[Coldstuff] having trouble getting genesis to compile

David Lindsey coldstuff@cold.org
Thu, 02 May 2002 13:18:45 +0530


I just found this list and the short answer to Ira's
<qor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu> problem is that only the lib
packages for those dbms are installed. I had the exact
same problem with Mandrake. The easy solution is to go to

ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/

and download the gdbm tar file. I had no luck with rpmfind
either. Install gdbm from scratch like that and you're set.

I don't know if the whole thing was due to me messing
with package selection when I installed Mandrake and not
knowing what I was doing or if the configure script is
too trusting (it finds the header file(s) and assumes
everything is ok).

Disclaimer: I'm new to both Linux (relatively) and Cold
(very) so my diagnosis may be totally off. However,
the remedy should be fine.

David Lindsey


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