I am using Ubuntu 14.04. I have downloaded the net-snmp package net-snmp-5.7.3.pre5. The configure went well. Make gives the following error :

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a(op.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `PL_sv_yes' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libnetsnmpagent.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.3.pre5/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1

Any solutions?

Thanks

Have you tried doing this as they suggest?
jdk

Yes i tried recompiling with fPIC : ./configure --with-cflags=fPIC.

It gave the following error :

Location to write persistent information (/var/net-snmp):
setting Location to write persistent information to... /var/net-snmp
checking if I need to feed myself to ksh... no
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... (cached) /bin/grep
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for file... file
checking for find... find
checking for whoami... whoami
checking for autoconf... no
checking for autoheader... no
checking for perl... /usr/local/bin/perl
checking for ps... /bin/ps
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for uname... /bin/uname
checking whether the Perl function system() invokes a POSIX shell... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.3.pre5':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

im sorry... the make was run as

make CFLAGS=-fPIC

it ran till it gave this :

libtool: compile: gcc -I../include -I. -I../agent -I../agent/mibgroup -I../snmplib -I/usr/local/ssl/include -fPIC -c snmp_perl.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/snmp_perl.o
snmp_perl.c:5:20: fatal error: EXTERN.h: No such file or directory
#include <EXTERN.h>
^
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [snmp_perl.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.3.pre5/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1

Have you installed the perl package? That's the package that seems to provide EXTERN.h all in caps.
jdk

i have installed perl 5.18.2.

i moved all header files to include directory in net-snmp. it still gives the error.

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a(op.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `PL_sv_yes' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libnetsnmpagent.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.2/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1

But it gives a different error. It is no longer complaining about EXTERN.h Are you still compiling using the -fPIC switch?
jdk

Its working fine now. I recompiled perl5.18.2 package as below

./Configure -de -Dprefix=/usr/local -Dusethreads -Duseshrplib, make , make install

referred the following link : http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/ma...sage/24080522/

And then compiled net-snmp package as ./configure , make CFLAGS=-fPIC, make install went well.

Thank You jdkaye.

I'm glad your problem is solved and pleased to have been of service. Have fun!
jdk

Hello dharm_sk,

I'm following this thread cause i'm getting the exact same issues. I'm hoping you didn't forget what you did to solve the problem...
I'm stuck at "i moved all header files to include directory in net-snmp" . What header files are you talking about, and where did you put them ?

Thanks in advance

-- EDIT

Ok i had read "include" as a verb, and not as THE "include" directory in net-snmp, makes much more sense now. So i guess the header files you're talking about are the ones in the perl_5.18.2 folder ?

-- EDIT #2

Ok guys i spent all afternoon trying to fix this, i really don't get it.
When i follow post #8, i get (at the "make CFLAGS=-fPIC" step for net-snmp, without moving the perl h files to net-snmp/include) :

libtool: compile: gcc -I../include -I. -I../agent -I../agent/mibgroup -I../snmplib -I/usr/local/ssl/include -fPIC -c snmp_perl.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/snmp_perl.o
snmp_perl.c:5:20: fatal error: EXTERN.h: No such file or directory
#include <EXTERN.h>
^
compilation terminated.
make[1]: *** [snmp_perl.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.3.pre5/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1


And when i DO put these files in net-snmp/include, i still get:

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a(op.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `PL_sv_yes' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.2/x86_64-linux/CORE/libperl.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libnetsnmpagent.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dell/Desktop/net-snmp-5.7.2/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1


I don't know what i'm missing. My perl version is same as yours, though my net-snmp is 5.5.1, could that be what's making it go wrong ?

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