On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 11:07:29PM -0500, David Clymer said > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 15:01, Robert Cates wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm having a problem compiling mod_perl-1.29 as a DSO for Apache > > 1.3.29... > > It all starts ok, but then bombs out with the following error: > > > > perl/5.6.1/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: *** [libperl.so] Error 1 > > > > What exactly is -lperl , and what do I need to do to get it? Or > > should I ask - what do I need to do to correct list problem? > > -lperl is an option being passed to gcc. the -l<libraryname> signifies > that you want to link against a given library. Usually the library is > located in /usr/lib. I'm guessing you just need to make sure you have > libperl5.x or an appropriate version of libperl installed. > > apt-get install libperl5.8 You need libperl-dev. Generally, -lFOO means "link in libFOO.so", where libFOO.so is (always?) a symlink in the libfoo-dev package which points to a lib of the form libfoo.so.1.2 from the libfoo1 package. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: bemd defense information warfare TWA armed overthrow
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