[htdig] problems installing htdig 3.1.2 on solaris 7.0

[Obiajulu Odu]

Hi,

I am running into problems installing htdig-3.1.2 on Solaris 2.7 (7.0) server. Any ABC guide on installing and debugging htdig on solaris? I get these errors when running "./configure" for htdig-3.1.2:

...............................
.........stuff deleted...
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working automake... missing
........deleted...
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
.
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) is a cross-compiler... no
........deleted...
checking for AIX... no
checking for deflate in -lz... (cached) no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) no
........deleted...
checking for sys/file.h... (cached) no
........deleted...
checking for getopt.h... (cached) no
checking for zlib.h... (cached) no
........deleted...
checking for timegm... (cached) no
checking whether we need gethostname() prototype?... no
checking how to call getpeername?... configure: warning: can't determine argumet
creating ./config.status
creating CONFIG
........deleted...
creating htsearch/Makefile
creating makedp
........deleted...
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.7
checking if --enable-debug option specified... no
checking for cc... (cached) gcc
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking if --enable-diagnostic option specified... no
checking if --enable-cxx option specified... no
checking if --enable-compat185 option specified... no
checking if --enable-dump185 option specified... no
checking for ar... missing_ar
configure: error: No ar utility found.
configure: error: ./configure failed for db/dist
..........................

What is wrong?

Thanks in advance.

-- Obi
------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the single word unsubscribe in the SUBJECT of the message.