Re: [help-gnuastro] GNU Astro configure error - missing WCSLIB component

[Duane Booher]

I just noticed that I sent the wrong version of my config.log, here is the 
correct log for this command:
./configure --prefix=/packages/gnuastro/0.5

On 5/25/18, 9:23 AM, "Mohammad Akhlaghi" <address@hidden> wrote:

    Hi Duane,
    
    Thank you for trying out Gnuastro :-).
    
    If you could also send us the `config.log' file, it would help to 
    exactly identify the problem.
    
    But before that (based on similar problems for some other users) I have 
    the following guess. Please try this and if it doesn't work, send us the 
    `config.log' file.
    
    I think your system is confusing the system's `libwcs' (usually in 
    `/usr/lib', it was a system library for wide characters in older systems 
    I think), with WCSLIB's `libwcs' (possibly in `/usr/local/lib' if you 
    installed from source).
    
    If this is the case, you should guide your linker to first look in the 
    place that WCSLIB is installed, then in the system-wide directories.
    
    To do that, run the configure script like this (assuming WCSLIB is 
    installed in `/usr/local/lib'):
    
    $ ./configure LDFLAGS=/usr/local/lib
    
    If `./configure' doesn't complain about WCSLIB any more, than this was 
    the solution.
    
    If so, you should also tell your run-time linker to first look into this 
    directory is well by setting `LD_LIBRARY_PATH'.
    
    Generally, this issue has been discussed in the "Known issues" section 
    of Gnuastro's book/manual (second point under the `./configure' issue):
    
    
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnu.org%2Fsoftware%2Fgnuastro%2Fmanual%2Fhtml_node%2FKnown-issues.html&data=02%7C01%7CDuane.Booher%40nau.edu%7Cef89064b31dd4703c5a608d5c25bdc1e%7C27d49e9f89e14aa099a3d35b57b2ba03%7C0%7C1%7C636628622150182755&sdata=J0riKH1Ck%2FNUVDboKe9qiQl%2Buf2qlMrIt3uIiguMBIQ%3D&reserved=0
    
    These installation directory issues can be a little confusing, to help 
    astronomers (non software engineers!) learn the basics behind these 
    directories, Gnuastro's book has a section called "Installation directory":
    
    
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnu.org%2Fsoftware%2Fgnuastro%2Fmanual%2Fhtml_node%2FInstallation-directory.html&data=02%7C01%7CDuane.Booher%40nau.edu%7Cef89064b31dd4703c5a608d5c25bdc1e%7C27d49e9f89e14aa099a3d35b57b2ba03%7C0%7C1%7C636628622150182755&sdata=qEKcSQCW6mVm4t%2BjtVdJ%2Fvz1WdeiEN2QV9CMG7i%2Bsuw%3D&reserved=0
    
    If you are just starting with Gnuastro, I strongly recommend installing 
    the newest alpha-release in the link below. Many bugs have been fixed 
    compared to the last stable release (version 0.5) and many features have 
    been added, so it would be much more easier to start with this version. 
    So this alpha-release is much more robust and powerful.
    
    
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falpha.gnu.org%2Fgnu%2Fgnuastro%2Fgnuastro-0.5.132-60d5.tar.lz&data=02%7C01%7CDuane.Booher%40nau.edu%7Cef89064b31dd4703c5a608d5c25bdc1e%7C27d49e9f89e14aa099a3d35b57b2ba03%7C0%7C1%7C636628622150182755&sdata=Jj69InnGN0ajYgUhYqdVT%2FU0tJKnlF4cdkOqluHMFDo%3D&reserved=0
    
    In a week or two we are going to make the next stable release of 
    Gnuastro (version 0.6). It will be very similar to this alpha-release. 
    To be informed when it is released, please subscribe to the 
    `info-gnuastro' mailing list:
    
    
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnu.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Finfo-gnuastro&data=02%7C01%7CDuane.Booher%40nau.edu%7Cef89064b31dd4703c5a608d5c25bdc1e%7C27d49e9f89e14aa099a3d35b57b2ba03%7C0%7C1%7C636628622150182755&sdata=n%2Fw3kogftmWZq8OaAi%2Bp9XxyUA45UF3dTBB2iQIC6ls%3D&reserved=0
    
    I hope the `LDFLAGS' solution works, if not, please send us the 
    `config.log' file, and we can find the root of the problem from that.
    
    Cheers,
    Mohammad

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