Bart Van Assche <bvanass...@acm.org>: > On 03/21/18 19:47, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >>From 2ffbdd9e8f15eb3e3dc985ab3aa0a12d798e4b78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > >From: "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com> > >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:24:40 -0400 > >Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL: Fix for build instructions. > > > >Mention a prerequisite that will trip people up under Ubuntu. > >--- > > INSTALL | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > >diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > >index 24f8d6c..aad9099 100644 > >--- a/INSTALL > >+++ b/INSTALL > >@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ QUICK INSTRUCTIONS > > (due to prompting done by the configure script, this is very rarely > > necessary.) > >- 3) make > >+ 3) Run make. If the build fails with a complaint that it can't resolve > >+ -lperl, install libperl-dev and try again. > > 4) Run the next command as root: > > 5) make install > > This should be elaborated further: another alternative is to pass > --disable-embedded-perl to the configure script.
I actually tried that before installing libperl-dev. It didn't seem to work. Or possibly it might have but your build system messed me over. I don't trust autoconf as far as I can throw it. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders