Hmmm, looks like the instructions published on that website are a bit tricky: tar zxf openbabel-2.3.0.tar.gz mv openbabel-2.3.0 src mkdir build cmake ../src
While this is correct, I believe the more common route (as usually described for other packages) would be: tar -xzf openbabel-2.3.0.tar.gz cd openbabel-2.3.0 mkdir build cd build cmake ../ Igor On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 14:37 -0500, John Merle wrote: > Noel, > > When I run "cmake ../src" I am in the build folder inside the openbabel > folder. So, the "../src" IS referring to the src directory in the source > distribution. > > If this is wrong should I run "cmake .."? > > Thanks > > John > > > On 12/9/10 2:25 PM, "Noel O'Boyle" <baoille...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi John, (Please cc to the list) > > > > You're not alone - someone else just filed the same bug on our bug tracker. > > > > When you run "cmake ../src", which directory is this exactly? It > > should be the directory containing INSTALL, THANKS, etc. Just to be > > clear, it is not the "src" directory included in the openbabel source > > distribution. > > > > - Noel > > > > On 9 December 2010 15:37, Merle, John <merl...@wssu.edu> wrote: > >> Dear Noel, > >> > >> Thanks for the reply. > >> > >> I am using the latest release OpenBabel 2.3 source distrubution and > >> Cmake-2.6.4-5.el5.2.x86_64 (recently downloaded and installed). > >> I executed the command: cmake ../src 2>&1 | tee cmake.out > >> > >> The requested output file is attached. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> John > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> Dr. John K. Merle > >> Assistant Professor of Chemistry > >> Winston-Salem State University > >> 601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive > >> W. B. Atkinson Building > >> Winston-Salem, NC 27110 > >> Office: (336) 750-2237 > >> Fax: (336) 750-2549 > >> Email: merl...@wssu.edu > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Noel O'Boyle [mailto:baoille...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Fri 12/3/2010 6:51 AM > >> To: Merle, John > >> Cc: openbabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Subject: Re: [Open Babel] cmake error in source install > >> > >> Hi John, > >> > >> Can you provide some more background? > >> > >> What command line did you use? What version of CMake? Is this the Open > >> Babel 2.3.0 official release you are compiling? Can you delete > >> CMakeCache.txt and rerun CMake attaching the complete output (you > >> should pipe it all to a file). > >> > >> - Noel > >> > >> On 2 December 2010 16:35, Merle, John <merl...@wssu.edu> wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I get the following errors from the cmake portion of the openbabel source > >>> installation on Centos5.5 machine. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> CMake Error at formats/inchi103/CMakeLists.txt:21 (export): > >>> export FILE option given filename "" which does not have an extension of > >>> ".cmake". > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> CMake Error at formats/inchi103/CMakeLists.txt:23 (install): > >>> install TARGETS given no ARCHIVE DESTINATION for static library target > >>> "inchi". > >>> > >>> > >>> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:232 (export): > >>> export FILE option given filename "" which does not have an extension of > >>> ".cmake". > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:234 (install): > >>> install TARGETS given no ARCHIVE DESTINATION for static library target > >>> "openbabel". > >>> > >>> > >>> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> Dr. John K. Merle > >>> Assistant Professor of Chemistry > >>> Winston-Salem State University > >>> 601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive > >>> W. B. Atkinson Building > >>> Winston-Salem, NC 27110 > >>> Office: (336) 750-2237 > >>> Fax: (336) 750-2549 > >>> Email: merl...@wssu.edu > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> -- > >>> Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > >>> Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > >>> optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > >>> Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> OpenBabel-discuss mailing list > >>> OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-discuss mailing list > OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss
