Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-12 Thread Rob Malpass
-Original Message- From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire- boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Vic Sent: 11 February 2012 18:12 To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a Is it not available in the repo

Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-12 Thread Vic
It is - but the trouble is the webpage I'm following to install it requires the make step. That webpage is telling you how to build from source. You should ignore it, for the most part. I've installed the binary but it's not been compiled with the machine I want to emulate Are you sure? Or

[Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-11 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all For a bit of fun, I thought I'd install simh and recreate a bit of student days playing with vms [1]. As ever, I've fallen just beyond the first hurdle. This thing builds from source and I'm rusty. When doing the make specified on [1], I'm getting can't find libpcap.a in

Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-11 Thread Vic
For a bit of fun, I thought I'd install simh and recreate a bit of student days playing with vms [1]. As ever, I've fallen just beyond the first hurdle. This thing builds from source and I'm rusty. Is it not available in the repo for your distro? That's often easier than building from

Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Rob, On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 05:54:57PM -, Rob Malpass wrote: I've gone into synaptic and installed everything I can see for libpcap but the file still hasn't appeared. This is the right procedure isn't it? What should my next move be? I've never understood libraries and

Re: [Hampshire] simh - problem with libpcap.a

2012-02-11 Thread hantslug
On Saturday 11 February 2012 22:27:34 Andy Smith wrote: Hi Rob, On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 05:54:57PM -, Rob Malpass wrote: I've gone into synaptic and installed everything I can see for libpcap but the file still hasn't appeared. This is the right procedure isn't it? What should my