Thread: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

From

David Rickard

Date:

03 September 2003, 17:18:53

Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

        configure:4357: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lbsd   >&5
        ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found
        configure:4423: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lutil   >&5
        ld: fatal: library -lutil: not found
        configure:4718: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lipc -lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm >&5
        ld: fatal: library -lipc: not found

With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;
How do we determine whether the error lies with the configure script or gcc--i.e., whether configure is failing to find the necessary libraries (and if so, how do we set the necessary paths) or if our gcc install is deficient/flawed?

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Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

From

Tom Lane

Date:

04 September 2003, 02:06:06

David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
> Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
> 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

>          configure:4357: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lbsd   >&5
>          ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found

This is just how configure looks to see if you have particular
libraries.  Nothing surprising here.

> With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;

You omitted to show us the failure that actually means something.

            regards, tom lane

Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

From

David Rickard

Date:

04 September 2003, 20:46:08

The final error that killed configure (as logged in config.log):

        configure:11652: ./conftest
        ld.so.1: ./conftest: fatal: libreadline.so.4: open failed: No such file or directory
        ./configure: line 1: 11119 Killed                  ./conftest$ac_exeext
        configure:11655: $? = 137
        configure: program exited with status 137
        configure: failed program was:
        #line 11641 "configure"
        #include "confdefs.h"
        nt main() { return 0; }
        onfigure:11664: result: failed
        onfigure:11669: error:
        ** Could not execute a simple test program. This may be a problem
        ** related to locating shared libraries. Check the file 'config.log'
        ** for the exact reason.

At 10:05 PM 9/3/2003 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
> Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
> 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

>          configure:4357: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lbsd   >&5
>          ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found

This is just how configure looks to see if you have particular
libraries. Nothing surprising here.

> With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;

You omitted to show us the failure that actually means something.

                        regards, tom lane

Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

From

Tom Lane

Date:

04 September 2003, 22:37:05

David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
>          configure:11652: ./conftest
>          ld.so.1: ./conftest: fatal: libreadline.so.4: open failed: No such
> file or directory

My guess is that libreadline is in a directory that isn't in your
dynamic linker search path.  See our doc/FAQ_Solaris file.

            regards, tom lane