Re: 2 questions - include files and init links

[Bongo deGilligan <micros50 computer net>]

Karen Ellrick wrote:

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> I have recently installed RedHat 6.1 on a couple of boxes and are getting
>  them ready as servers on our network.  I have a couple questions I'm hoping
>  someone here can help with:
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>  (1) I can't seem to compile anything I get from the outside world (first two
>  I've tried are sendmail 8.10.0 and fwtk) - the makefiles can't find my
>  include files.  If it's relevent, when I installed RedHat I chose "kernel
>  development" but not "development", and I'm wondering if that was a mistake.

Probably. When you're compiling apps you usually need stuff from the "development"
packages, in particular the "glibc-devel.xxxx.rpm" (xxxx = version) contains a ton of
the libraries and header files needed to compile apps under glibc. Check to make sure
you have this installed. In addition you may need some of the other "development"
rpm's, depending on the particular applications you're trying to compile.

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>  But I can find at least three compilers on my system (cc, bcc, and gcc) and
>  the normal include files do exist in /usr/lib/bcc/include.  In the case of

Sounds like you're in good shape as far as the nessesary compilers go. I suspect
you're missing that glibc development rpm. It's surprisingly easy to overlook it on
the RH install yet so important for compiling apps. I missed it myself when
installing RH 6.0 on a couple machines round here.



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