Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

[roba77]

Hello, 


  I am very unfamiliar with linux/unix (don't even know the difference), but
am trying to get some linux software to run on my Windows machine for my
research. I have the makefiles for the software, and it is designed to be
compiled in the PGI complier, which I also have. When i try to compile the
software i start the bash shell through PGI, go to the directory of the
makefiles and enter the command:

make -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
or
gmake -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi

I've attached screenshots of both trials
http://old.nabble.com/file/p31812441/Cygwin%2Bmake%2Bscreenshot.jpg 
in both cases, there seems to be an error, in the case of gmake, something
seems to happen, but it makes a .o file (which I can't find) where I need to
be making a .exe file. 

I have been stuck on this for a while, and obviously don't know what I'm
doing, any help would be appreciated. The program I am trying to run is
RRTM, an atmospheric modelling program available free at
(rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html )

Thanks!

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Re: Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/9/2011 2:43 PM, roba77 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>    I am very unfamiliar with linux/unix (don't even know the difference), but
> am trying to get some linux software to run on my Windows machine for my
> research. I have the makefiles for the software, and it is designed to be
> compiled in the PGI complier, which I also have. When i try to compile the
> software i start the bash shell through PGI, go to the directory of the
> makefiles and enter the command:
>
> make -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
> or
> gmake -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
>
> I've attached screenshots of both trials
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31812441/Cygwin%2Bmake%2Bscreenshot.jpg
> in both cases, there seems to be an error, in the case of gmake, something
> seems to happen, but it makes a .o file (which I can't find) where I need to
> be making a .exe file.
>
> I have been stuck on this for a while, and obviously don't know what I'm
> doing, any help would be appreciated. The program I am trying to run is
> RRTM, an atmospheric modelling program available free at
> (rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html )

I can understand your confusion.  I spent 5 minutes at the RRTM link you
provided and could not find hide nor hair of anything remotely resembling
documentation on how to build their software.  I tried downloading one of
the source tarballs and came up with a link connection error.  Obviously,
you were able to get beyond this and at least theoretically, you found
some such documentation somewhere to describe something about a build
process, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten as far as you did.  So I can't
tell you much about how to build this package.  I can, however, tell you
that:

   1. Cygwin has no gmake command, only make.
   2. Given 1, it's questionable that you're Cygwin environment, assuming
      that's what you're using, is properly configured.
   3. Your problems really sound like issues with the RRTM build process.
      I'll hazard a guess that there aren't any RRTM experts or groupies
      hanging out on this list so I'd say your best bet for help with
      RRTM issues is the RRTM authors.

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Re: Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/9/2011 3:22 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 6/9/2011 2:43 PM, roba77 wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I am very unfamiliar with linux/unix (don't even know the difference), but
>> am trying to get some linux software to run on my Windows machine for my
>> research. I have the makefiles for the software, and it is designed to be
>> compiled in the PGI complier, which I also have. When i try to compile the
>> software i start the bash shell through PGI, go to the directory of the
>> makefiles and enter the command:
>>
>> make -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
>> or
>> gmake -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
>>
>> I've attached screenshots of both trials
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31812441/Cygwin%2Bmake%2Bscreenshot.jpg
>> in both cases, there seems to be an error, in the case of gmake, something
>> seems to happen, but it makes a .o file (which I can't find) where I need to
>> be making a .exe file.
>>
>> I have been stuck on this for a while, and obviously don't know what I'm
>> doing, any help would be appreciated. The program I am trying to run is
>> RRTM, an atmospheric modelling program available free at
>> (rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html )
>
> I can understand your confusion. I spent 5 minutes at the RRTM link you
> provided and could not find hide nor hair of anything remotely resembling
> documentation on how to build their software. I tried downloading one of
> the source tarballs and came up with a link connection error. Obviously,
> you were able to get beyond this and at least theoretically, you found
> some such documentation somewhere to describe something about a build
> process, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten as far as you did. So I can't
> tell you much about how to build this package. I can, however, tell you
> that:
>
>    1. Cygwin has no gmake command, only make.
>    2. Given 1, it's questionable that you're Cygwin environment, assuming
>       that's what you're using, is properly configured.
>    3. Your problems really sound like issues with the RRTM build process.
>       I'll hazard a guess that there aren't any RRTM experts or groupies
>       hanging out on this list so I'd say your best bet for help with
>       RRTM issues is the RRTM authors.

I forgot to add 2.5:
    If you actually need to cross-compile to get this built for Windows, then
    you can't cross-compile from Linux to Windows using Windows.  You have to
    be on Linux to do that work.  The result can then be used on Windows.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Re: Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

[roba77]

Hi Larry, 

  Thanks for your response, I am using the PGI compiler's bash shell, which
I am told uses cygwin, but i may be way off. I do have a plain cygwin as
well with the make module, and I get the same errors. I am assuming that
what I am trying to do is simple for Cygwin, take a linux makefile and
compile it through cygwin onto windows, is there extra synax I need to use
for cross-compiling?

thanks


Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
> On 6/9/2011 2:43 PM, roba77 wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>    I am very unfamiliar with linux/unix (don't even know the difference),
>> but
>> am trying to get some linux software to run on my Windows machine for my
>> research. I have the makefiles for the software, and it is designed to be
>> compiled in the PGI complier, which I also have. When i try to compile
>> the
>> software i start the bash shell through PGI, go to the directory of the
>> makefiles and enter the command:
>>
>> make -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
>> or
>> gmake -f make_rrtm_linux_pgi
>>
>> I've attached screenshots of both trials
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31812441/Cygwin%2Bmake%2Bscreenshot.jpg
>> in both cases, there seems to be an error, in the case of gmake,
>> something
>> seems to happen, but it makes a .o file (which I can't find) where I need
>> to
>> be making a .exe file.
>>
>> I have been stuck on this for a while, and obviously don't know what I'm
>> doing, any help would be appreciated. The program I am trying to run is
>> RRTM, an atmospheric modelling program available free at
>> (rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html )
> 
> I can understand your confusion.  I spent 5 minutes at the RRTM link you
> provided and could not find hide nor hair of anything remotely resembling
> documentation on how to build their software.  I tried downloading one of
> the source tarballs and came up with a link connection error.  Obviously,
> you were able to get beyond this and at least theoretically, you found
> some such documentation somewhere to describe something about a build
> process, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten as far as you did.  So I can't
> tell you much about how to build this package.  I can, however, tell you
> that:
> 
>    1. Cygwin has no gmake command, only make.
>    2. Given 1, it's questionable that you're Cygwin environment, assuming
>       that's what you're using, is properly configured.
>    3. Your problems really sound like issues with the RRTM build process.
>       I'll hazard a guess that there aren't any RRTM experts or groupies
>       hanging out on this list so I'd say your best bet for help with
>       RRTM issues is the RRTM authors.
> 
> -- 
> Larry
> 
> _____________________________________________________________________
> 
> A: Yes.
>  > Q: Are you sure?
>  >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>  >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
> 
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Re: Cross complie linux make files onto a windows 7 machine using PGI Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/9/2011 3:35 PM, roba77 wrote:
>
> Hi Larry,
>
>    Thanks for your response, I am using the PGI compiler's bash shell, which
> I am told uses cygwin, but i may be way off. I do have a plain cygwin as
> well with the make module, and I get the same errors. I am assuming that
> what I am trying to do is simple for Cygwin, take a linux makefile and
> compile it through cygwin onto windows, is there extra synax I need to use
> for cross-compiling?

Using a makefile to build on a single platform is not what is typically
termed cross-compiling.  See:

<https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cross_compiler>

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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