Ian Parkin wrote: > Hi! > > > > Thanks for allowing my subscription to the list and for the service you > provide. > > > > On a MacBook with Mac OS X 10.4.10: after successful ‘fink install’ s > of jpeg, gmp, pth, etc. ‘fink install netpbm’ results in the > compile/load time loader message > > /usr/bin/ld: can’t locate file for: -lnetpbm
Are you saying that this happens during the build phase of the netpbm package? In this case, could you give some more lines of output before this one? Or when does this happen? You seem to say that you successfully installed netpbm? If this is during some compilation that you are doing on your own and that is supposed to use the Fink-installed libnetpbm, then you might want to read a paragraph from Fink's FAQ first: Fink FAQ #8.3 "How do I compile something myself using Fink-installed software?" at <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/faq.en.html#usage-general.compile-myself> > Examination of directory /sw/lib shows that, unlike those other > packages, ‘fink install netpbm’ has not produced any ‘.a’ files with the > name ‘netpbm’ or any of the netpbm-component names ‘pbm’, pgm’, etc. > (‘.dylib’ files for all those names are presnt.) That's because netpbm produces by default shared libraries, not static libraries. > Is this a deliberate characteristic of the netpbm offering ? (Why ?) For the reason you would have to ask the netpbm authors. Fink uses the default configurations. > Can I get all those ‘.a’ files some other way ? If not, what do I do to > make use of the corresponding ‘.dylib’ files ? If you have a "-lnetpbm" flag on the linker line, the linker looks first for "libnetpbm.dylib" and then for "libnetpbm.a". The reason that in your case it did not find either was perhaps that you did not give the right directory path. For Fink's netpbm you would use -L/sw/lib -lnetpbm -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
