Re: SuSE Linux compiling problems

From: Damir Buskulic (buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr)
Date: Mon Feb 22 1999 - 09:19:31 MET


Pasha Murat wrote:
> 
> Jochen Reuther writes:
>  > Hello all,
>  >
>  > I'm currently trying to make root work on my SuSE Linux system (with
>  > gcc) and after passing several problems successfully I ran in the
>  > following problem that I don't know how to fix it:.
>  > I try to recompile the whole root package (v2.21) with the given
>  > Makefile.linux and I get this error message:
>  >
>  > Generating dictionary BASE_G__Base1.cxx...
>  > rootcint: can't load library 'libCint.so'
>  > make: *** [BASE_G_Base1.cxx] Error 16
>  >
>  > Same problem when I try to start rootcint manually.
>  > The enviroment variable ROOTSYS is correctly set.
>  > The file $ROOTSYS/lib/libCint.so was just compiled before.
>  > Options to create .so have been  -shared -Wl,-soname,libCint.so -g
>  > When compiling cint there was a linking problem with not finding the
>  > libtermcap.so that I fixed with a softlink to an existing
>  > libtermcap.so.2.0.8
>  > My gcc don't need a LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I don't think that's the prob.

Are you sure ? How does rootcint (not root) know where to find the libs
?

>  >
> 
>         I've been having similar problem on SGI/IRIX/egcs.
> For some reason dropping '-Wl,-soname,libCint.so' from the list of linker
> options solved the problem - though I don't have a clue why.
> 
>                                                 -pasha

Same thing for me on Alpha/egcs

Damir
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