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Old 03-29-2006, 11:17 AM   #1
jeffshen
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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
 
Old 03-30-2006, 04:56 AM   #2
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ar is part of the binutils package, so I guess you have to install it
 
Old 03-30-2006, 05:05 AM   #3
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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
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which ar
.
If it is present on your system, use
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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
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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.
 
  


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