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Subject: Re: Newbie problem building sablevm-sdk-1.12
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James Mansion wrote:
> I'm trying to build the shiny new sablevm-sdk-1.12 on 5.4 (actually, its
> been installed by PCBSD because I'm lazy about configuring X etc) - but I
> have a set of 5.4 release CDs I can use to get extra packaged bits.  Ports
> are harder because I have time to do this on the train, with no internet
> connectivity.
> 
> ./configure went OK.
> build-early (jikes) went OK
> build-early (fastjar) went OK
> 
> However in configure-main (sablevm) its failed with:
> checking for lt_dlinit in -lltdl... no
> ***ERROR: libltdl is missing
> 
> I've spent 20 years as a professional C++ programmer on SunOS and MS
> systems - but I have no idea about auto-confiscate and libtools. :-(
> 
> So ... help!
> 
> Is it straightforward?
> 
> Fixes to work around threading and compilation I can handle, but I'm out of
> my depth with this 'magic' stuff.
> 
> James

You can get libtool as a precompiled package with "pkg_add -r libtool15".

Cheers,

Panagiotis