Hi Steve, good to hear that - if you find out what caused the trouble in the first place, let us know.
Regards, Arjen On 2011-10-25 14:00, Steve Schwartz wrote: > Alan/Arjen, > > On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 17:04 -0700, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> Good luck, and let us know how it goes. > > Thanks. I've succeeded. I > > * reinstalled cmake in C:\programs [a folder with no white-spaces] > * put plplot likewise in C:\programs > * followed Alan's advice for the order of arguments to cmake > * fixed the -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX directive > > Here's the rest, all pretty much as the Wiki instructions say: > > mkdir C:\programs\plplot\plplot_build > mkdir C:\programs\plplot\plplot_install > > Open a Visual Studio Command Prompt (Tools menu) and navigate to the > plplot_build directory: > > cd c:\programs\plplot\plplot_build > set path=c:\programs\plplot\plplot_build\dll;%path% > > cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DBUILD_TEST=ON > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=C:\programs\plplot\plplot_install C: > \programs\plplot\plplot-5.9.9 > > nmake > nmake install > > Actually, the install failed several times, being unable to find various > text files (README, ABOUT, AUTHORS, etc., etc.) in the plplot-5.9.9 > directory. I looked inside the original tarball and they are there, so I > must have lost them along the way. Anyway, I put placeholders in for > them and got through the install (without them the install bails out > incomplete). > > Of course, I can't tell you which of the "*" changes above made the > difference from my attempts yesterday, but the examples run (more > correctly, x01 runs, I haven't tried the others!). > > Thanks for your patience and pointers. > > Regards, > Steve > DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
