[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am trying to recompile gimp-1.2.5.tar.gz, as I had to wipe the system. > > I have spent all morning downloading and installing everything, that I > can gather from the install script, that is required. > > I still get this at the end of the 'make' part. > > > /usr//bin/ld: cannot find -lslang > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[3]: *** [aa] Error 1 > > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/david/gimp-1.2.5/plug-ins/common' > > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/david/gimp-1.2.5/plug-ins' > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/david/gimp-1.2.5' > > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 > > I've looked at rpmfind for this 'lslang' but no clues are given. I've > tried a general search using google, with the clue that it may have > something to do with mpeg. Nothing definite though.
"-l" tells the linker (ld) what library to look for. It will prefix a "lib" in front of the string after the "-l", so "-lslang" means the linker is looking for "libslang". Try searching for "libslang" via Google. Peace... Tom _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
