LD.SO problem on lazarus make on ubuntu
lazarus / 1-Linux

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iru · 2006-07-23 12:36

Version 6.06 of ubuntu
fpc installed ok

Do a "make clean all" and the process grinds away for some time and
then halts as follows:

grep: /etc/ld.so.conf: No such file or directory
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/iru/lazarus/tools'
Makefile:2728: warning: overriding commands for target `.'
Makefile:2726: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.'
/home/iru/fpc-2.0.2/bin/ppc386 -gl -Fu. -Fu../lcl/units/i386-linux
-Fu../lcl/units/i386-linux/gtk -FE. -FU. -di386 svn2revisioninc.pas
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.2 [2005/12/07] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2005 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling svn2revisioninc.pas
Linking ./svn2revisioninc
Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking

I have checked /etc and the file ld.so.conf does not exist. I am
presuming that its absence is the cause of the failure.

I have checked through the ubuntu application install and thier web
site found nothing on ld.so which appears to be an ancient dynamic
linker. A search on the internet has not helped much.

Any ideas at all????

Thanks

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Vincent Snijders · 2006-07-23 15:16

Install the binutils using the package manager of your OS.

It wouldn't surprise me, if your distro didn't install several devel
packages. See for more details the FAQ on the wiki.

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iru · 2006-07-24 11:24

I have had a read around the faq and wiki. All sorts of similar
stories of bits missing, etc.

I have had a look at the relevant ( I think ) installed packages on
ubuntu 6.06. They are
  binutils
  binutils-dev
  binutils-doc
  binutils-static

Other binutil-? packages on the system but not installed/enabled do
not appear relevant to this untrained eye.

I have a ld.so.cache file, also a ld.so,hwcappkgs but no
ld.so.local!!!!

My problem is on the "desktop" version, the same problem also appears
to be on the "server" version (by checking on the presence of the
ld.so.con file).

Thank you for your response. Any more help appreciated.

Ian

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Vincent Snijders · 2006-07-24 11:30

AFAIK, the problem is not ld.so, bit just ld.

What happens if you type
Code: [Select]ld -v in a console?

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iru · 2006-08-06 06:21

Thanks for the response. I have been busy and have only just got back
to the Lazarus install.

Sure enough no ld. Chased around the Synaptic package manager, Took a
guess or two on what libraries to load. The Lazarus install progressed
further  and then complained about another missing library.

Found a web site which addressed this problem. Loaded more libraries.

Up came Lazarus complaining about missing FPC source and something
about 2 byte fonts. More downloads, set a couple of environment
variables and away we go.........

I must say that I am quietly impressed with ubuntu and especially the
Synaptic package manager.

Thanks once again, Ian