[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
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