[igraph] failure compiling C library with --enable-shell

[Stijn van Dongen]

   Hi,

I've downloaded the C library code (igraph-0.5.3.tar.gz), configured it with

   $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --enable-shell

and ran make. This fails with the following error:

.....
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/net/nas10b/vol1/homes/stijn/test/igraph-0.5.3/tests'
Making all in interfaces
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/net/nas10b/vol1/homes/stijn/test/igraph-0.5.3/interfaces'
Making all in shell
make[3]: Entering directory 
`/net/nas10b/vol1/homes/stijn/test/igraph-0.5.3/interfaces/shell'
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `interface.c.in', needed by `interface.c'.  
Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/net/nas10b/vol1/homes/stijn/test/igraph-0.5.3/interfaces/shell'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/net/nas10b/vol1/homes/stijn/test/igraph-0.5.3/interfaces'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I am on CentOS. I can supply more info if needed.

Looking at interfaces/shell/Makefile.am, it contains a rule to derive
interface.c from interface.c.in (which is not shipped in the tar bundle).
However, interface.c is already present. I tried a few things such as deleting
the rule just mentioned, but to no avail. Then I noticed that
interfaces/shell/Makefile.am references $(top_srcdir)/tools/stimulus.py --
which is not present in the bundle.  Do I need some other bundle as well, or is
--enable-shell perhaps not a prefered way of accessing igraph?

best,
Stijn

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