Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:32:58 -0600

Hi Mike,

On 12/11/2015 10:20 AM, Michael Westfall wrote:
> I just upgraded my Debian from Wheezy to Jessie, and now when I try to
> compile Base, it fails with this error:
> 
> make[3]: Entering directory
> '/opt/epics/base-3.14.12.4/src/cap5/O.linux-x86_64'
> make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/perl/5.14/CORE/EXTERN.h',
> needed by 'Cap5.o'.  Stop.
> 
> Seems I'm lacking some perl stuff.
> I tried 'sudo apt-get install libperl-dev', and it downloaded and
> installed,
> but I still have the same error.
> 
> What am I forgetting to install?

Was this copy of Base already built once under Wheezy? The particular
error you're getting implies that the issue is a missing dependency
(i.e. a filename given in the src/cap5/O.linux-x86_64/Cap5.d file)
rather than a missing include file. Presumably the Perl version was
upgraded so that include file has been replaced with another one under a
different path. Try going into src/cap5 and doing a 'make rebuild'; I
suspect the clean will clear the error by removing the old Cap5.d file,
forcing a new one to be created with the correct path.

- Andrew

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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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