XEphem fails to build from source with the supplied Imakefile on my Red Hat
Linux 6.2 box with LessTif 0.91.0-1 (binary RPM distribution). But the
changes required to build it are really straightforward:
1) compile `libastro' and `libip' as explained in the INSTALL file
2) move to the GUI/xephem directory in the source tree
3) copy the sample makefile `Makefile.smple' to a fresh `Makefile'
4) edit the `Makefile' created in #3 and add the following section (you may
need to change a few paths):
# Red Hat Linux 6.2 with LessTif 0.91.0-1
CC = gcc
CLDFLAGS = -ffast-math
CFLAGS = $(LIBINC) $(CLDFLAGS) -O2 -Wall -I/usr/X11R6/include \
-I/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif1.2/include
LDFLAGS = $(LIBLNK) $(CLDFLAGS) -L/usr/X11R6/lib \
-L/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif1.2/lib
XLIBS = -lXm -lXt -lXext -lX11
LIBS = $(XLIBS) $(LIBLIB) -lm
5) run `make'
XEphem works fine, and provides acceptable performance, even on my old
Pentium 200 system with 64MB of RAM. My window manager is fvwm 1.24r.
With versions 3.5.1 and earlier I got a few warnings from LessTif, usually
less than half a dozen per session. With XEphem 3.5.2 I haven't noticed any
warnings.
Thanks again to Elwood for the great software.
Paolo
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