On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:49:17AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >Hello all: > > > >I just finished installing LFS 7.9-rc1 (OK - so I'm a little behind!) and > >upon rebooting, I noticed I have no man binary. > > > >I then went to re-configure and re-install man-db, but the configure script > >errors out with the message "configure: error: Fatal: no supported database > >library/header found" > > > >The interwebz shows only a few of these type errors, and all of them over 10 > >years old with a different version of the manpage program. > > > >This is on an x86_64 machine. Anyone have any hints on what I did wrong > >and/or how to diagnose/repair? > > > >Thanks for your help. > > man-db depends on gdbm. Did you install that? > > Check the dependencies in Appendix C. > > -- Bruce
Well, I *intended* to install gdbm, and my notes indicate I did. But in fact, I must have forgot to actually "make install," as installing it and reinstalling man-db worked. Thanks to you and Chris for your immediate attention, and to the editors/developers for a fine OS. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
