linux ferret debian packages (was Re: termcap & ncurses on linux (wasRe: segemntation fault))

[Olivier ARCHER <olivier.archer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Kevin,

	I've set up an experimental apt repository for linux debian.

the ferret debian package is on
ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/pub/ifremer/cersat/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/ferret_5.52-1_i386.deb

as you can see, it's ferret 5.52b, compiled with gnu f77. (because it's 
the one I need, as other version are buggy on read only filsystem)

So, here is the ferret/debian easy install:

1- add to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/pub/ifremer/cersat/debian/ stable contrib

2- as usual on debian
apt-get update
apt-get install ferret


Note on packaging:
It's a whole package, including cdf_fer_dsets.tar.Z 
fer_executables.tar.Z fer_environment.tar.Z. Perhaps i'll well do better 
in the future.


executable are under /lib/ferret/5.52b
dataset and environnement are under /usr/share/ferret/5.52b
doc is under /usr/share/doc/ferret/

/usr/bin/ferret is a bash script who set the env, and call the real 
executable. There's an hack in it, ie:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${FER_DIR}
and I've set up a link in ${FER_DIR}
libtermcap.so.2 -> /lib/libncurses.so.5

This should temporary avoid termcap/ncurses confusion


here the log of a normal operation:

datacer:/# apt-get install ferret
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libfreetype6 libstdc++2.10 xfree86-common xlibs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ferret libfreetype6 libstdc++2.10 xfree86-common xlibs
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5  not upgraded.
Need to get 2116kB/34.3MB of archives. After unpacking 6730kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr stable/main xfree86-common 4.1.0-16 [545kB]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr stable/main libfreetype6 2.0.9-1 [209kB]
Get:3 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr stable/main xlibs 4.1.0-16 [1223kB]
Get:4 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr stable/main libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-14 [139kB]
Fetched 2116kB in 3s (637kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package xfree86-common.
(Reading database ... 6340 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xfree86-common (from .../xfree86-common_4.1.0-16_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libfreetype6.
Unpacking libfreetype6 (from .../libfreetype6_2.0.9-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xlibs.
Unpacking xlibs (from .../xlibs_4.1.0-16_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libstdc++2.10.
Unpacking libstdc++2.10 (from .../libstdc++2.10_1%3a2.95.2-14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ferret.
Unpacking ferret (from .../ferret_5.52-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up xfree86-common (4.1.0-16) ...

Setting up libfreetype6 (2.0.9-1) ...

Setting up libstdc++2.10 (2.95.2-14) ...

Setting up xlibs (4.1.0-16) ...

Setting up ferret (5.52-1) ...
datacer:/# ferret
        NOAA/PMEL TMAP
        FERRET v5.52 (beta)
        Linux 2.4.3-12smp - 04/22/03
        23-Jul-03 15:00

yes?


--
Olivier


Kevin O'Brien wrote:
> Olivier Archer wrote:
>
> > Mahdi Ben Jelloul wrote:
> >
> > > That is the information I needed.
> > > The problem was that I installed and desinstalled termcap-compat after
> > > installing libncurses5-dev so it removed  libtermcap.so.
> > > I forced the reinstallation of libncurses5-dev and now everything
> > > works well.
> > >
> > > I just have to register ....
> > >
> > > Encore merci,
> > so libtermcap.so.2 is a link to libtermcap.so who is a link to 
> > libncurses.so...
> > Here some information on the same problem on poplog:
> >
> > http://www.poplog.org/talk/comp.lang.pop/2001/msg00018.html
> > http://www.poplog.org/talk/comp.lang.pop/2001/msg00016.html
> >
> > So conclusion should be that linux (and since solaris 2.0) application 
> > have to be recompiled with libncurses instead libtermcap. This is 
> > perhaps true for other unix OS. This should avoid confusion.
>
>
> Hello Olivier  -
>
> Thanks for the information and sending those links discussing the 
> issue..  I will look into eliminating the termcap dependency in Ferret 
> builds and instead use the curses library for Linux distributions.  This 
> change will be included in the next available release.
>
> Thanks again for the info -
>
> Kevin
>
>
> ---
> Kevin O'Brien                   UW/JISAO   
> Research Scientist              NOAA/PMEL/TMAP
> 206-526-6751                    http://tmap.pmel.noaa.gov