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I've got a problem when I'm trying to compile the gd-library version 2.0.28 on my RH 8.0 box.
Configure goes through without problem...
I have jpeg png gif and truetype2 support
I don't know, but it's not trying to read libgd.so.2.
If the output is libgd.so.2.0.0 (to which libgd.so.2 is just a symbolic link), then I wouldn't expect it to be reading libgd.so.2 at all.
This bit:[quote]-Wl,-soname -Wl,libgd.so.2[/code] just tells the linker the name of the shared object file it's to create, and I don't see any other reference to libgd.so.2 there.
It may actually be saying that it can't create the libgd.so.2 file (i.e. .libs/libgd.so.2.0.0). Does the .libs directory exist, and can you write to it?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by rjlee I don't know, but it's not trying to read libgd.so.2.
If the output is libgd.so.2.0.0 (to which libgd.so.2 is just a symbolic link), then I wouldn't expect it to be reading libgd.so.2 at all.
This bit:
Quote:
-Wl,-soname -Wl,libgd.so.2[/code] just tells the linker the name of the shared object file it's to create, and I don't see any other reference to libgd.so.2 there.
It may actually be saying that it can't create the libgd.so.2 file (i.e. .libs/libgd.so.2.0.0). Does the .libs directory exist, and can you write to it?
If it's trying to create the file, in which directory does it try to make it??
Is it in /usr/local/lib (.libs/libgd.so.2.0.0)
or
is it in /home/bla/...../gd-2.0.28/ (.libs/libgd.so.2.0.0) ??
under those directories there isn't any libs directory...
What should I do next??
Originally posted by anttu If it's trying to create the file, in which directory does it try to make it??
Is it in /usr/local/lib (.libs/libgd.so.2.0.0)
or
is it in /home/bla/...../gd-2.0.28/ (.libs/libgd.so.2.0.0) ??
under those directories there isn't any libs directory...
What should I do next??
/Anttu
It should be creating it in /home/bla/...../gd-2.0.28/.libs
Note that .libs is (because of the leading dot) a hidden directory; you'll need to use ls -al .libs to see it.
Are you running make as another user, such as root? If so, you won't be able to create the file because only the owner has write-access to that directory.
Originally posted by rjlee Are you running make as another user, such as root? If so, you won't be able to create the file because only the owner has write-access to that directory.
I run make as root, yes, but the directory is owned by root and it doesn't help that the whole tree down is owned by root....
I can't just understand what could be wrong!?!???!?!
I'm going crazy soon...
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