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titaniumdecoy · Jan 17th, 2008, 10:06 PM

I have the source of a X windows program, and I want to compile it on Mac OS X. I am using X11 so this should not be a problem. (The source consists of a number of C++ .h and .cc files.) There is a makefile included in the directory, so I ran the make command, but I got the following errors:

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g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout    -c -o getopt.o getopt.cc
g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout    -c -o SupDisp.o SupDisp.cc
g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout    -c -o SupProbe.o SupProbe.cc
g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout    -c -o main.o main.cc
main.cc:10:20: error: mcheck.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [main.o] Error 1

It appears there is no mcheck.h file. There is no mcheck.cc file either. Is this something that should have been included with the source, or am I doing something wrong?

FYI, the developer is no longer around (the code was written in '93, I believe); I know it works on Fedora Core 5 since we are using the compiled program in class. Thanks for any help.

titaniumdecoy · Jan 17th, 2008, 10:59 PM

Okay, I figured out that by commenting out "#include <mcheck.h>" in main.cc the problem disappeared.

Now the real question: In class we are using a file named libsim.a and a bunch of header files in a directory named include. However, when I try to use it on my mac I get a "wrong architecture" error, which leads me to believe I need to build it myself.

When I run the make command in the directory containing the source (the same .h files with their corresponding .cc files), the process completes successfully, and produces a bunch of .o files and a test executable. Somehow I want to turn the results into a library file like the libsim.a file we are using in class..

So my question is, can I somehow package the .o files into a library?

titaniumdecoy · Jan 17th, 2008, 11:06 PM

I solved my own problem.

ar rcs libsim.a *.o

Jan 17th, 2008, 10:06 PM	#1
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 855 Rep Power: 3	Help compiling app I have the source of a X windows program, and I want to compile it on Mac OS X. I am using X11 so this should not be a problem. (The source consists of a number of C++ .h and .cc files.) There is a makefile included in the directory, so I ran the make command, but I got the following errors: (Toggle Plain Text) g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o getopt.o getopt.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o SupDisp.o SupDisp.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o SupProbe.o SupProbe.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o main.o main.cc main.cc:10:20: error: mcheck.h: No such file or directory make: * [main.o] Error 1 g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o getopt.o getopt.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o SupDisp.o SupDisp.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o SupProbe.o SupProbe.cc g++ -fno-operator-names -D_XWIN -DD_OUTPUT=cout -DRT_DIAG=cout -DRT_INFO=cout -c -o main.o main.cc main.cc:10:20: error: mcheck.h: No such file or directory make: * [main.o] Error 1 It appears there is no mcheck.h file. There is no mcheck.cc file either. Is this something that should have been included with the source, or am I doing something wrong? FYI, the developer is no longer around (the code was written in '93, I believe); I know it works on Fedora Core 5 since we are using the compiled program in class. Thanks for any help.

Jan 17th, 2008, 10:59 PM	#2
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 855 Rep Power: 3	Re: Help compiling app Okay, I figured out that by commenting out "#include <mcheck.h>" in main.cc the problem disappeared. Now the real question: In class we are using a file named libsim.a and a bunch of header files in a directory named include. However, when I try to use it on my mac I get a "wrong architecture" error, which leads me to believe I need to build it myself. When I run the make command in the directory containing the source (the same .h files with their corresponding .cc files), the process completes successfully, and produces a bunch of .o files and a test executable. Somehow I want to turn the results into a library file like the libsim.a file we are using in class.. So my question is, can I somehow package the .o files into a library?

Jan 17th, 2008, 11:06 PM	#3
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 855 Rep Power: 3	Re: Help compiling app I solved my own problem. `ar rcs libsim.a *.o`

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