Install Trouble

[Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan]

 I think the path to the 'ar' execuatble is not set. You may find it
either /usr/ccs/bin  or in /usr/xpg4/bin. Let me know what happens.

Good luck,
Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan (Vathsan Sri)

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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 KHumpf@IITRI.ORG wrote:

> I'm trying to install ecgs on our sun-solaris machine and I keep getting
> a "fatal error".
>  
> The reason I'm installing this is for a program called HT://Dig.  It's a
> search engine we're trying to use but apparently we're missing a C++ or
> G++ library.
>  
> I was told to install egcs to resolve this but as I mentioned, I'm
> getting an error (actually a couple errors).  I get through
> "./configure" with no problem, but then I run "make bootstrap" and it
> runs through a bunch of stuff until finally I get:
>  
> rm -f libiberty.a
> ar rc libiberty.a \
>   argv.o choose-temp.o concat.o cplus-dem.o  fdmatch.o fnmatch.o
> getopt.o getopt1.o getruntime.o hex.o  floatformat.o objalloc.o
> obstack.o pex
> ecute.o spaces.o strerror.o  strsignal.o xatexit.o xexit.o xmalloc.o
> xstrdup.o xstrerror.o  asprintf.o basename.o sigsetmask.o vasprintf.o
> sh: ar: not found
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libiberty.a'
> Current working directory /home/amptiac/HTDIG/CPLUS/egcs-1.1.2/libiberty
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-libiberty'
>  
> Even though I got that, I still tried "make install" afterward and got
> this:
>  
> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local  /usr/local
> rm -f libobjc.a
> ar rc libobjc.a objc/hash.o objc/sarray.o  objc/class.o objc/sendmsg.o 
> objc/init.o objc/archive.o  objc/encoding.o objc/selector.o  objc/obje
> cts.o objc/misc.o  objc/NXConstStr.o objc/Object.o  objc/Protocol.o
> objc/nil_method.o  objc/thr.o objc/linking.o  objc/thr-posix.o
> sh: ar: not found
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libobjc.a'
> Current working directory /home/amptiac/HTDIG/CPLUS/egcs-1.1.2/gcc
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install-gcc'
>  
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>  
> Keith Humpf
> khumpf@iitri.org
> (315)-339-7071 - voice
> (315)-339-7107 - fax
> IIT Research Institute
> 201 Mill Street
> Rome, NY 13440
>  
> Keith Humpf
> khumpf@iitri.org
> (315)-339-7071 - voice
> (315)-339-7107 - fax
> IIT Research Institute
> 201 Mill Street
> Rome, NY 13440 
>  
>