[gst-devel] build error

[Manuel Groeneweg]

On 16 Apr 2001 10:01:12 -0700, Alok Jerome Saldanha wrote:



> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb1
> 
> This indicates the linker could not find a library called "db1". It
> should be in a file called "libdb1.a". If you type "locate libdb1" it
> should print out locations of that library file, if it exists.
> 
> libdb1.a is part of glibc2.1. in particular, on my system it is part
> of glibc-devel-2.1.2-11, which are the development files for glibc. If
> you type "rpm -qa | grep glibc" you can find what glibc packages you
> have installed.
> 
> If you don't have a glibc-devel package installed, go get the rpm (if
> you have glibc-blah.rpm, go get glibc-devel-blah.rpm) and install and
> you should be all set.


'locate libdb1' gives me:
/usr/lib/libdb1.so.2

and 'rpm -qa | grep glibc':
glibc-profile-2.2.2-4mdk
glibc-devel-2.2.2-4mdk
glibc-2.2.2-4mdk

Is this a version problem or is ld just looking at the wrong place?
Any idea what i can do about it?

Thanks for your help!

./maenzaed