[esp-r] Re: Building 11.9 on Ubuntu: Creating binary plant databases [plantc.db1] does not complete

[Aizaz Samuel]

  I have recently built ESP-r on Ubuntu 10.10 on a 32-bit processor. 
There was no problem using gcc4.4

The problem with pdb might stem from there already being an executable 
by the same name on most linux systems (try "which pdb" to see what I 
mean). It usually lives at /usr/bin/pdb

The workaround is:
1. Name /usr/bin/pdb something else temporarily (or permanently as I 
have done in the past).
2. Edit the PATH environment variable to give precedence to the ESP-r 
executables.
3. Type the full pdb executable path when invoking it.

Option 1 should work during installing from source.

Regards,
Aizaz





On 03/11/2010 18:49, Jon Hand wrote:
> With the GCC 4.4 you will need to include the directives --gcc4 --compiler_version -4.4
>
> the gcc3-fpe should probably not be used.
>
> The path issue - install ESP-r to a shorter path e.g.  /usr/esru   or /opt/esru
> or /home/lars/esru
>
> -Jon Hand
> ________________________________________
> From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Lars O. Grobe [grobe at gmx.net]
> Sent: 03 November 2010 12:05
> To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
> Subject: [esp-r] Building 11.9 on Ubuntu: Creating binary plant databases [plantc.db1] does not complete
>
> Hi all,
>
> this is my first email to the list. I am an architect with some deeper
> interest in building performance simulation, especially with some
> background in Radiance and related tools, currently focussing a bit more
> on ESP-r.
>
> I am just trying to build esp-r 11.9 on my Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64 system.
>
> I am calling the install script as such:
>
> Install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr --force --xml --X11 --gcc3-fpe --silent
>
> As I am on a recent Ubuntu installation, my gcc is 4.4, not 4.1.
>
> Unfortunately I have experienced that the build kind of hangs when
> installing the standard databases. The last lines of output from the
> install script indicate:
>
>    Installing standard databases. This may take some time.
>      - Removing existing databases... Done.
>      - Creating binary materials databases... Done.
>      - Creating binary event profiles databases ... Done.
>      - Creating binary plant databases [plantc.db1]...
>
> There is no further progress, pdb is running for hours at 100% CPU load.
>
> Another side-note, I found what looks like a limitation on the path
> string during build:
>
> make[2]: Betrete Verzeichnis '/home/lars/packaging/esp-r/espr-11.9/src/lib'
> gfortran  -I../include -I../shocc -I/usr/local/include
> -I../cetc/h3kreports -DLIN -DX11    -fno-automatic  -DGCC4 -c
> esru_libNonGTK.F
> ../include/espinstalldir.h:3.18:
>       Included at esru_libNonGTK.F:3931:
>
>          instpath = '/home/lars/packaging/esp-r/espr-11.9/debian/tmp/usr/e
>                     1
> Error: Unterminated character constant beginning at (1)
>
> The instpath string variable obviously got cut off. This will never
> appear for people building ESP-r with a target such as /usr or /opt, but
> those trying to work with a deeper directory tree will find the build to
> fail.
>
> Cheers, Lars.
>
>
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