On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 22:15 +1200, Paul Parkyn wrote: > Hello, I am trying to install Termnet-3.1 program, I have managed to > sort out a few problems but cannot complete the linking stage. > > The distro is Mandrake 10.1 official > > below is the error output when running make. > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfl > > What does -lfl refer to ? > > In the libtn directory there are no files with lfl or ltn in the > filename, trying to figure out where to look, and for what.
It means use library (-l) fl, which should be found associated with or in a file called libfl.a Searching my system shows that libfl.a belongs to the flex package. Look for the file libfl.a. If it is not on your system consider looking for a package called flex. > > The other warnings such as :- tnlMisc.c:56: warning: implicit > declaration of function `strlen' not sure exactly what is meant or how > to fix these warnings. > if it is only a warning don't do anything. They usually do not matter. AFAIK it is an overly anal retentive compiler telling the programmer to cross his t's and dot his i's. > Thanks for taking the time to read this . > > Regards Paul Parkyn > > * ************************************************** > [snip] -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
