Attempting to build-compile ModelTool in Linux

[Zehra]

I'm having trouble getting modeltool to compile. (This is from a 2.4.26. release)

Running the following command in a compiled/built BZFlag/BZFS directory:

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g++ -o modeltool modeltool.cxx  -I../../include ../../src/common/libCommon.a

Leads to the following:

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g++: error: ../../src/common/libCommon.a: No such file or directory

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Doing the following command:

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g++ -o modeltool modeltool.cxx  -I../../include ../../src/common/libCommon.la

Leads to the following:

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../../src/common/libCommon.la: file not recognized: file format not recognized
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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Doing the following:

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g++ -o modeltool modeltool.cxx  -I "../../include ../../src/common/libCommon.la"

Leads to the following:

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/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc957VDf.o: in function `main':
modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x19c6): undefined reference to `readOBJ(CModel&, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)'
/usr/bin/ld: modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x1a2d): undefined reference to `Quake3Level::Quake3Level()'
/usr/bin/ld: modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x1a51): undefined reference to `Quake3Level::loadFromFile(char const*)'
/usr/bin/ld: modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x1a6a): undefined reference to `Quake3Level::dumpToModel(CModel&)'
/usr/bin/ld: modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x1a79): undefined reference to `Quake3Level::~Quake3Level()'
/usr/bin/ld: modeltool.cxx:(.text+0x1cb3): undefined reference to `Quake3Level::~Quake3Level()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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Doing the following:

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g++ -o modeltool modeltool.cxx  -I ../../include ../../src/common/libCommon.la

Leads to the following:

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../../src/common/libCommon.la: file not recognized: file format not recognized
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

However, while attempting to compile modeltool in a directory where BZFlag/BZFS is not compiled:
Leads to where the following error occurs:

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g++: error: ../../src/common/libCommon.a: No such file or directory

What would be the recommended in this case?

-Zehra

[GEP]

While I don't understand why you're trying to use g++ to build Modeltool, its easier to just use `make` while in that directory.

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g++ -o modeltool modeltool.cxx -include SimpleTextUtils.h model.h wavefrontOBJ.h Q3BSP.h Q3BSP.cxx wavefrontOBJ.cxx SimpleTextUtils.cxx

Worked for me.

[Zehra]

Thanks GEP, it compiles wonderfully. (I'm not familiar with make/makefiles and couldn't save myself if my life if it depended on it, lol.)

-Zehra