Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:17:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: sos@FreeBSD.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: linux-elf matlab runs! Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960808133635.278E-100000@pauling.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608080642.IAA01368@ra.dkuug.dk>
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Success!!! The linux-elf binary for matlab runs in
FreeBSD-2.2-960801-SNAP!!!
The suggestions given by several of you (thanks a bunch to you) looked
good and may very well have worked out too but what I tried first and what
is the best way to fix it was suggested by tech-support at the MathWorks
Inc. It turns out that they have a more recent binary patched for a more
recent elf release. Here is result of running ldd on this binary:
/compat/linux/usr/bin/ldd /usr/local/pkgs/matlab-4.2c/bin/lnx86/matlab
libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6.0
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.0
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.0
libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1.7.3
libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.0
libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5.0.0
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.0.9
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6.0
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0
This binary and several supporting files can be obtained from:
ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/mathworks/bin/unix/lnx86/matlab.42c.update
ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/tech-support/library/extern/conv2.mexlx
ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/tech-support/library/extern/ode23.mexlx
ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/tech-support/library/extern/ode45.mexlx
The procedure is:
1. /compat/linux/lib/elf files are not needed for this matlab
binary.
2. Make sure that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to nothing.
3. Rename the original MATLAB binary (in $MATLAB/bin/lnx86) to
something else. ($MATLAB is the directory in which the matlab package is
installed).
4. Get the patched binary.
5. Rename the patched binary 'matlab' and put it in
$MATLAB/bin/lnx86.
6. Place the new mexlx files in ~/matlab, or replace
the existing mexlx files in $MATLAB/toolbox/matlab/datafun and
$MATLAB/toolbox/matlab/funfun.
7. apply the following patch to $MATLAB/install/arch.sh
*** arch.sh.orig Thu Aug 8 13:56:32 1996
--- arch.sh Thu Aug 8 13:51:23 1996
***************
*** 98,103 ****
--- 98,109 ----
else
Arch="vax_unix"
fi
+ elif [ -f /usr/bin/uname ]; then # FreeBSD?
+ case "`/usr/bin/uname`" in
+ FreeBSD)
+ Arch="lnx86"
+ ;;
+ esac
elif [ -d $MATLAB/bin/c2mp ]; then
Arch="c2mp"
fi
And that's it! Matlab runs perfectly and benchmarks out the same as
running a linux machine.
So now I'm getting set to UPGRADE every linux machine in our lab to
FreeBSD-2.2-960801-SNAP!!!
Many thanks to the core team and all those responsible for FreeBSD and the
linux compatibility module!
bits and bytes,
Tom
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