Re: [hylafax-users] Compiling Hylafax in RetHat 8.0

["Vu Pham" <vu@sivell.com>]

I had similar problem, and solved it by installing the libtiff-devel package

You can get libtiff-devel-3.5.7-7.i386.rpm from www.rpmfind.net.

The RH 8 CDs have this package libtiff-devel-3.5.5-13.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joey Officer" <linux@martinapparatus.com>
To: "Thomas Hecker" <thecker@novatic.de>
Cc: "Hylafax User" <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] Compiling Hylafax in RetHat 8.0


> hmm.. if /usr/local/lib and /usr/lib are empty, then there aren't any
> libraries installed.  That is very unusual.  Assuming you installed from
> a redhat cd (or even from a nfs/ftp share) you can install the necessary
> libraries that go with redhat 8 from the cd.  Just mount it and do a
> directory search for tiff.  This is a typical 'which came first, the
> chicken or the egg?' hunt because you will probably need other libraries
> that go with .tiff.  It will tell you , and ultimately you'll find the
> libraries needed.  After you have installed (from RPM is easiest here),
> you'll need to run a program called 'ldconfig', run that as root, and
> then try to compile hylafax again.
>
> 'lib' is a directory on your system, not a binary executable.  It should
> be where all you libraries are stored.  To further explain, most linux
> installs assume that you are a administrator of some sort, or a
> developer, and as a developer you need to code, which is why most linux
> distros comes with a compiler, libraries, optimizers, and tons of
> documentation to make your life as a devloper easier.  The problem
> sometimes is that the linux distro takes too much for granted and
> assumes to much of newer users...
>
> First check your libraries, it sounds like they aren't installed, you'll
> have to fix that, then try to recompile the hylafax.
>
> joey
>
> On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 05:37, Thomas Hecker wrote:
> > Hi Joey,
> >
> > at first, thanks for your advice. So i tried to compile it, but...
> > I'm sure, the library are installed in /usr/lib/ but the script can't
> > find them.
> >
> > The output:
> >
> > -----8<-----------------------------------------
> >
> > ... checking TIFF library version
> >
> > Missing TIFF Library.
> >
> > Compilation of the following test program failed:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > #include "tiffio.h"
> > main()
> > {
> >     printf( "header_ver=%d lib_ver=%s", TIFFLIB_VERSION,
> > TIFFGetVersion() );
> >     exit(0);
> > }
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > TIFFINC=/usr/local/include
> > LIBTIFF=-L/usr/local/lib -ltiff
> >
> > Verify that you have the TIFFINC and LIBTIFF configuration parameters
> > set correctly for your system (see above) and that any environment
> > variables are setup that are needed to locate a libtiff DSO at runtime
> > (e.g. LD_LIBRARY_PATH). Also be sure that any relative pathnames are
> > made relative to the top of the build area.
> >
> > --8<------------------------------
> >
> > It seems to me, the script needs an executable called "lib" but there is
> > no in my system. only an empty dir /usr/local/lib. /usr/local/include is
> > empty too. What the scripts search there? To what I have to set them?
> >
> > Many thanks to you!
> > Thomas Hecker
> >
> > PS: Sorry for my bad English :)
> >
>
>
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