LinuxQuestions.org - ar program not found

- Mandriva (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/mandriva-30/)

- - ar program not found (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/mandriva-30/ar-program-not-found-429674/)

ar program not found

hey all,

When i run ./configure for a program, the error message "ar program not found. Please fix your PATH to include the directory in which ar resides, or set the AR environment with the full path to ar"

How to I get pass this problem?

Thanks,

Jeff

ar is part of the binutils package, so I guess you have to install it

Ar is part of GNU Binutils. If it isn't installed, install it.
Generally, it's full path is /usr/bin/ar. You can check with

Code:

which ar

.
If it is present on your system, use

Code:

echo ${PATH}

to see if /usr/bin is in your PATH variable (it should be). If it isn't, edit /etc/profile to include /usr/bin, run

Code:

source /etc/profile

and check if it is in your PATH now. If it is, retry the ./configure (in the session now using the new /etc/profile).

Post any output in this thread if you still have any problems.