Make error

[Patrick Eisenmann]

Hi,
I encountered 3 main problems while trying to install GMP onto my Macbook (OS 10.5.6).

The first, if I try to make check in uncompressed library and that library has a space character anywhere in its path, my make check fails on the first set of tests. Moving to a lower directory fixed this.
Second, if you accidentally make check before make, it fails inexplicably and reports problems that shouldn't exist. Using make clean, then starting again from the beginning fixed this.
Third, make install failed due to permission errors. Using sudo make install (and having the root password) fixed this.

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[Ryan Schmidt-59]

On Apr 13, 2009, at 21:29, Patrick Eisenmann wrote:

> I encountered 3 main problems while trying to install GMP onto my  
> Macbook (OS 10.5.6).
>
> The first, if I try to make check in uncompressed library and that  
> library has a space character anywhere in its path, my make check  
> fails on the first set of tests. Moving to a lower directory fixed  
> this.

Spaces in the path is a general problem for most UNIX software. I  
once reported this as a bug to the people who make the autotools  
software, and they said it is not a bug, it is a user error, and they  
will not fix it. Therefore to save yourself from running into these  
problems, I recommend you use paths that do not contain spaces.


> Second, if you accidentally make check before make, it fails  
> inexplicably and reports problems that shouldn't exist. Using make  
> clean, then starting again from the beginning fixed this.

I'll let the gmp people respond to this; it sounds like a bug. (Some  
missing dependency in the makefile?)


> Third, make install failed due to permission errors. Using sudo  
> make install (and having the root password) fixed this.

That's expected, since by default it wants to install into /usr/local  
which requires administrator privilege to modify. If you want to  
install to a location that doesn't require administrator privilege,  
specify it at configure time using the --prefix=/wherever switch.



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