problem in downloading the rimage package
On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Shantanu D wrote:
I am using a 64 bit machine with CentOS5. I am getting the following errors when I try to install the rimage package g++ -shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -o rimage.so equalize.o fftw_access_func.o freqfilters.o interface.o jpegio.o laplacian.o matrix.o smooth.o sobel.o -ljpeg -lfftw /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libfftw.a(fftwnd.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/local/lib/libfftw.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [rimage.so] Error 1 chmod: cannot access `/home/shantanu/R/rimage/libs/*': No such file or directory ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rimage' Any help would be appreciated. Could not find anything with google search.
It helps to read the error, because that tells you all you need to know - you have to recompile libfftw with -fPIC (or use dynamic library instead of static one). Cheers, S