ar is a binary that needs to be in your path variable.
do a find / -name ar -print
make sure the directory ar is in is in your path.
-WB
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Craig Everett wrote:
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:32:07 -0700
> From: Craig Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Installation Problems
>
> I'm trying to compile openssh2.9p2 on Solaris8. I've got gcc2.95 libgcc3.0,
> zlib1.1.3, and openssl0.9.6 installed.
>
> When I try to run configure this is what I get:
> # ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for ranlib... :
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
> checking for ar... no
> checking for perl5... no
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking for ent... no
> checking for filepriv... no
> checking for bash... /usr/bin/bash
> checking for ksh... (cached) /usr/bin/bash
> checking for sh... (cached) /usr/bin/bash
> configure: error: *** 'ar' missing, please install or fix your $PATH ***
>
> I've tried to run through the configure script but I can't seem to find what
> the reference to ar means. Below is my environment.
>
>
> Output of my environment:
> # env
> _=/usr/bin/env
> _INIT_UTS_RELEASE=5.8
> HZ=100
> LC_MONETARY=en_US.ISO8859-1
> _INIT_UTS_MACHINE=sun4u
> LC_TIME=en_US.ISO8859-1
> PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/
> _INIT_UTS_VERSION=Generic_108528-03
> _INIT_RUN_NPREV=0
> _INIT_NET_STRATEGY=none
> LOGNAME=root
> _INIT_UTS_NODENAME=asgsandiego
> _INIT_UTS_ISA=sparc
> MAIL=/var/mail/root
> _INIT_PREV_LEVEL=S
> LC_MESSAGES=C
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1
> SHELL=/sbin/sh
> HOME=/
> _INIT_UTS_SYSNAME=SunOS
> LC_COLLATE=en_US.ISO8859-1
> LC_NUMERIC=en_US.ISO8859-1
> TERM=vt100
> PWD=/tmp
> TZ=US/Pacific
> _INIT_RUN_LEVEL=3
> LIBRARY_PATH=:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/ssl/lib
> _INIT_UTS_PLATFORM=SUNW,Ultra-250
>
>
> Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks,
>
>
> Craig Everett
> PS Systems Consultant
> Advanced Systems Group
> Office 858.277.9544 x4007
> Wireless 619.917.6030
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>
>
