On Thursday 06 September 2001 04:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. is there a resource out there somewhere that can clearly explain "ld" > and "ld" related problems and how to fix them? I sometimes build from > source and most of the time I get stuck with "ld" related problems and I > have to bother a lot of people on how to resolve it instead of resolving it > myself...
The classics "man ld" and "info ld" are probably your best bets. I don't know about how to fix problems with it though. > > 2. to the next question, this is the latest thing I am trying to compile > from src (gaim) and of course, the problem is again something to do with > ld... > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[3]: *** [gaim] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory /home/jdls/gaim-0.11.0pre15/src' > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > You probably need the package libperl-dev. This isn't an ld problem at all, but a problem with you lacking the correct libs. Quick question though. Why are you compiling gaim from source? There's a perfectly good packaged version available for it that is designed to prevent exactly this, and other problems. If it's a question of it being outdated, get unstable. If you can't find the package, it's in the aptly named "gaim". - David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
