[Mesa-users] Regarding mesa-r10108 error while installing

[Warrick Ball]

Hi Wan,

While Linux distributions often include the X11 and Z libraries, they 
less often include the development packages so they can be compiled 
against.  The list of relevant packages is also on the MESA SDK website:

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/static.php?ref=mesasdk#Pre-requisites

Try installing the relevant packages.  If MESA still doesn't work, write 
to the forum again.

Cheers,
Warrick


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Warrick Ball
Postdoc, School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
wball at bison.ph.bham.ac.uk
+44 (0)121 414 4552

On Sat, 2 Dec 2017, mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org wrote:

> Thank you for the prompt reply. However I am. currently using Linux system with bash shell as default. So I dont have to install X windows or Z compression library right? 
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>  On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 at 0:19, Josiah Schwab<jwschwab at ucsc.edu> wrote:   Hi Wan,
>
>> My name is Wan.I have problem in installing MESA properly.I got the
>> errors as shown in the installationlog.txt.I also cannot find the
>> test/eos/tempt.txt file.I also attach a file,filelog.txt showing there
>> is no such file exist.
>
> The clue is in this line of the error:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
>
> which is addressed in the MESA SDK FAQ:
>
> http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/static.php?ref=mesasdk#Frequently_Asked_Questions_.01FAQ.01
>
> Quoting:
>
> "Q: I'm getting compilation errors of the form:
>
>     /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
>     /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
>
> A: Have you properly installed the X windows and Z compression libraries, as specified in the pre-requisites?"
>
> Hope that helps,
> Josiah
>
>