Re: [ptp-user] building ptp perspective issues

[Jonathan R Chu <JRChu@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Clement Kam Man Chu <clement.chu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2007 8:47 pm
Subject: Re: [ptp-user] building ptp perspective issues
To: PTP User list <ptp-user@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Jonathan,
> 
>    You need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/local/openmpi/lib.

Is this because eclipse itself still needs to know specifically where the library files are to run the perspective?

> 
> Clement
> 
> Jonathan R Chu wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm being trying to build PTP for two days now. I found some of 
> the errors and partial solutions here and would like to share what 
> I have done, as well as ask for solutions since my build still 
> doesn't work.
> >
> > I'm using CentOS 5.
> >
> > First, I installed Sun Java JRE5 since according to the specs, 
> PTP doesn't work with linux's Java.
> >
> > I then installed openMPI with the following:
> >
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openmpi --with-devel-headers
> > make
> > sudo make install
> >
> > I opted to symlink the symlinks in /usr/local/openmpi in /usr/bin 
> instead of adding the folder to the path.
> >
> > and then downoaded PTP/PLDT and put the corresponding files in 
> the plugins and features folders.
> >
> > With just the command
> > ./BUILD
> > I got errors about the C Compiler not being able to compile. This 
> can be traced down to missing libraries as told by the config.log:
> > ./a.out: error while loading shared libraries: libmpi.so.0: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > This is due to that fact that I installed OpenMPI in a non-
> default location.
> > Other's have pointed out that they added the path to 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH. But there is a better way to fix this.
> > Setting CFLAGS=-I/location/to/openmpi's/include and LDFLAGS="-
> L/location/to/openmpi's/lib -Wl, -rpath,/location/to/openmpi's/lib"
> >
> > So the final configure like is:
> > CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/openmpi/include LDFLAGS="-
> L/usr/local/openmpi/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/openmpi/lib" sh BUILD
> >
> >
> > Having gotten this far, I still have an error:
> > Problem opening perspective 'org.eclipse.ptp.ui.PTPRunPerspective'
> > which tells me nothing about what's wrong. Where should I look now?
> >
> > Looking Forward,
> > --
> > Hope is a dimension of the spirit. It is not outside us, but 
> within us.
> > When you lose it, you must seek it again within yourself
> > and in people around you -- not in objects or even events.	-
> > -Vaclav Havel
> > --
> > Chu, Jonathan
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> 
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> Clement Kam Man Chu
> Research Assistant
> School of Computer Science & Software Engineering
> Monash University, Caulfield Campus
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