[Orca-users] Re: Install Errors

[Blair Zajac]

Have you had an opportunity to try Orca 0.27b1?  I don't think these
problems will happen with the latest version.  For one, Orca now
requires the latest RRDtool release 1.0.33.

Let me know if there are outstanding issues.

Regards,
Blair

Geoff Dyment wrote:
> 
> Well here's our wrapper/hack/script that calls the configure and make
> commands, and creates fake links etc.
> 
> Known issues for Blair:
> 
> - Orca is hard coded to look for rrd-tool 1.0.13. It will not see a
> newer
> version unless you change the dir name, and god knows what things will
> break... (So we didn't do this).
> 
> - rrd-tool 1.0.13 needs perl 5.00xxx to compile. If you have 5.6.x it
> won't
> compile.
> 
> - On Solaris 8, CC is crippled unless you pay for it, and the solaris
> perl
> 5.00xxx is somehow bound to that crippled CC.
> 
> So here's our wrapper script - you WILL need to modify the vars at the
> top
> for your dirs and flags.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # This program will build orca-0.26 with rrdtool-1.0.13 under the
> following
> # conditions:
> #       Solaris 8
> #       with Solaris-provided Perl (5.005_03) and no cc compiler
> #       (cc exists in /usr/ucb/bin but can't create executables)
> #
> #       Perl 6 installed in /usr/local/bin
> #       withOUT the link from /usr/bin/perl to /usr/local/bin/perl
> #       (i.e. you have 2 different versions. For some reason, the
> rrdtool
> #       doesn't seem to install using Perl 5.6.1, but will install
> using
> #       Perl 5.005_03)
> #
> #       gcc installed in /usr/local/bin
> #
> # The problem is this:
> #       rrdtool won't install using Perl 5.6.1
> #       if rrdtool is compiled using Sun's Perl, there is a hard-coded
> path
> #       to cc somewhere, and of course cc is crippled unless you
> bought it
> #       gcc with provided flags for gcc won't compile either
> #       gcc with the flags for the cc compiler WILL work - hence the
> silly
> link
> #
> # Lame but true
> #
> # I'm not convinced this is the best solution, but it worked for us
> #
> # Mark and Geoff (admins at tripeze.com)
> 
> #
> # Stuff you can configure
> #
> ORCA_HOME=/usr/local/build/orca-0.26
> RRD_HOME=$ORCA_HOME/packages/rrdtool-1.0.13
> CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-html-dir=/export/data/intranet/orca
> --with-ncsa-log=/export/data/logs/apache1/access_log.current --pr
> efix=/opt/orca"
> 
> #
> # Run the silly thing
> #
> cd $ORCA_HOME
> #
> # Include pathing for standard utils and the Solaris Perl version and
> make
> #
> PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/perl5/bin:$RRD_HOME
> export PATH
> #
> # Build rrdtool
> #
> cd packages/rrdtool-1.0.13
> rm config.cache
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/gcc cc
> CC=cc ./configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS
> make
> make install
> rm cc
> #
> # Build the rest
> #
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin
> cd $ORCA_HOME
> ./configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS
> make
> make install
> 
> #
> # Done
> #
> 
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