install SoXt.

Otherwise running 'make' gives me this:

geantuser@slicey:~/SoXt-1.2.2$ make
config.status: creating sogui.doxygen
config.status: creating soxt-config
config.status: creating src/soxtdefs.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoAny.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoAny.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtCursor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtCursor.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtObject.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtObject.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXt.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoGuiP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtComponentCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtComponent.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoGuiComponentP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtGLWidget.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoGuiGLWidgetP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtGLWidgetCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtRenderArea.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtRenderArea.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtColorEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtMaterialEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/common/gl.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/spwinput.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/spwinput_win32.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/spwinput_x11.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/spwinput_win32.c
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtDeviceCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoGuiDeviceP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtDevice.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtInputFocusCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtInputFocus.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoGuiInputFocusP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtKeyboardCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtKeyboard.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoGuiKeyboardP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtMouseCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtMouse.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoGuiMouseP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtSpaceballCommon.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoXtSpaceball.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/devices/SoGuiSpaceballP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/editors/SoXtColorEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/editors/SoXtColorEditor.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/editors/SoXtMaterialEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/editors/SoXtMaterialEditor.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/SoGuiEngines.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/Engines.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/SoGuiRadioGroup.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/RadioGroup.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/SoGuiFormat.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/engines/Format.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiNodes.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Nodes.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiSceneTexture2.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SceneTexture2.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiViewportFix.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/ViewportFix.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiViewpointWrapper.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/ViewpointWrapper.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiPane.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Pane.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiPosition.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Position.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiTranslation.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Translation.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiFrame.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Frame.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiImage.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Image.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiLabel.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Label.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiToggleButton.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/ToggleButton.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiRadioButton.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/RadioButton.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiClickCounter.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/ClickCounter.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiSlider1.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Slider1.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiSlider2.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/Slider2.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiColorEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/ColorEditor.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/SoGuiMaterialEditor.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/nodes/MaterialEditor.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtConstrainedViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtConstrainedViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtFlyViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtFlyViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtFullViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoGuiFullViewerP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtFullViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoGuiExaminerViewerP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtExaminerViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtExaminerViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtPlaneViewer.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoGuiPlaneViewerP.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/viewers/SoXtPlaneViewer.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/widgets/SoAnyThumbWheel.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/widgets/SoAnyThumbWheel.cpp
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/widgets/SoXtPopupMenu.h
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/widgets/SoXtPopupMenu.cpp
config.status: creating man/man1/soxt-config.1
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2'
Making all in .
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2'
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
Making all in .
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
Making all in Inventor
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor'
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
make  all-recursive
make[5]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor'
Making all in Xt
make[6]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt'
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
make  all-recursive
make[7]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt'
Making all in devices
make[8]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt/devices'
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
make  all-am
make[9]: Entering directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt/devices'
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: src/config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h
config.status: src/Inventor/Xt/SoXtBasic.h is unchanged
config.status: line 1073: src/Inventor/Xt/stamp-h3: Permission denied
if /bin/bash ../../../../libtool --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../../../../src -I../../../../src   -DSOXT_DEBUG=1 -DSOXT_INTERNAL -I/usr/local/include/Inventor/annex -D_REENTRANT  -g -O2 -fno-exceptions -W -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-multichar -Woverloaded-virtual -MT SoXtDevice.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/SoXtDevice.Tpo" \
	  -c -o SoXtDevice.lo `test -f 'SoXtDevice.cpp' || echo './'`SoXtDevice.cpp; \
	then mv -f ".deps/SoXtDevice.Tpo" ".deps/SoXtDevice.Plo"; \
	else rm -f ".deps/SoXtDevice.Tpo"; exit 1; \
	fi
rm: cannot remove `.libs/SoXtDevice.o': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `.libs/SoXtDevice.o': Permission denied
 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../../../../src -I../../../../src -DSOXT_DEBUG=1 -DSOXT_INTERNAL -I/usr/local/include/Inventor/annex -D_REENTRANT -g -O2 -fno-exceptions -W -Wall -Wno-unused -Wno-multichar -Woverloaded-virtual -MT SoXtDevice.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/SoXtDevice.Tpo -c SoXtDevice.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/SoXtDevice.o
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: can't create .libs/SoXtDevice.o: Permission denied
make[9]: *** [SoXtDevice.lo] Error 1
make[9]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/Xt/devices'
make[8]: *** [all] Error 2
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make[7]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
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make[6]: *** [all] Error 2
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make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
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make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
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make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I know quite a few programmes that just use 'make install' and not 'make'..I didn't think there was anything odd or wrong about it...

[reed9]

I know quite a few programmes that just use 'make install' and not 'make'..I didn't think there was anything odd or wrong about it...

I was just reading what the INSTALL instructions have.

What are the permissions of the files?

ls -l ~/SoXt-1.2.2/src

[Pureferret]

-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser  3996 2010-02-09 10:59 config.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser  3706 2004-09-02 12:46 config.h.in
drwxrwxrwx 3 geantuser geantuser  4096 2010-02-09 14:06 Inventor
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser 67954 2010-02-09 14:06 Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser   262 2001-10-19 12:44 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser 72617 2004-08-16 16:02 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser  4487 2010-02-09 14:46 soxtdefs.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 geantuser geantuser    27 2010-02-09 15:06 stamp-h1

Also

geantuser@slicey:~/SoXt-1.2.2$ ls -l /home/geantuser/SoXt-1.2.2/src/Inventor/
total 148
-rw-r--r--  1 geantuser geantuser 67500 2010-02-09 14:06 Makefile
-rw-r--r--  1 geantuser geantuser   240 2001-10-19 12:44 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r--  1 geantuser geantuser 72130 2004-08-16 16:02 Makefile.in
drwxrwxrwx 11 geantuser geantuser  4096 2010-02-09 15:06 Xt

This is what I get.

Isn't the error with crti.o?