[Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

[T Wegner]

-rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  63440 Sep 16 21:05 lib

Was this file created Sep 16 at 21:05?

I opened the console and searched for the string "usr/local/lib" and  
found this as the first entry:

2010-09-16 17:49:25  sudo[47864] tomwegner : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/ 
tomwegner/Downloads/shapelib-1.2.10 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cp  
libshp.a/usr/local/lib

followed by:

2010-09-16 17:49:52  sudo[47866] tomwegner : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/ 
tomwegner/Downloads/shapelib-1.2.10 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/ 
ranlib /usr/local/lib/libshp.a

which, if I am recalling correctly, is probably coinciding with the  
timing of my attempt to first run the instructions for the shapelib  
dowload and build. This would have been my first reception of the "not  
a directory" message.

I am not certain what you mean by checking "the directions up to this  
point . . ." as I am not aware of any directions that asked me to  
create a lib item prior to this step. Outside of yesterdays  
activities, I am quite certain I never used the terminal for anything.  
Perhaps it was created yesterday in the process of:

downloading the Developer Tools
Installing MacPorts
the running of "sudo /opt/local/bin/port selfupdate" which I thought  
was an online update of the MacPorts software
or the downloading/building of the MacPorts software "sudo /opt/local/ 
bin/port install curl imagemagick openmotif pcre db42 lcms proj gdal  
libpng libxml2".

Now that I revisited that in my mind, there was an error I made. I had  
typed . . . "openmotifpcre" . . . as one word; at the end of the  
process I received notice that no such item existed (or some such  
instruction) and looking at the printout, decided there should be a  
space there, so re-entered the command with only "openmotif pcre" in  
the install list, and that seemed to work fine. Not thinking that  
might be the source of the problem, but wanted to mention it as it was  
different than the procedure as laid out in the instructions. I  
noticed a lot of things were being done in the 3 or so hours it took  
for that original command to execute, but I would think if something  
went wrong in there, others would have run into it as well.

Where will I find information regarding who the owner and group should  
be and what the permissions should be?

I know nothing about command line, but . . . is it possible the  
command should have been:

sudo cp libshp.a /usr/local/lib/libshp.a

instead of

sudo cp libshp.a /usr/local/lib

?


On Sep 17, 2010, at 11:43, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, T Wegner wrote:
>
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  63440 Sep 16 21:05 lib
>>
>> so I take it this means it's a file instead of a directory. Let me  
>> be perfectly honest here . . . I have no idea what I'm doing. lol
>
> Correct.  It's a 63k file.  There shouldn't be a file there, but a
> directory, so it will have to go.  Perhaps check the directions up
> to this point to see where that was created and where things went
> wrong.
>
>
>> Should I delete the lib file and make a lib directory here?
>
> Yes, but check the directions to see what the permissions should be
> and who the owner & group should be that own the directory.
>
>
>> Is there something in that lib file of importance and I should not  
>> delete?
>
> Shouldn't be.  I've never seen a Unix/Linux box with a "lib" file
> there.  It's always a directory.
>
>
>> Is it possible this could be a permissions or location problem?
>
> Well, something got put into the file, but it most likely was
> intended to go into the lib/ directory as a file.
>
>
>> Checked your link to the Mac Notes; have substantial time invested  
>> in the MacPorts method and would like to follow through with it  
>> until it works or my head is pounding . . . .
>
> Rgr.  I'm not a Mac guy, so there's only so much direct help I can
> give.  I'll help when I know an answer or two, and keep quiet
> otherwise.
>
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