10:50 p.m.
I have an issue with the latest build version (1.9.11): it won't start!
However, I may have made an error. I went ahead with installing it
(successfully, eventually) without removing the secure version I already
had.
Once installed, clicking on the gretl icon inside the Kickoff menu produced
nothing. I then removed the installed gretl and then again. Still nothing.
I restarted the machine and logged back in - same result.
Sometimes it produces the message
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KDEInit could not launch '/usr/local/bin/gretl'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
but yet 1.9.11 was successfully installed, as shown here by way of excerpt:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
libtool: finish:
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin"
ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
/usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2
If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
- add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
during execution
- add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
during linking
- use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
- have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf'
See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../plugin/data/urcdata.gz
/usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/data
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../plugin/data/dwdata.gz
/usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/data
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/plugin'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/po'
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share
installing cs.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing de.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing el.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing es.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing eu.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing fr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing it.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing pl.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing tr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing pt.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing pt_BR.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing ru.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing sq.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
installing zh_TW.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gretl.mo
if test "gretl" = "gettext"; then \
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gettext/po; \
for file in Makefile.in.in Makevars remove-potcdate.sin ; do \
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./$file \
/usr/local/share/gettext/po/$file; \
done; \
else \
: ; \
fi
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/po'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share'
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/nist
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/plotbars
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/db
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/fonts
for f in ../share/data/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/data
cp -fp ../share/data/gretldata.dtd /usr/local/share/gretl/data
cp -fp ../share/data/plotbars/nber.txt /usr/local/share/gretl/data/plotbars
for f in ../share/data/greene/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/greene/wg_descriptions
/usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene
for f in ../share/data/misc/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/misc/descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc
for f in ../tests/*.dat ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/nist ; done
for f in ../share/scripts/*.inp ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts ; done
cp -fp ../share/scripts/ps_descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
cp -fp ../share/scripts/wg_ps_descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
for f in ../share/scripts/misc/*.inp ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc ; done
cp -fp ../share/scripts/misc/ps_descriptions
/usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc
cp -fp ../share/functions/gretlfunc.dtd /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
cp -fp ../share/functions/criteria.gfn /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
cp -fp ../share/functions/packages.xml /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
for f in ../share/fonts/*.ttf ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/fonts ; done
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/doc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/helpfigs
for f in gretlgui.hlp gretlcmd.hlp gretlcli.hlp gretlgui.hlp.es
gretlcmd.hlp.es gretlcli.hlp.es gretlgui.hlp.it gretlcmd.hlp.it
gretlcli.hlp.it gretlgui.hlp.pt gretlcmd.hlp.pt gretlcli.hlp.pt genrcli.hlp
genrgui.hlp genrcli.hlp.it genrgui.hlp.it genrcli.hlp.pt
genrgui.hlp.ptgretlhelp.refs ; do \
if test -f ../share/$f ; then \
cp -fp ../share/$f /usr/local/share/gretl ; fi ; done
for f in ../share/texfigs/*.png ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/helpfigs ; done
for f in ../doc/tex/gretl-ref.pdf ../doc/tex/gretl-guide.pdf ; do \
if test -f $f ; then cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/doc ; fi ;
done
for f in ../doc/tex/gretl-ref-a4.pdf ../doc/tex/gretl-guide-a4.pdf ; do \
if test -f $f ; then cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/doc ; fi ;
done
cp -fp ../share/gretl.stamp /usr/local/share/gretl/gretl.stamp
make -C bcih install
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share/bcih'
gcc -o mkbin mkbin.c
./mkbin ../../share/bcih
cp -fp fedstl.bin /usr/local/share/gretl/db/fedstl.bin
cp -fp ../../share/bcih/fedstl.idx /usr/local/share/gretl/db/fedstl.idx
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share/bcih'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/xdg'
xdg-desktop-menu install gretl.desktop --novendor
xdg-mime install ../xdg/gretl.xml --novendor
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 32
../xdg/gretl-data-icon.png application-gretl.data
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 32
../xdg/gretl-session-icon.png application-gretl.session
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 32
../xdg/gretl-script-icon.png text-gretl.script
xdg-icon-resource install --context apps --size 32 ../xdg/32/gretl.png
--novendor
xdg-icon-resource install --context apps --size 48 ../xdg/48/gretl.png
--novendor
xdg-icon-resource install --context apps --size 64 ../xdg/64/gretl.png
--novendor
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/xdg'
make -C share install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share'
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/nist
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/data/plotbars
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/db
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/fonts
for f in ../share/data/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/data
cp -fp ../share/data/gretldata.dtd /usr/local/share/gretl/data
cp -fp ../share/data/plotbars/nber.txt /usr/local/share/gretl/data/plotbars
for f in ../share/data/greene/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/greene/wg_descriptions
/usr/local/share/gretl/data/greene
for f in ../share/data/misc/*.gdt ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc ; done
cp -fp ../share/data/misc/descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/data/misc
for f in ../tests/*.dat ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/data/nist ; done
for f in ../share/scripts/*.inp ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts ; done
cp -fp ../share/scripts/ps_descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
cp -fp ../share/scripts/wg_ps_descriptions /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts
for f in ../share/scripts/misc/*.inp ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc ; done
cp -fp ../share/scripts/misc/ps_descriptions
/usr/local/share/gretl/scripts/misc
cp -fp ../share/functions/gretlfunc.dtd /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
cp -fp ../share/functions/criteria.gfn /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
cp -fp ../share/functions/packages.xml /usr/local/share/gretl/functions
for f in ../share/fonts/*.ttf ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/fonts ; done
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/doc
../tools/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gretl/helpfigs
for f in gretlgui.hlp gretlcmd.hlp gretlcli.hlp gretlgui.hlp.es
gretlcmd.hlp.es gretlcli.hlp.es gretlgui.hlp.it gretlcmd.hlp.it
gretlcli.hlp.it gretlgui.hlp.pt gretlcmd.hlp.pt gretlcli.hlp.pt genrcli.hlp
genrgui.hlp genrcli.hlp.it genrgui.hlp.it genrcli.hlp.pt
genrgui.hlp.ptgretlhelp.refs ; do \
if test -f ../share/$f ; then \
cp -fp ../share/$f /usr/local/share/gretl ; fi ; done
for f in ../share/texfigs/*.png ; do \
cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/helpfigs ; done
for f in ../doc/tex/gretl-ref.pdf ../doc/tex/gretl-guide.pdf ; do \
if test -f $f ; then cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/doc ; fi ;
done
for f in ../doc/tex/gretl-ref-a4.pdf ../doc/tex/gretl-guide-a4.pdf ; do \
if test -f $f ; then cp -fp $f /usr/local/share/gretl/doc ; fi ;
done
cp -fp ../share/gretl.stamp /usr/local/share/gretl/gretl.stamp
make -C bcih install
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share/bcih'
cp -fp fedstl.bin /usr/local/share/gretl/db/fedstl.bin
cp -fp ../../share/bcih/fedstl.idx /usr/local/share/gretl/db/fedstl.idx
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share/bcih'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/clive/gretl-1.9.11/share'
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Can anybody help? (And yes, you are welcome to tell me what a tit I've
been... :)
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"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
11:06 p.m.
Am 20.01.2013 23:50, schrieb Clive Nicholas:
I have an issue with the latest build version (1.9.11): it won't
start!
However, I may have made an error. I went ahead with installing it
(successfully, eventually) without removing the secure version I
already had.
Once installed, clicking on the gretl icon inside the Kickoff menu
produced nothing. I then removed the installed gretl and then again.
Still nothing. I restarted the machine and logged back in - same
result.
Sometimes it produces the message
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KDEInit could not launch '/usr/local/bin/gretl'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi,
you could do "sudo ldconfig" and then try again. This seems to be
necessary (at least sometimes) since a while ago (at least on some
systems/distributions), although I have never really understood why...
hth,
sven
12:41 a.m.
On 20 January 2013 23:06, Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Hi,
you could do "sudo ldconfig" and then try again. This seems
to be
necessary (at least sometimes) since a while ago (at least on some
systems/distributions), although I have never really understood why...
Oh, darn. I'm afraid that didn't do the trick, Sven. By 'try again', I
assume you meant reconfigure gretl from scratch after -sudo ldconfig-.
Unfortunately I get the same error message from Kickoff, viz:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
KDEInit could not launch '/usr/local/bin/gretl'
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
I wish I could be more positive, but any more ideas? (I suspect the icon is
a hangover from the -gretl- version I removed from my Muon Software Centre
- v1.9.6 - and is expecting to fire that up then complains that it can't.)
--
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[Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicholas(a)hotmail.com>.
Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!]
"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
12:44 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Clive Nicholas
<clivelists(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On 20 January 2013 23:06, Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net>
wrote:
> Hi,
> you could do "sudo ldconfig" and then try again. This seems to be
> necessary (at least sometimes) since a while ago (at least on some
> systems/distributions), although I have never really understood why...
Oh, darn. I'm afraid that didn't do the trick, Sven. By 'try again', I
assume you meant reconfigure gretl from scratch after -sudo ldconfig-.
Unfortunately I get the same error message from Kickoff, viz:
You want to do ldconfig after installation.
http://linux.die.net/man/8/ldconfig
Skipper
1:10 a.m.
On 21 January 2013 00:44, Skipper Seabold <jsseabold(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You want to do ldconfig after installation.
Thanks, but it's still the same result from Kickoff. If I type gretl at the
terminal, I get:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
The program 'gretl' is currently not installed. You can install it by
typing:
sudo apt-get install gretl
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
Also, note that on my system:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't create temporary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~:
Permission denied
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
and only -sudo ldconfig- runs without complaint. But still no -gretl-. :(
--
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[Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicholas(a)hotmail.com>.
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"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
1:28 a.m.
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
On 21 January 2013 00:44, Skipper Seabold <jsseabold(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
You want to do ldconfig after installation.
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/8/ldconfig
Thanks, but it's still the same result from Kickoff. If I type gretl at the
terminal, I get:
The program 'gretl' is currently not installed. You can install it by
typing:
sudo apt-get install gretl
Is /usr/local/bin in your PATH? (Try "echo $PATH" to see.)
Also, note that on my system:
clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't create temporary cache file
/etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied
Not surprising; that's why Sven suggested "sudo ldconfig".
Possible problems here:
1) /usr/local bin is not in PATH
2) /usr/local/lib is not referenced by ldconfig (see ld.so.conf)
3) There's some mess-up between a previous installation of gretl via
KDE and your new installation under /usr/local. This may be fixable
by doing "rm -f ~/.gretl2rc".
Assuming you succeeded in installing gretl into /usr/local/bin, you
should be able to get a more informative error message by doing
/usr/local/bin/gretl
in a terminal window.
Allin Cottrell
1:41 a.m.
On 21 January 2013 01:28, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
Also, note that on my system:
>
> clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ ldconfig
> /sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't create temporary cache file
> /etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied
Not surprising; that's why Sven suggested "sudo ldconfig".
I explained in the reply to Sven that I did try this and after that quote.
Possible problems here:
1) /usr/local bin is not in PATH
It is:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
2) /usr/local/lib is not referenced by ldconfig (see ld.so.conf)
From that directory, it would appear not:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
clive@clivubu:/usr/local/lib$ sudo ldconfig -f conf
[sudo] password for clive:
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't open configuration file conf: No such file or
directory
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
3) There's some mess-up between a previous installation of gretl
via
KDE and your new installation under /usr/local. This may be fixable
by doing "rm -f ~/.gretl2rc".
I've passed over this, because...
Assuming you succeeded in installing gretl into /usr/local/bin, you
should be able to get a more informative error message by doing
/usr/local/bin/gretl
in a terminal window.
I get:
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ /usr/local/bin/gretl
bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
Bad news, then. But this is all after having reinstalled 1.9.11 from
scratch _after_ removing 1.9.6. via Muon. So I don't understand why this is
happening.
--
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Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!]
"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
3 a.m.
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ /usr/local/bin/gretl
bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
So gretl was not actually installed.
You may have better luck if you add --prefix=/usr when configuring
gretl (if installation under /usr/local is not properly supported by
your system). But to make it possible to diagnose this sort of thing
you should give us the output from the various stages of your build,
as in
./configure (this produces config.log)
make > make.log 2>&1
sudo make install > install.log 2>&1
The files config.log, make.log and install.log should tell the tale
of woe such that you can get some help.
Allin Cottrell
3:18 a.m.
Allin,
Thanks for this and I will do as you advise. I was wary of posting too much
output from the build stages to make the post indigestible for any readers,
but should I have this problem again, I'll follow your advice.
C
On 21 January 2013 03:00, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
> clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ /usr/local/bin/gretl
> bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
So gretl was not actually installed.
You may have better luck if you add --prefix=/usr when configuring
gretl (if installation under /usr/local is not properly supported by
your system). But to make it possible to diagnose this sort of thing
you should give us the output from the various stages of your build,
as in
./configure (this produces config.log)
make > make.log 2>&1
sudo make install > install.log 2>&1
The files config.log, make.log and install.log should tell the tale
of woe such that you can get some help.
Allin Cottrell
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"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
3:49 a.m.
Okay. Essentially,
/usr/local/bin/gretl
is still showing
bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
so no change. I've attached the logs: I can't print them out, because it's
too much output to put in a post. The make log is shortest, because I was
reinstalling.
C
On 21 January 2013 03:18, Clive Nicholas <clivelists(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Allin,
Thanks for this and I will do as you advise. I was wary of posting too
much output from the build stages to make the post indigestible for any
readers, but should I have this problem again, I'll follow your advice.
C
On 21 January 2013 03:00, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
>
> > clive@clivubu:~/Downloads/gretl-1.9.11$ /usr/local/bin/gretl
> > bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
>
> So gretl was not actually installed.
>
> You may have better luck if you add --prefix=/usr when configuring
> gretl (if installation under /usr/local is not properly supported by
> your system). But to make it possible to diagnose this sort of thing
> you should give us the output from the various stages of your build,
> as in
>
> ./configure (this produces config.log)
>
> make > make.log 2>&1
>
> sudo make install > install.log 2>&1
>
> The files config.log, make.log and install.log should tell the tale
> of woe such that you can get some help.
>
> Allin Cottrell
>
>
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4:18 a.m.
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
Okay. Essentially,
/usr/local/bin/gretl
is still showing
bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
But (according to your logs) you reconfigured with --prefix=/usr and
installed under /usr, so now the relevant test is
/usr/bin/gretl
As it happens, you should find gretlcli there, but not the GUI
program, gretl_x11. The config.log shows that gtk+-2.0 was not
found, so the GUI would not get built.
You need to install the GTK devel package
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
Please read Appendix C.2 to the Gretl User's Guide, "Build
instructions: a step-by-step guide".
Allin Cottrell
6:22 p.m.
Allin,
Apologies for the delay in replying: I now can't get into my Linux system!!
If and when I do, I'll probably start again from scratch. I deleted all the
-gretl- folders before I logged off last night.
C
On 21 January 2013 04:18, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
> Okay. Essentially,
>
> /usr/local/bin/gretl
>
> is still showing
>
> bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
But (according to your logs) you reconfigured with --prefix=/usr and
installed under /usr, so now the relevant test is
/usr/bin/gretl
As it happens, you should find gretlcli there, but not the GUI
program, gretl_x11. The config.log shows that gtk+-2.0 was not
found, so the GUI would not get built.
You need to install the GTK devel package
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
Please read Appendix C.2 to the Gretl User's Guide, "Build
instructions: a step-by-step guide".
Allin Cottrell
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2:48 a.m.
All,
I just wanted to return and close this thread, which has effectively been
open since the beginning of last week.
Essentially, I fixed the issue of my Linux system by (after a fashion)
reinstalling Kubuntu and then adding about ten or so additional packages
afterwards, including -gretl-, from my software repository. This had the
happy consequence of bringing in a new stable of version of -gretl- (1.9.9,
replacing my 1.9.6) and everything is now working satisfactorily. I can't
imagine that my current -gretl- is really much different from the latest
beta version, so I'm happy to stick with that.
The moral of all this gubbins is simple: I shall never be touching beta
releases of Linux packages from websites ever again. It's too much hassle!
Many thanks to all those of you who selflessly contributed to help me fix
this particular issue. I'll be posting two new queries (one about reviews
and another about FE models) shortly.
Yours,
Clive Nicholas
On 21 January 2013 18:22, Clive Nicholas <clivelists(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Allin,
Apologies for the delay in replying: I now can't get into my Linux
system!! If and when I do, I'll probably start again from scratch. I
deleted all the -gretl- folders before I logged off last night.
C
On 21 January 2013 04:18, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
>
> > Okay. Essentially,
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/gretl
> >
> > is still showing
> >
> > bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
>
> But (according to your logs) you reconfigured with --prefix=/usr and
> installed under /usr, so now the relevant test is
>
> /usr/bin/gretl
>
> As it happens, you should find gretlcli there, but not the GUI
> program, gretl_x11. The config.log shows that gtk+-2.0 was not
> found, so the GUI would not get built.
>
> You need to install the GTK devel package
>
> sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
>
> Please read Appendix C.2 to the Gretl User's Guide, "Build
> instructions: a step-by-step guide".
>
> Allin Cottrell
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I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
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"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology.
I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
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