SOS first installation of libmodbus on VM with Linux Ubunto - with no success

[MiaGY]

Hi
 My  name is Mia
 first of all thank you for the code, im sure it will help me a lot.

 Now, I download the libmodbus from the following link :http://libmodbus.org/download/ and pick this version libmodbus v3.1.0

 I have a win 64 bit os - and on it i installe VM with Linux UBUNTO , I pass the file to the VM using a shared window

 then,did the follwing actions

 [1] open the tar file: tar -xvf  libmodbus-3.1.0
 [2] CD into the unzip folder: libmodbus-3.1.0
    there was still no configuration  file (at your instruction you wrote "Download the tarball of the version you want and run ./configure; make; make install; to   compile and install libmodbus on your system." )

    after searching the web i understand that i have to  do the following comand
 [3] libmodbus-3.1.0$ sh autogen.sh
 [4]  then i finally see using ls  the configuration file

     miagy@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ ls
     acinclude.m4  autom4te.cache  config.log    COPYING         doc                Makefile.am  README.rst
     aclocal.m4    config.guess    config.sub    COPYING.LESSER  install-sh         MIGRATION    src
     AUTHORS       config.h.in     configure     debian          libmodbus.pc.in    missing      tests
    autogen.sh    config.h.in~    configure.ac  depcomp         libmodbus.spec.in  NEWS

 [5] now i running the ./configure and get errors ,   Make doesnt work either
      here is the output i got while running ./configure command

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
./configure: line 4317: syntax error near unexpected token `disable-static'
./configure: line 4317: `LT_INIT(disable-static win32-dll)'
miagy@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.


when i open the configure file i saw at line 4317 LT_INIT(disable-static win32-dll)
why is it written? im running the libmodbus on linux
shell i delete this line at the configure file?

thanks for you answer
Mia

[MiaGY]

Another thing
while putting # on the following line at the configure file -

#LT_INIT(disable-static win32-dll)

i saw that there were no error and the process almost ends but at the end i got :

configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Makefile.in'

[Айрат Сахабутдинов]

Hello Mia.

Did you solve the installation problem?
When I use the 3.0.4 version, I do not have problems with install, compilation or run program. But I need non blocking mode for tcp socket in libmodbus (it is solved in 3.1.0).
By the way I use the Raspberry PI platform for design.
So on, I also download and try to install the 3.1.0 unstable version:
1. I download and extract source archive - $ tar -xvf  libmodbus-3.1.0
2. After that, i execute autogen.sh by command $sudo ./autogen.sh it is ends by lines: 
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
src/Makefile.am:1: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
src/Makefile.am:1:   The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `LT_INIT'
src/Makefile.am:1:   to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
src/Makefile.am:1:   If `LT_INIT' is in `configure.ac', make sure
src/Makefile.am:1:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
It looks as error, and next command $sudo ./configure
it gives me next lines, which look as non success result, also

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p

checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
checking host system type... armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf

checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes

./configure: line 4387: syntax error near unexpected token `disable-static'
./configure: line 4387: `LT_INIT(disable-static win32-dll)'

Please, help me!

[Айрат Сахабутдинов]

The "when i open the configure file i saw at line 4317 LT_INIT(disable-static win32-dll)" problem was sold by Lauri Nurmi (ln-) in irc chat, channel #libmodbus.
He also give small advice - install the libtool
I install it by the command sudo apt-get install libtool
After that, the command "sh autogen.sh" and ./configure executes without errors.
But i do not know how i must execute ./make and ./make install commands to compile and install libmodbus on my debian.
The complex command ./configure && make install pretend that makes many important gists, but return with mistakes:

pi@raspberrypi ~/myLibs/libmodbus-3.1.0 $ ./configure && make install

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p

checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
checking host system type... armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf

checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes

checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
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checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
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checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf file names to armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert armv6l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
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checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
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configure: WARNING: You are building an unreleased version of libmodbus and asciidoc or xmlto are not installed.
configure: WARNING: Documentation will not be built and manual pages will not be installed.
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/modbus-version.h
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating libmodbus.pc
config.status: creating libmodbus.spec
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating tests/unit-test.h
config.status: tests/unit-test.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/pi/myLibs/libmodbus-3.1.0/src'
  CC     modbus.lo
  CC     modbus-rtu.lo
  CC     modbus-tcp.lo
  CCLD   libmodbus.la
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/pi/myLibs/libmodbus-3.1.0/src'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libmodbus.la '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmodbus.so.5.1.0 /usr/local/lib/libmodbus.so.5.1.0
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/lib/libmodbus.so.5.1.0': Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pi/myLibs/libmodbus-3.1.0/src'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pi/myLibs/libmodbus-3.1.0/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
It is my main problem at this moment

Please help me again

[Айрат Сахабутдинов]

Is i correctly understand, that libtool have not enough rights to install our lib?

[Stéphane Raimbault]

No, your user don't have permissions to write in /usr/local/ (you must be root).

If you are new to Linux, could take time to learn a bit about it?

Le 21 septembre 2013 08:01, Айрат Сахабутдинов <phd...@gmail.com> a écrit :

Is i correctly understand, that libtool have not enough rights to install our lib?

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[Айрат Сахабутдинов]

O, Stephane, Guru!

Tell me please right sequence of commands.

1. At first I wrote: $tar -xvf  libmodbus-3.1.0.tag.gz
2. After that I change a directory to libmodbus-3.1.0 directory by the command $cd libmodbus-3.1.0
3. Then I send the command $sh autogen.sh
4. The next step will $./configure
5. After that $sudo make install

Is it correct commands sequence?

[MiaGY]

OK
I did it finally and  i think i know the answer for your case
as you are not a root user - you need to use sudo !
well just follow the installation consequence

1.download the libmodbus-3.1.0 from the website
I copy the tar file into the following folder /mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex
2./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex$ sudo apt-get install libtool
3./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex$ tar -xvf libmodbus-3.1.0.tar.gz
4./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sudo sh autogen.sh
5./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sudo ./configure
6./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sudo make
7./mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sudo make install
8. when the installation process ends you will get the following note
Libraries have been installed in:

   /usr/local/lib

hope it will help you!

 Mia

[Stéphane Raimbault]

It's a very bad habit to use sudo when you don't need it, in your example, it's only required to use sudo (or to be root) for make install.

2013/9/29 MiaGY <mia...@gmail.com>

[מיה גדליהו יפה‎]

Maybe you are right and it is a bad Habit but I don't have time to read about it right now...

I have lots of tasks on my head....

any way you did a great job even thought i didnt read your code yet....

now you were saying that i need sudo only at the make install but if you will look the followint lines you will see that

There is also a difference between running the autogen.sh with or without the sudo

miagy@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sh autogen.sh (if you dont use the sudo - you will get an error)

autoreconf: Entering directory `.'

autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext

autoreconf: running: aclocal --force

autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing

autoreconf: running: libtoolize --install --copy --force

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.

libtoolize: copying file `./config.guess'

libtoolize: copying file `./config.sub'

libtoolize: copying file `./install-sh'

libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'

libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and

libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.

libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force

autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing

configure.ac:28: installing `./missing'-ERROR

src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'

autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'

miagy@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sudo sh autogen.sh

autoreconf: Entering directory `.'

autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext

autoreconf: running: aclocal --force

autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing

autoreconf: running: libtoolize --install --copy --force

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.

libtoolize: copying file `./config.guess'

libtoolize: copying file `./config.sub'

libtoolize: copying file `./install-sh'

libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'

libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and

libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.

libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force

autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing

autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'

2013/9/29 Stéphane Raimbault <stephane....@gmail.com>

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[Stéphane Raimbault]

You've an error because you've created files as root by running autogen.sh as root and now you can't overwrite them as plain user.

2013/9/30 מיה גדליהו יפה <mia...@gmail.com>

>
> Maybe you are right and it is a bad Habit but I don't have time to read about it right now...

If you don't have time to read answers, please don't waste our time with questions.

> I have lots of tasks on my head....
>
> any way you did a great job even thought i didnt read your code yet....
>
> now you were saying that i need sudo only at the make install but if you will look the followint lines you will see that
> There is also a difference between running the autogen.sh with or without the sudo
>
> miagy@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/linux_win_ex/libmodbus-3.1.0$ sh autogen.sh (if you dont use the sudo - you will get an error)

You got an error because you've created root files by running autogen.sh as root and now you can't overwrite them as plain user.

Stéphane

[מיה גדליהו יפה‎]

Hi Stéphane

 
Thanks for the answers

I wrote that I don't have time to read about how to fix the root user and all that issues because i have a lot tasks at my mind and at the end the code is going to reside the target anyway and there i have no root issues

Its not that i have no time to read answer i read a lot of answers at the forum before i wrote my question
No one tries to waste anyone time...

 

Any way if you have a good link for that i will be happy to read about that (maybe at my day off)

BTW i needed to link the lib folders

ln -s /usr/local/lib/libmodbus.so.5 /usr/lib/libmodbus.so.5

Mia

2013/9/30 Stéphane Raimbault <stephane....@gmail.com>

[Stéphane Raimbault]

The proper way to do that is to add an entry in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/

2013/10/1 מיה גדליהו יפה <mia...@gmail.com>

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