Trouble in installing simput

[tekkamanmaverick]

Dear Dr. Dauser,

I can't install simput in my computer. The machine is mac os big sur. I used gcc-10. The error message as follow,

headas_file_check.c:68:49: error: implicit declaration of function
'HDfile_check_init' is invalid in C99
[-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
if (0 == s_ape_default_file_check) status = HDfile_check_init();
^
headas_file_check.c:68:49: note: did you mean 'HDfile_check'?
./headas_utils.h:72:7: note: 'HDfile_check' declared here
int HDfile_check(const char *file_name, const char *open_mode);
^
headas_file_check.c:91:16: error: implicit declaration of function
'ape_util_set_file_check_func' is invalid in C99
[-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
status = ape_util_set_file_check_func(0);
^
headas_file_check.c:95:18: error: implicit declaration of function
'ape_util_get_file_check_func' is invalid in C99
[-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
status = ape_util_get_file_check_func(&s_ape_default_file_check);
^
headas_file_check.c:95:18: note: did you mean 'ape_util_set_file_check_func'?
headas_file_check.c:91:16: note: 'ape_util_set_file_check_func' declared here
status = ape_util_set_file_check_func(0);
^
headas_file_check.c:107:16: error: implicit declaration of function
'ape_util_set_file_check_func' is invalid in C99
[-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
status = ape_util_set_file_check_func(&HDfile_check);
^
4 errors generated.
make[3]: *** [headas_file_check.lo] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Thank you and best wishes.

[matteobachetti]

FWIW, I got exactly the same error. My system:
Mac OS 11.3.1
Apple clang version 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.11)
heasoft-6.27.2, x86_64-apple-darwin19.3.0

[matteobachetti]

I would like to add that HEASoft can only be compiled using gcc>=10 on Big Sur, so it would be great if SIXTE could be built with recent gcc versions

[thdauser]

We're looking into this. For a more interactive process to help solve your problem you can also directly write to sixte-support@lists.fau.de

[matteobachetti]

Thanks @thdauser!

[malorenz]

We will update the affected libraries in Simput. In the meantime, you could switch to gcc-9 for the Simput compilation.

[matteobachetti]

Thanks @malorenz. I managed to get it compiled in a linux workstation, so for now I'll use that version. I will retry installation on my Mac when I can use the compilers supported by HEAsoft (Big Sur, Be Sure, is a Big Sore)