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Jennings Guy <[email protected]> · Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:30:55 -0500

On Aug 31, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Mark Rivers wrote:

> You need to set EPICS_HOST_ARCH to linux-x86_64 so that you are building a 64-bit application, not a 32-bit application.
> 
> You also need to make sure you have installed the openMotif package, which many newer Linux distributions do not include by default.

You'll need the openmotif-devel package as well

> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierrick Hanlet
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 4:06 PM
> To: Tech Talk
> Subject: edm and other extensions on 64-bit SL machines
> 
> Hi,
> I'm using 3.14.12 on a 64-bit Scientific Linux machine.  I'm attempting to build extensions
> such as edm, but always fail when the linker asks for libraries such as libXm, etc.  The
> message states that it is searching for the libraries in /usr/lib, but as a 64-bit machine,
> these libraries are in /usr/lib64.  I've searched tech-talk archives, but have been unsuccessful
> in finding what switch (flag) I need to set to force it to link to the correct libraries.  Would
> someone kindly point me in the right direction?
> Thanks,
> Pierrick
> -- 
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System