Praedor,
It looks like the program used by make (codonw) is not really executable.
It is a binary file, and its permissions are set to execute properly, but
on my Mandrake 7.2 system I still can't even execute the file manually.
Without a functioning codonw file, make is unable to create the links with
other files, and set up the application.
Here's the specific problem I saw: the setup file codonWinstall works
fine, in that it is able to create a Makefile for make to use in compiling
the programs. But as make reads through the Makefile, it is told to
execute the program codonw (as noted above), and it is unable to do so.
When I tried a simple ./codonw, I got an error that the file cannot be
executed.
I am not a C programmer, so I didn't look deeply into the actual *.c and
*.h files.
Unless a C coder can figure out the underlying problem, I would suggest
contacting the author.
Dave
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 14:38, thus spake Praedor Tempus:
> I have downloaded the source for a simple c program that I wish to use
> in my scientific research. Unfortunately, it simply will not build on
> my system (Mandrake 8.0), and I am not a coder so I have no idea why.
>
> The file is small (tar.Z) at ~700k. Could someone with a clue take a
> look at it and try to determine why it wont build and what must be done
> to make it build?
>
> It contains a simple build script called codonWinstall which guides you
> through a short series of questions. I can either send the file
> directly to you as an attachment OR you can get it from:
> http://www.molbiol.ox.ac.uk/cu/culong.html
>
> Someone? Anyone? I could REALLY use this app.
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