Compiling a file and adding to a "library path"

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First, I am new to Linux and Ubuntu.

I obtained the following directions from a CFD website:

"Hey Alex,

I just had the same problem as you did, but a friend of mine found a fix. It is likely that salome forgot to update a dependency in the new version (8.4.0), libjasper.so.1 in fact. You can download it from: http://ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/#download , where you should download jasPer 1.900.22 (the later ones have a different system). If you then compile it and add the generated libjasper.so.1 to the path it works like a charm ;)

hopefully this is enough to fix the problem, but it would be better if salome added the dependency in the next update or so. Good luck!"

I am having the same problem and would like detailed instructions on how to implement the above suggestion. I have never complied on Linux, Ubuntu, etc.

In addition to compiling, I have to add to a "library" and that is not explained in other tutorials.

Possible duplicate of How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file? — steeldriver, Jun 27 '18 at 00:31
The make install step usually does add the library to the usual paths. There's no adding "to" a library. — muru, Jun 27 '18 at 01:08
FWIW I've been installing jasper for use with digikam and made a blog post, someone can digest it here if they wish. They don't use make but use cmake now and the compilation is a bit involved. There are bash commands listed there. I'll make an answer here if I remember. — pbhj, Jan 01 '22 at 22:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 00:40

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Look in the "docs" directory, there's a file called "jasper.pdf". In serction 2.4.1 there are instructions for building and installing on Linux:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

The last command (sudo make install) should copy the libjasper.so to the appropriate directory. If it doesn't, just manually copy it to /usr/lib:

$ sudo cp `find ./ -name 'libjasper.so'` /usr/lib/

BTW: You're probably better off asking such questions (about building software) in StackOverflow.

answered Jun 27 '18 at 00:40

Vanessa Deagan

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Mostly worked like a charm. The only thing I can add is that the library line should have the file: 'libjasper.so.1' for some of the menus in Salome to be fixed. – Chris Harding Jun 27 '18 at 02:51

Compiling a file and adding to a "library path"

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