Jason Dale wrote:
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> Hi :
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> I have just installed Red Hat 8.0 on my P4 system , and I am trying
to install
> Exim 4.10 from a tarball. I followed all of the installation
instructions given with
> the tarball , but when I type the 'make' command , I get the
following error message :
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> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
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>>>>Creating links to source files...
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> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
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>>>>New Makefile installed
>>>>Use "make makefile" if you need to force rebuilding of the makefile
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> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/install/exim-4.10/build-Linux-i386'
> /bin/sh ../scripts/Configure-os.h
> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
> grep: /usr/include/linux/ip.h: No such file or directory
> /bin/sh ../scripts/Configure-os.c
> grep: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
> gcc -O -I/usr/local/include -o buildconfig buildconfig.c -lnsl -lcrypt
> make[1]: gcc: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [buildconfig] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/install/exim-4.10/build-Linux-i386'
> make: *** [go] Error 2
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> I assume this problem is happening because I don't have the
/usr/lib/libc.so file.
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> Does anyone have an idea on how I can fix this problem ? what package
do I need to
> install to install this file on the system , and what do I need to do
once I have doe this ?
On earlier Red Hat versions, glibc-devel includes /usr/lib/libc.so.
It looks like you also need the cpp and gcc RPMs ("gcc: command not found").
> can I run the 'make' command again without picking up any problems ?
Yes.
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> Regards , Jason
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