ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications. ICU is widely portable and gives applications the same results on all platforms and between C/C++ and Java software.
ICU is released under a nonrestrictive open source license that is suitable for use with both commercial software and with other open source or free software.
Version 58.1 of the icu library for C requires gcc version 4.9.2 (for the C++ standard library); To make the library and this compiler available, run the following:
module load libs/gcc/4.9.2/icu/58.1
Version 55 of the icu library for C requires gcc version 4.8.2. To make the compiler and library available, run the following module commands:
module load compilers/gcc/4.8.2
module load libs/gcc/4.8.2/icu/55
Version 42 of the icu library for C uses gcc version 4.4.7 which is the default on Iceberg. To make the library available, run the following command:
module load libs/gcc/4.4.7/icu/42
This section is primarily for administrators of the system.
This Icu 58.1 build links against the GCC 4.9.2 C++ standard library and was installed as a dependency of boost_iceberg (build using the same C++ standard library); Boost in turn was installed as a dependency of Gromacs 2016.1.
module load compilers/gcc/4.9.2
tar -xvzf icu4c-58_1-src.tgz
cd icu/source
./runConfigureICU Linux/gcc --prefix=/usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/4.9.2/icu/58.1/
make
make check
make install
Icu 55 is a pre-requisite for the version of boost_iceberg required for an experimental R module used by one of our users. It was built using gcc 4.8.2.
module load compilers/gcc/4.8.2
tar -xvzf icu4c-55_1-src.tgz
cd icu/source
./runConfigureICU Linux/gcc --prefix=/usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/4.8.2/icu/55/
make
make check
make install
Icu version 42 was originally installed as a system RPM. This install moved icu to a module-based install.
tar -xvzf icu4c-4_2_1-src.tgz
cd icu/source/
./runConfigureICU Linux/gcc --prefix=/usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/4.4.7/icu/42
make
make check
make install
Last few lines of output from make check were:
ALL TESTS SUMMARY:
All tests OK: testdata intltest iotest cintltst
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/te1st/icu_gcc_4_9_2/icu/source/test'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/te1st/icu_gcc_4_9_2/icu/source'
verifying that icu-config --selfcheck can operate
verifying that make -f Makefile.inc selfcheck can operate
PASS: config selfcheck OK
Last few lines of output from make check were:
[All tests passed successfully...]
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00.086
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/te1st/icu/icu/source/test/letest'
---------------
ALL TESTS SUMMARY:
All tests OK: testdata intltest iotest cintltst letest
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/te1st/icu/icu/source/test'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/te1st/icu/icu/source'
verifying that icu-config --selfcheck can operate
verifying that make -f Makefile.inc selfcheck can operate
PASS: config selfcheck OK
rm -rf test-local.xml
Last few lines of output from make check were:
All tests passed successfully...]
Elapsed Time: 00:00:12.000
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/te1st/icu/source/test/cintltst'
---------------
ALL TESTS SUMMARY:
ok: testdata iotest cintltst
===== ERRS: intltest
make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/te1st/icu/source/test'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 2
The error can be ignored since it is a bug in the test itself.
Module File Location: /usr/local/modulefiles/libs/gcc/4.9.2/icu/58.1
#%Module1.0#####################################################################
##
## icu 58.1 module file
##
## Module file logging
source /usr/local/etc/module_logging.tcl
##
set vers 58.1
set gccvers 4.9.2
proc ModulesHelp { } {
global vers
global gccvers
puts stderr "Makes icu library $vers (and GCC $gccvers) available"
}
module-whatis "Makes icu library $vers (and GCC $gccvers) available"
# Run-time dependency on C++ std lib
module load compilers/gcc/$gccvers
set ICU_DIR /usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/$gccvers/icu/$vers
prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path CPATH $ICU_DIR/include
Module File Location: /usr/local/modulefiles/libs/gcc/4.8.2/icu/55
#%Module1.0#####################################################################
##
## icu 55 module file
##
## Module file logging
source /usr/local/etc/module_logging.tcl
##
proc ModulesHelp { } {
puts stderr "Makes the icu library available"
}
set ICU_DIR /usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/4.8.2/icu/55
module-whatis "Makes the icu library available"
prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH $ICU_DIR/include
Module File Location: /usr/local/modulefiles/libs/gcc/4.4.7/icu/42
#%Module1.0#####################################################################
##
## icu 42 module file
##
## Module file logging
source /usr/local/etc/module_logging.tcl
##
proc ModulesHelp { } {
puts stderr "Makes the icu library available"
}
set ICU_DIR /usr/local/packages6/libs/gcc/4.4.7/icu/42
module-whatis "Makes the icu library available"
prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path LIBRARY_PATH $ICU_DIR/lib
prepend-path CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH $ICU_DIR/include