[archimedes-discuss] Problem/bug building archimedes-read-gui

[Darabos Edvárd Konrád]

Dear developer/maintainer!

    I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I followed the steps described at the home page and finally I got the error message: can't execute "archimedes-read-gui": no such file or directory on the Rappture GUI's final page. I realized that I need the wrapper, which I could not compile because of faulty Makefile and-or missing .c file, or something.

    1. Downloaded and installed rapture to /opt/rappture from https://nanohub.org/infrastructure/rappture/wiki/Downloads
        * Added /opt/rappture/bin to $PATH, edited rappture.env as needed.
        * Added /opt/rappture/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rappture.conf, then I ran ldconfig
        * Tested the examples successfully as normal user.

    2. Downloaded archimedes-2.0.1
        * ./configure
        * make
        * make install

    3. Copied the Rappture_GUI into a territory of a normal user.
        * Executed rappture. Everything went well until the final screen (No 6) where I got the error message:
            can't execute "archimedes-read-gui": no such file or directory
   
    4. Tried to compile the wrapper as root
        * Edited Makefile: RP_BASE=/opt/rappture
        * Only one other file is in that directory: archimedes-wrapper.c
        * The Makefile tries to make archimedes-read-gui from archimedes-read-gui.o:
            make: *** No rule to make target `archimedes-read-gui.o', needed by `archimedes-read-gui'.  Stop.
        * I tried to be smart and modified the required object ($(OBJECTS)) to archimedes-wrapper.o. It compiled successfully and produced an archimedes-read-gui executable
        * I copied it to /usr/local/bin/

    5. Rappture_GUI as user
        * Retried rappture in the Rappture_GUI directory. On the 6th screen I saw:
            Abnormal program termination: segmentation violation

    Is it a packaging problem, or did I miss something?
    How should I produce the missing archimedes-read-gui correctly?

    Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Darabos, Edvárd Konrád