Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Installing_IPP_FAQ

Timestamp:

May 5, 2009, 10:40:28 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Sebastian Jester

Comment:

add note about new pschecklibs -force build

Installing_IPP_FAQ

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 See also the list of [wiki:WikiStart Installation-related notes on the Main Page].
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+== General point about weird errors, especially (but not only) on Macs ==
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+A lot of errors with libraries not found by `configure` after `pschecklibs` had earlier decided they were installed already, obscure syntax errors about `PKG_CHECK_MODULES`, etc., are due to old versions of the `autotools` compilation tools, and/or platform-specific variants of libraries with the same name as a required dependent library but different content (especially on Macs). To get around these, force building the dependent libraries:
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+{{{
+pschecklibs -force build
+}}}
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 == pschecklibs or pscheckperl complain about missing tar files ==