Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:29:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> To: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with ports Message-ID: <20030515142059.B63829-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030515134458.018446d8@mail.servplex.com>
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Hmmm...I am a bit of a newcomer to FreeBSD. I'd like to try installing these libs. Can you point me in the right direction for info on this? I am having a difficult time finding info in the handbook. Are there specific libraries I need to install? Thanks very much. On Thu, 15 May 2003, Peter Elsner wrote: > Try installing (if you haven't already) the compatibility libs... > > I've seen that error before, and after installing them, the error goes away. > > Just a suggestion, not sure if it will actually work. > > Peter > > > At 01:57 PM 5/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > > I am having trouble installing elm from ports, I get this message: > > > > /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lintl > >*** Error code 1 > > > > > > I did a google search and people have been experiencing this problem a > >lot when building packages from ports lately. > > > > > > Someone recommended upgrading the ports as this has supposedly been > >corrected. > > I upgraded my ports tree with cvsup, and tried building again, but get > >the same error. > > > > Someone recommended I install gettext-old, as quoted here: > >" Any ideas ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, install gettext-old, libintl is not part of the new gettext. > > > > >" > > > > > > so I searched in my ports collection, and cannot find a gettext-old > >package. I also searched through the ports collection on FreeBSD.org and > >cannot find any packages called gettext-old. > > > > > > I am at a dead end. Anyone have any ideas here? I am running FreeBSD > >4.8 Release. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > >"A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself." > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> > Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) > 1835 S. Carrier Parkway > Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 > (972) 263-2080 - Voice > (972) 263-2082 - Fax > (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone > (425) 988-8061 - eFax > > I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's > too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry > that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where > were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" > -- Mike Godwin > > Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. > System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. > If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, > pretend you don't know me. > > Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. > > > "A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself."
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