Re: Octave on AIX5

[Darwin Gosal]

Hi there,
        I'm trying to compile GNU Octave on AIX5.2 (Power4 processor) and found
no success. I've tried the stable version (2.0.17) and the latest
version (2.1.57). On the "configure" I use gcc as my C compiler and g++
as my C++ compiler (there are provided by IBM Linux Toolkit for AIX). As
for fortran compiler, I use f77 (which link to xlf), the IBM Fortran
compiler. Please look at the "configure" files attached.

The configuration part goes smoothly. And when I do "make" (using the
GNU make), the first part works quite seamlessly, until it compile
lo-specfun.cc. When the compiler compile this file, I saw on the
resource monitor that it took almost 300MB before it stop. FYI, the
server have 8GB of RAM, and when I compile octave, 6GB are free.
See octave[version]-make for detail.

Memory Use  Physical    Virtual    
% Used        30.9%       1.3%     
% Free        69.1%      98.7%     
MB Used     2535.4MB      6.8MB    
MB Free     5656.6MB    505.2MB    
Total(MB)   8191.9MB    512.0MB    

Paging pages/sec  In     Out  VM parameters
 to Paging Space   0.0    0.0 numperm  16.3%
 to File System    0.0    0.0 minperm  18.7
Page Scans         0.0        maxperm  74.9%
Page Cycles        0.0        minfree 120
Page Reclaim       0.0        maxfree 128


Any idea what's wrong?

FYI, 
gcc --version
2.9-aix51-020209

thanks,
darwin

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 11:26, Derek Ewell wrote:
> Hi Darwin,
> 
> We do not have any unique insight into this product, unfortunately.
> However, a few questions:
> 
> 1. Are you using the GNU C++ compiler (gcc) either by download or from
> the Linux Toolkit for AIX CDs? It may not work easily with the IBM
> VisualAge C++ for AIX compiler.
> 2. Have you tried contacting the email id
> address@hidden ? Their website claims this can also
> help support porting-related queries, such as your compile time
> problems. Be sure to confirm that your problems are not covered in the
> manual first: http://www.octave.org/doc/octave_toc.html ; although I
> didn't notice anything in there about compiling, from a quick glance.
> 
> Please try the two points above first, if you are still unsuccessful,
> then let us know. I will see if there are any resources in our
> organization who have had experience with this product or compiling
> the same.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Derek Ewell
> IBM eServer pSeries Product Management
> IBM Singapore
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> Darwin,
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> I have moved on to a new role doing IBM Storage. I will have my
> colleagues at pSeries followup with you.
> 
> 
> Cheryl and Alvin
> 
> Darwin is from NUS physics and have an existing p650. please assist.
> 
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> SOH See Poo
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> Octave on AIX5
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> Hi See Poo,
> Any tips on how to get Octave (www.octave.org) run under AIX5?
> I read on the web that people manage to run it on AIX4. Haven't
> see/read
> anyone that claim that it can run on AIX5.
> 
> I try to compile, but got some problem. Can help?
> 
> cheers,
> darwin
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