Local Libsx Information

Access to libsx

Libsx is currently compiled only for the Sun workstations running either Sunos 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3. The libsx library is in /usr/local/lib, and the include files are in /usr/local/include.

Compiling and Linking to libsx with C

SunOS 4.1.x

The include files for X11 and libsx are in the standard places, so no special options are needed when compiling and linking.

Solaris 2.3

The X11 libraries are not in a standard location. -L/usr/x11/lib must be used to specify the location of the libraries. -R/usr/x11/lib needs to be used so that the libraries are found when run-time linking is performed.

cc -I/usr/x11/include -I/usr/local/include -c file.c
cc -o file -L/usr/local/lib -lsx -L/usr/x11/lib -lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lX11 -lXext \\
 -R/usr/x11/lib -lsocket

Using C++ with libsx

Since the libsx functions were compiled with a C compiler, the libsx include file must be bracketed with an extern "C" declaration.

extern "C" {
#include "libsx.h"             
}

Sun Specific Instructions when using C++ (Solaris 2.3)

Due to a bug in the C++ compiler, the -R option appears to be ignored by the linker. Setting the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH should make run time linking work properly. This variable should be set during the compilation.

setenv LD_RUN_PATH /opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/x11/lib

Example Makefile for C++

CPLUS = CC
 
LIBS = -L/usr/local/lib -lsx -L/usr/x11/lib -lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lX11 -lXext \
 -R/usr/x11/lib -lsocket 
 
CCFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/x11/include
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
all: gr
 
gr: gr.o Graph.o
        $(CPLUS) -o gr gr.o Graph.o $(LIBS)
 
gr.o: gr.cc
        $(CPLUS) -c $(CCFLAGS) gr.cc
 
Graph.o: Graph.cc Graph.h
        $(CPLUS) -c $(CCFLAGS) Graph.cc