Cannot find fitsio.h

[aayush3009]

I get an error when i run ./configure. The error is-
configure: error: Cannot find fitsio.h. See ./configure --help to know how to set a proper cfitsio include directory

This is after I run the required command to include cfitsio libraries with configure. The command that I run looks something like-
./configure --with-cfitsio-include=/directory_containing_CRPropa/External/cfitsio/include

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks

[avvliet]

Can I ask you how or where you installed cfitsio? One way to install it is by running:

./get_external.sh

in the folder "../CRPropa2-2.0.4/" (see also point 1 in the README file). If you did it this way, and this worked correctly, you do not have to include the "--with-cfitsio-include=/directory_containing_CRPropa/External/cfitsio/include" part in the configure command and just running

./configure

would already be enough. If you installed cfitsio somewhere else by yourself you should not only add "--with-cfitsio-include=$YourCFITISO/include" but also "--with-cfitsio-library=$YourCFITISO/lib" to your configure command, so that it should look something like:

./configure --with-cfitsio-include=$YourCFITISO/include --with-cfitsio-library=$YourCFITISO/lib

I hope this helps!

[aayush3009]

Thanks for your reply! I did install cfitsio by using ./get_externals.sh.

When i first ran ./configure, i got the same error. I then tried to explicitly include the cfitsio include as well as the lib folders, but it did not change anything.

I can see the header file fitsio.h in the correct directory, but ./configure just wouldn't find it!

[rafaelab]

Hi!
Could you provide us the configuration log (config.log)?

[aayush3009]

Hi,
Instead of posting the entire contents of the file here, I figured it would be better to use Pastebin. Here's what the config.log file looks like:

http://pastebin.com/gcZyf5iV

Thanks!

[rafaelab]

Hello!

Could you compile cfitsio separately with the standard ./configure --prefix=... && make && make install. Once it is installed, try again compiling CRPropa, this time adding --with-cfitsio-library=...:
./configure --with-cfitsio-include=~/Desktop/MSc_Project/CRPropa2-master/cfitsio/include/ --with-cfitsio-library=~/Desktop/MSc_Project/CRPropa2-master/cfitsio/lib/
Please check if libcfitsio(.so,.a,.dylib) is in this folder.

[aayush3009]

Hi!
I compiled cfistio separately and then included the paths in the ./configure command, but the problem persists. I then completely removed CRPropa2-master and downloaded the CRPropa2-2.0.4 tarball instead, but the problem refuses to go away... I am running out of ideas!

The include and lib folders inside cfitsio contain the fitsio.h and libcfitsio.a files. I can see them, wonder why the configure command cant!

[rafaelab]

Hi!

I could not reproduce the problem. ./configure always takes the provided cfitsio locations for an external installation. For the standard installation with get_externals.sh, it works as well.
I would suggest starting again from the beginning, with the tarball, ./GetPDCrossSections.sh and ./get_externals.sh, ./configure && make && make install, but you've done it already, right? If so, could you please send the config.log file (again).

[cyanb007]

I have tried all the above possible solutions but I still find this:

configure: error: CFITSIO path not provided. See ./configure --help to see how to set a path properly.

I can see the lib and include subfolders inside my cfitsio folder. Please tell me how can I do it properly.