[igraph] Trouble in igraph Installation from Source on Debian Testing amd64 architecture

[Lorenzo Isella]

> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:42:58 +0200
> From: Tamas Nepusz <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [igraph] Trouble in igraph Installation from Source on
>        Debian  Testing amd64 architecture
> To: Help for igraph users <address@hidden>
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> Dear Lorenzo,
>
>> Then a lot of output till I get to the point:
>>
>> [...]
>> This sounds Greek to me...I do not what is failing, but it would seem
>> that the trouble is in the code to be compiled rather than in my box,
>> but I could be mistaken?
> I think the trouble is in the gcc version you are using. I remember
> that igraph 0.5 does not compile yet with gcc 4.3, and maybe Debian
> testing has just bumped the gcc version number to 4.3. It should work
> either with gcc 4.2 or the most recent tarball from the dev tree
> (maybe Gabor can send you one -- I'm on holiday right now and I can't
> access the dev tree right now).
>
> --
> Tamas
>

I see. I understand that this may be my particular need, but for me it
is extremely convenient to be able to install the igraph library as a
debian package (does not really matter if from source). Actually, I
will check which gcc I have on that machine (on the one I am using
right now there are gcc-4.1 to gcc-4.3 available). Maybe there is a
way to specify which compiler should be used when compiling from
source igraph? Also, I will soon be given another amd64 box and the
problem is likely to appear there as well.
I am not in terrible hurry, but I do use a lot igraph and it would be
excellent to devise a workaround for this by the end of next week.
Many thanks

Lorenzo