Error: DCMTK needs stringstream or strstream type

[linnet]

Hi,

I am trying to compile my own program, which uses dcmtk, on Linux (SUSE 7.1).
I got the following error message and I do not understand what it means:

"/home/dcmtk-3.5.3/ofstd/include/ofstream.h:76:2: #error DCMTK needs stringstream or strstream type"

I compile the DCMTK first, I built the dcmtk libraries following the instructions in INSTALL file.
I include "osconfig.h" as the first line of my source and header files.

My compiler version is gcc 2.95.3

I would appreciate any help to solve this problem...

Linnet

[Marco Eichelberg]

Make sure that you always #include "osconfig.h" before you include any other DCMTK header file. Also, make sure that the compiler does not find another version of "osconfig.h" or "cfunix.h". Both would explain the error message.

[linnet]

The compiler does not find another version of "osconfig.h" or "cfunix.h" and I include "osconfig.h" as the first line of my source and header files.
I got the same error message.
I would appreciate any help to solve this problem...

Linnet

[Marco Eichelberg]

The error message you see indicates that neither HAVE_SSTREAM nor HAVE_STRSTREAM are defined in cfunix.h, which would mean that something has gone severely wrong with the configure process. Re-run DCMTK's configure script, check for errors and inspect the cfunix.h header file that is produces by the configure process. DCMTK needs one string stream class, either the <sstream> or the <strstream> header or their .h counterparts need to be present and configure tests for the presence of these header files.

[krebs]

The error message you see indicates that neither HAVE_SSTREAM nor HAVE_STRSTREAM are defined in cfunix.h, which would mean that something has gone severely wrong with the configure process. Re-run DCMTK's configure script, check for errors and inspect the cfunix.h header file that is produces by the configure process. DCMTK needs one string stream class, either the <sstream> or the <strstream> header or their .h counterparts need to be present and configure tests for the presence of these header files.

Hello,

I am just trying to use dcmtk on debian sarge with the following
small test file

#include <osconfig.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "dcmimage.h"

int main()
{
FILE *ppm = fopen("t.ppm","w");
DicomImage di = new DicomImage("t.dcm");
di.writePPM(ppm);
return 0;

}

and get the typical error messages
#error DCMTK needs stringstream or strstream type
#error Your C++ compiler cannot handle class templates

indicating that something is wrong with the cfunix.h.
I am using g++-4.0. I am compiling with

g++ -I/usr/include/dcmtk \
-I/usr/include/dcmtk/ofstd \
-I/usr/include/dcmtk/dcmimgle \
-I/usr/include/dcmtk/dcmdata \
t.cc 2>tmp.log

, so that the dmctk-headers are found.


./configure of dcmtmk created the following lines in cfunix.h

/* Define to 1 if you have the <sstream> header file. */
#define HAVE_SSTREAM 1

/* Define to 1 if you have the <sstream.h> header file. */
/* #undef HAVE_SSTREAM_H */

/* Define to 1 if you have the <strstream> header file. */
#define HAVE_STRSTREAM 1

/* Define to 1 if you have the <strstream.h> header file. */
/* #undef HAVE_STRSTREAM_H */

/* Define to 1 if you have the <strstrea.h> header file. */
/* #undef HAVE_STRSTREA_H */

Any help would be appreciated, thanks Andreas

[Jörg Riesmeier]

It seems that you're mixing the old C++ includes and the C++ ANSI includes.

Try to replace

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#include <stdio.h>

with

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#define INCLUDE_CSTDIO
#include "dcmtk/ofstd/ofstdinc.h"

using the current release 3.5.4 (otherwise omit "dcmtk/ofstd/"). Also see configure options --enable-std-includes and --disable-std-includes.

Btw, there are ready-to-use Debian packages of DCMTK.

[Marco Eichelberg]

In addition, instead of using

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#include <osconfig.h>
#include "dcmimage.h"

you should use the following instructions with the current version of DCMTK (3.5.4):

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#include <dcmtk/config/osconfig.h>
#include <dcmtk/dcmimgle/dcmimage.h>

This will permit compilation when you have installed the header files and libraries, e.g. to /usr/include and /usr/lib or /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib, respectively.

[krebs]

Thanks for your advices, but they did not change the error messages of the compiler indicating problems with osconfig.h .

What really made the difference was adding

-DHAVE_CONFIG_H

into the compiler options. Then worked and works.