Re: problem installing root5.10.00

Thank you
not quite elegant - but I can survive.
cheers,
HP

Philippe Canal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently the win32 build of ROOT does not work from a cygwin xterm.
> You have to start it
> from a regular windows cmd.exe window.
>
> Cheers,
> philippe
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch
> [mailto:owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch] *On Behalf Of *HP Beck
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:16 AM
> *To:* Roottalk
> *Subject:* [ROOT] problem installing root5.10.00
>
> Dear rooters
>
> trying to install the win32gdk binary for root5.10.00 leads to problems:
>
> The platform I use:
>
> Windows XP professional
> VC++ 8.0
> cygwin
>
> ROOTSYS, PATH, INCLUDE, LIB, LIBPATH
> variables are properly set and root seems to run fine from a cmdtool
> prompt - but not from a cygwin xterm prompt.
>
> From a cygwin xterm prompt, I can e.g. compile all the test macros in
> root/test by simply typing make (which uses the VC++ 8.0 compiler
> cl.exe). These test programs run fine, give output to stdout and open
> canvases and the like as expected.
> However, starting root, gives me the root splash screen and the
> standard root greeting - but *no root prompt*!!
> cygwin>root
> *******************************************
> * *
> * W E L C O M E to R O O T *
> * *
> * Version 5.10/00 1 March 2006 *
> * *
> * You are welcome to visit our Web site *
> * http://root.cern.ch *
> * *
> *******************************************
>
> Compiled on 2 March 2006 for win32.
> CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.16.8, February 9, 2006
> Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements.
> Enclose multiple statements between { }.
> <---- NO prompt appearing.
>
> Anyone ever seen something the like? I.e. not getting the prompt after
> all is initialized.
> (I removed also my local .rootrc in order to be sure it does not cause
> any problems).
>
>
> btw - compiling root natively (using VC++8.0 and typing ./configure
> win32 and make from a cygwin prompt leads to a compile error:
> build/win/cc.sh -O2 -MD -DWIN32 -D_WIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DWINVER=0x0400 -FIsehmap.h -nologo
> -D_X86_=1 -D_DLL -DVISUAL_CPLUSPLUS -DG__SHAREDLIB -DG__UNIX -DG__ROOT -DG__REDIRECTIO
> -DG__WIN32 -Iinclude -DG__NEWSTDHEADER -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_SECURE_SCL=0
> -o cint/src/g__cfunc.o -c cint/src/g__cfunc.c
> g__cfunc.c
> cint/src/g__cfunc.c(229) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant
> make: *** [cint/src/g__cfunc.o] Error 2
>
> Thanks for any hint
> cheers,
> HP
>
> --
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> University of Bern, Switzerland fax: +41 (0)22-767 83 50
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>
>
> PS - for the curious, here the PATH, LIB and INCLUDE variables:
>
> PATH:
> /opt/root5.10.00/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/system32/Wbem:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8/VC/VCPackages:/c/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/SDK/v2.0/bin:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/PlatformSDK/bin:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/Tools/Bin:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/Tools:/d/Program
> Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/bin:/d/Program Files/Microsoft
> Visual Studio
> 8/Common7/IDE:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/hp/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:.:/usr/lib/lapack:/opt/CMT/v1r18p20041201/CYGWIN_NT-5.1-i686
>
> LIB:
> d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\ATLMFC\LIB;d:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;d:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\lib;d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib
>
> INCLUDE:
> d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\VC\INCLUDE;d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include;d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\SDK\v2.0\include
>
> LIBPATH:
> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;d:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\ATLMFC\LIB
Received on Mon Mar 27 2006 - 11:35:37 MEST