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Re: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
32 bit libraries are required because I want to install some
application which do not build if 32 bit gfortran libraries are not
present.
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari
> <ahsan.pmd@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The system is RHEL5.3 x86_64
>>
>> folloing commands were used
>>
>> tar xzf gcc-4.7.2.tar.gz
>>
>> cd gcc-4.7.2
>>
>> ./contrib/download_prerequisites
>>
>> cd ..
>>
>> mkdir objdir
>>
>> cd objdir
>>
>> $PWD/../gcc-4.7.2/configure
>>
>> What is the package name for 32 bit c library.
>> I cannot disable multilib becase shared libraries support is required
>
> Multilib and shared libraries are two different things. In GCC,
> multilib means building additional libraries for specific compilation
> parameters. In this case, building 32-bit libraries even though you
> have a 64-bit system. The 32-bit libraries are required if you want
> to be able to compile and link with the -m32 option. If you never
> want to use the -m32 option, then you could configure with
> --disable-multilib.
>
> I'm no expert on RHEL, but I think the 32-bit libraries are going to
> be something like glibc-NNNN.i686 and glibc-devel-NNNN.i686. The NNNN
> should be the same as the glibc RPM's you have installed already.
>
> Ian
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