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>From: "Scott Swank" <address@hidden> >Organization: NOAA >Keywords: 200508082115.j78LFfAW003372 LDM 6.3.0 Hi Scott, re: >Institution: noaa >Package Version: 6.3 >Operating System: Linux web1 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue May 17 17:52:23 ED > T 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >Hardware Information: Intel >Inquiry: I am following the instructions for source code installation >of ldm-6.3.0.tar.Z and encountered an error that means nothing to me. >I have attached the relevant log. Your log file snippit shows that the library needed by pqing, libldm.a, was not created as it should have been, so it was not found: "Making `install' in directory /shared/ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src/pqing ... make[3]: *** No rule to make target `../libldm.a', needed by `pqing'. Stop." My suggestion is to try the build from scratch capturing the configure and make output into separate log files so that if there is an error you can send us all of the log messages. Please review: http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/ldm/ldm-6.3.0/basics/source-install-steps.html Also, it appears that you are building the LDM as the user 'root'. We STRONGLY advise against doing this!!! You should build the LDM as the user 'ldm' in that user's HOME directory. The standard steps to build and install the LDM are: 1) download: anonymous FTP: <as 'ldm'> cd ~ldm ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu <user> anonymous <pass> address@hidden cd pub/ldm binary get ldm-6.3.0.tar.Z quit 2) unpack <as 'ldm'> zcat ldm-6.3.0.tar.Z | tar xvf - 3) configure cd ~ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src ./configure 4) make <while still in ~ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src> make 5) make install <while still in ~ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src> make install You perform the next step as 'root': 6) make install_setuids <as 'root'> cd ~ldm/ldm-6.3.0/src make install_setuids 7) set/change the runtime link <as 'ldm'> cd ~ldm rm -f runtime ln -s ldm-6.3.0 runtime ln -s runtime/* . 8) configure the LDM - make any needed changes to ~ldm/etc/ldmadmin-pl.conf - make any needed changes to ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf - make any needed changes to ~ldm/etc/pqact.conf 9) (re) start the LDM ldmadmin stop ldmadmin start Please let us know the results of your rebuild attempt. Cheers, Tom Yoksas -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.