ar is an executable. Its in /usr/ccs/bin I think, or maybe /sbin ( or something like that, one of the non-standard bin areas ). Use find to locate it or ask your admins. Then make sure that's in your path.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 11:44 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [rrd-users] RRD install woes When I tried to build the latest RRD for the latest Cricket, I first installed GCC and gnu 'make', which seemed to go without error. But RRD install failed after it was unable to find 'ar', apparently a library (?). The host is a very standard Slowaris 2.6. I don't know what to do but to walk through all the dependencies, which I am not sure I would understand anyway ... make Making all in cgilib-0.4 make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/cricket/RRD/rrdtool- 1.0.33/cgilib-0.4' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H - I. -I. -I../config -g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -Wshadow - Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wmissing-prototypes - Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Winline -fPIC - c cgi.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../config -g -O2 -Wall - pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wmissing- prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs - Winline -fPIC -c cgi.c -o cgi.o cgi.c:30: warning: no previous prototype for `cgiHeader' cgi.c:47: warning: no previous prototype for `cgiDecodeString' cgi.c:76: warning: no previous prototype for `cgiInit' echo timestamp > cgi.lo /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall - pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wmissing- prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs - Winline -fPIC -o librrd_cgi.la cgi.lo -lm mkdir .libs ar cru .libs/librrd_cgi.a cgi.o ../libtool: ar: not found make[1]: *** [librrd_cgi.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/cricket/RRD/rrdtool- 1.0.33/cgilib-0.4' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make install Making install in cgilib-0.4 make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/cricket/RRD/rrdtool- 1.0.33/cgilib-0.4' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall - pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wmissing- prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs - Winline -fPIC -o librrd_cgi.la cgi.lo -lm rm - fr .libs/librrd_cgi.la .libs/librrd_cgi.* .libs/librrd_cg i.* ar cru .libs/librrd_cgi.a cgi.o ../libtool: ar: not found make[1]: *** [librrd_cgi.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/cricket/RRD/rrdtool- 1.0.33/cgilib-0.4' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (808) 282-0747 1050 Bishop Street Number 202 Honolulu, HI 96813 -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
