Hello Sir!
I tried alot to install oofem-1.9(earlier versions also) on my ubuntu 9.04, but wasn't able to do so. As mentioned in the README of oofem, to fulfill the dependencies firstly Ckit & Elixir are needed to installed. I tried alot to install it on my machine but it always gave me error. Various methods were mentioned in the forum, I tried all of them but none of them worked for me. I am getting following errors:

in CKIT:
    chetan@chetan:~$ cd Ckit/
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit$ cd src
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ ls
    alistP.c       expeval.c  install.sh   mathP.c    skysol.o   treeP.c
    alistP.o       expeval.o  junk         memoryP.c  strfn.c    treeP.o
    config.cache   gaussP.c   libckit.a    memoryP.o  strfn.o    vec_base.c
    config.guess   gaussP.o   listP.c      miscP.c    stringP.c  vec_norm.c
    config.log     getopts.c  listP.o      scanlP.c   timeP.c    vec_serv.c
    config.status  getopts.o  Makefile     scanlP.o   timeP.o    vectP.c
    config.sub     hashP.c    Makefile.in  skycol.c   tokens.c   vectP.o
    configure      hashP.o    mallocP.c    skycol.o   tokens.o   vvector.c
    configure.in   Imakefile  mallocP.o    skysol.c   toks.c
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ ./configure
    loading cache ./config.cache
    checking whether make sets $MAKE... yes
    checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
    checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
    checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
    checking for POSIXized ISC... no
    checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
    checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
    checking for AIX... no
    checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
    checking for gcc... yes
    checking compile with prototypes... yes (gcc)
    checking for unistd.h... yes
    checking whether cross-compiling... (cached) no
    checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
    checking for working const... (cached) yes
    checking for random... yes
    checking for rand... yes
    updating cache ./config.cache
    creating ./config.status
    creating Makefile
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ make all
    make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ make
    make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ make install
    for i in ../include/*.h; do \
            cp $i junk; \
            install.sh $i $HOME/include/`basename $i`; \
            mv junk $i; \
        done; \
        install.sh libckit.a $HOME/lib/libckit.a
    cp: cannot create regular file `junk': Permission denied
    /bin/sh: install.sh: not found
    mv: try to overwrite `../include/ScanLP.h', overriding mode 0444 (r--r--r--)? n
    cp: cannot create regular file `junk': Permission denied
    /bin/sh: install.sh: not found
    mv: try to overwrite `../include/alistP.h', overriding mode 0444 (r--r--r--)? ^Cmake: *** [install] Interrupt

    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ sudo make install
    [sudo] password for chetan:
    for i in ../include/*.h; do \
            cp $i junk; \
            install.sh $i $HOME/include/`basename $i`; \
            mv junk $i; \
        done; \
        install.sh libckit.a $HOME/lib/libckit.a
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    make: *** [install] Error 127
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ cls
    bash: cls: command not found
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ clear

    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ sudo ./configure
    loading cache ./config.cache
    checking whether make sets $MAKE... yes
    checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
    checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
    checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
    checking for POSIXized ISC... no
    checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
    checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
    checking for AIX... no
    checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
    checking for gcc... yes
    checking compile with prototypes... yes (gcc)
    checking for unistd.h... yes
    checking whether cross-compiling... (cached) no
    checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
    checking for working const... (cached) yes
    checking for random... yes
    checking for rand... yes
    updating cache ./config.cache
    creating ./config.status
    creating Makefile
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ sudo make all
    make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ sudo make install
    for i in ../include/*.h; do \
            cp $i junk; \
            install.sh $i $HOME/include/`basename $i`; \
            mv junk $i; \
        done; \
        install.sh libckit.a $HOME/lib/libckit.a
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    make: *** [install] Error 127

In Elixir:

    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ cd ../../Elixir/src/
    chetan@chetan:~/Elixir/src$ sudo ./configure
    [sudo] password for chetan:
    checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
    checking for gcc... gcc
    checking for C compiler default output... a.out
    checking whether the C compiler works... yes
    checking whether we are cross compiling... no
    checking for suffix of executables...
    checking for suffix of object files... o
    checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
    checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
    checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
    checking for library containing strerror... none required
    checking whether ln -s works... yes
    checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
    checking for egrep... grep -E
    checking for AIX... no
    checking for ranlib... ranlib
    checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking for gcc... yes
    checking compile with prototypes... yes (gcc )
    checking for gm4... no
    checking for gnum4... no
    checking for m4... no
    checking for _get_list_next in -lckit... no
    checking guess of libckit.a location... ../../Ckit/src
    checking for ANSI C header files... yes
    checking for sys/types.h... yes
    checking for sys/stat.h... yes
    checking for stdlib.h... yes
    checking for string.h... yes
    checking for memory.h... yes
    checking for strings.h... yes
    checking for inttypes.h... yes
    checking for stdint.h... yes
    checking for unistd.h... yes
    checking ckitcfg.h usability... no
    checking ckitcfg.h presence... no
    checking for ckitcfg.h... no
    checking guess of Ckit includes location... ../../Ckit/include
    checking Elixir.h usability... no
    checking Elixir.h presence... no
    checking for Elixir.h... no
    checking guess of Elixir includes location... ../include
    checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
    checking for getcwd... yes
    checking for getwd... yes
    checking for memcpy... yes
    checking for qsort... yes
    checking for random... yes
    checking for rand... yes
    checking for setpwent... yes
    checking for strchr... yes
    checking for strerror... yes
    checking for mkstemp... yes
    checking sys/time.h usability... yes
    checking sys/time.h presence... yes
    checking for sys/time.h... yes
    checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
    checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
    checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
    checking for library containing opendir... none required
    checking for X... libraries , headers
    checking for gethostbyname... yes
    checking for connect... yes
    checking for remove... yes
    checking for shmat... yes
    checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
    checking for XawDialogGetValueString in -lXaw... yes
    configure: creating ./config.status
    config.status: creating Makefile
    config.status: creating ../include/Ecfg.h
    config.status: ../include/Ecfg.h is unchanged
    chetan@chetan:~/Elixir/src$ sudo make all
    make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    chetan@chetan:~/Elixir/src$ sudo make install
    for i in ../include/*.h; do \
            cp $i junk; \
            install.sh $i $HOME/include/`basename $i`; \
            mv junk $i; \
        done; \
        install.sh libelixir.a $HOME/lib/libelixir.a; \
        install.sh libesi.a $HOME/lib/libesi.a
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    make: *** [install] Error 127

in oofem:

    chetan@chetan:~/Ckit/src$ cd ../../oofem-1.9/
    chetan@chetan:~/oofem-1.9$ ls
    base          config.status  doc         install.sh   src      uncrustify.cfg
    ChangeLog     config.sub     do_release  makefile     targets  VERSION
    config.guess  configure      gpl.txt     makefile.in  tests
    config.log    configure.in   install     README       tools
    chetan@chetan:~/oofem-1.9$ sudo ./install
    [sudo] password for chetan:
    install:    no input file specified
    chetan@chetan:~/oofem-1.9$ sudo ./configure
    checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking OOFEM_DIR... /home/chetan/oofem-1.9
    OOFEM_TARGET not specified, using default
    configuring OOFEM_TARGET=default
    existing target directory found
    target directory configured
    checking for g++... g++
    checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
    checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
    checking whether we are cross compiling... no
    checking for suffix of executables...
    checking for suffix of object files... o
    checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
    checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
    checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
    checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
    checking for ranlib... ranlib
    checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
    checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
    checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
    checking for ANSI C header files... yes
    checking for sys/types.h... yes
    checking for sys/stat.h... yes
    checking for stdlib.h... yes
    checking for string.h... yes
    checking for memory.h... yes
    checking for strings.h... yes
    checking for inttypes.h... yes
    checking for stdint.h... yes
    checking for unistd.h... yes
    checking limits.h usability... yes
    checking limits.h presence... yes
    checking for limits.h... yes
    checking malloc.h usability... yes
    checking malloc.h presence... yes
    checking for malloc.h... yes
    checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
    checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
    checking sys/time.h usability... yes
    checking sys/time.h presence... yes
    checking for sys/time.h... yes
    checking sys/resource.h usability... yes
    checking sys/resource.h presence... yes
    checking for sys/resource.h... yes
    checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
    checking for strstr... yes
    checking for strtod... yes
    checking for strtol... yes
    checking for strncasecmp... yes
    checking for access... yes
    checking for nearest... no
    checking FALSE, TRUE enum/constants... no
    checking typedef bool... yes
    checking M_PI constant... yes
    checking M_LN2 constant... yes
    checking STL support... yes
    checking Macro __VA_ARGS__ support... yes
    checking Function Templates support... yes
    checking for sqrt in -lm... yes
    checking Determining hostname... chetan
    checking OOFEM version... 1.9
    configure: creating ./config.status
    config.status: creating makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/include/oofemdef.h
    config.status: creating targets/default/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/oofemlib/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/sm/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/tm/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/fm/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/dss/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/lib/main/makefile
    config.status: creating targets/default/include/oofemcfg.h
    config.status: targets/default/include/oofemcfg.h is unchanged

    Modules to be included: oofemlib sm tm fm
    Target configured: default
    PROG_NAME: oofem

Please help me. It's urgent, I have to start my master's thesis on this simultor. please help me.

Chetan Badiger
Master's Student
MNNIT Allahabad, INDIA