Tor and libevent on Slack 10.2

W0bbles · 08-25-2006, 08:11 PM

I'm trying to install Tor, which requires me to have libevent. I install libevent perfectly fine, but when I go to run ./configure for Tor, I get this error:

checking for libevent directory... (system)
checking whether we need extra options to link libevent... configure: error: Found linkable libevent in (system), but it doesn't run, even with -R. Maybe specify another using --with-libevent-dir?

I've tried to fix this with several different combinations, but unsuccessful. Any suggestions to fix this?

truthfatal · 08-26-2006, 05:46 PM

Did you run ldconfig? It might help. (If you've rebooted your computer since istalling libevent, ldconfig should have been run automatically)

Code:

man ldconfig

shahgols · 03-06-2007, 09:53 PM

I realize that this thread was posted a long time ago, but I wanted to add that I had the same problem even after reboot. I ran ldconfig just now and I was able to run ./configure without any errors. Thanks!

vectrum · 10-27-2011, 01:30 PM

I don't have anything new to add except my gratitude to truthfatal for
his answer.

My statement is what W0bbles wrote. Ditto.
Thnx truthfatal

vectrum · 10-27-2011, 01:33 PM

I don't have anything new to add except my gratitude to truthfatal for
his answer.

My statement is what W0bbles wrote. Ditto.
Thnx truthfatal

Quote:

Originally Posted by truthfatal

Did you run ldconfig? It might help. (If you've rebooted your computer since istalling libevent, ldconfig should have been run automatically)

Code:

man ldconfig