Re: Installation problems

[Carsten Menke <bootsy52 gmx net>]

Kelly McCuddy wrote:
> 
> Well I recompiled db with 1.85 compatability, and for some reason I am still
> getting the same error messages.  However I noticed you refered me to the
> gnome-libs README.  That package I was able to compile and install with no
> problems.  Don't know if that is significant or not.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kelly
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christoph Hippchen" <mitochondria artists-for-artists com>
> To: <gnome-list gnome org>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Installation problems
> 
> > You need DB 1.85, or DB 2.x with 1.86 compatibility enabled..  checkout
> > the gnome-libs README.  Also checkout this bug:
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50935
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 18:27, Kelly McCuddy wrote:
> > > I am trying to install gnome manually.  One reason for that is that I
> like to install all my software manually and also because my distro isn't
> supported by ximian or gnome.
> > >     Any way the problem I am having is that some packages that I try to
> install keep giving me the following error message:
> > >           e.so -ldb-3 /opt/gnome/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so
> /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk.so           /opt/gnome/lib/libgdk.so
> /opt/gnome/lib/libgmodule.so
>           /opt/gnome/lib/libglib.so -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lm
> /opt/gnome/lib/libart_lgpl.so
> /lib/libxml.so -lz           -L/usr/local/lib
> usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so  -Wl,-soname           -Wl,libgnomeprint.so.15
> -o .libs/libgnomeprint.so.15.1.11
> > >           /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb-3
> > >           collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > >           make[2]: *** [libgnomeprint.la] Error 1
> > >           make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/root/gnome-print-0.32/libgnomeprint'
> > >           make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > >           make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gnome-print-0.32'
> > >           make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought maybe it might refer to the berkley database package but I
> have tried both the 3.3.11 and 4.0.14 versions and I still get the error
> message.  So if anybody knows what this error is referring to please let me
> know so I can fix the problem.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Kelly
> > >
I had this problem once, and I had to definetly set the 
--enable-prefer-db1 

after that it compiled, check if that option is available by ./configure
--help


Carsten
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