configure error: bfd library not found

[chandraiah g. <cha...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am facing the following error while compiling oprofile-0.9.4 for arm. The
logs are pasted below. Could any one help me to resolve this problem?

[root@localhost oprofile-0.9.4]# ./configure --host=arm-linux
--with-kernel-support
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for arm-linux-strip... arm-linux-strip
checking for arm-linux-ranlib... arm-linux-ranlib
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for arm-linux-gcc... arm-linux-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether arm-linux-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for arm-linux-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of arm-linux-gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ld used by arm-linux-gcc...
/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld
checking if the linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) is GNU
ld... yes
checking for /usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld
option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm...
/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/bin//arm-linux-nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... arm-linux-gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for arm-linux-g++... arm-linux-g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether arm-linux-g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of arm-linux-g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... arm-linux-g++ -E
checking for arm-linux-g77... no
checking for arm-linux-xlf... no
checking for arm-linux-f77... no
checking for arm-linux-frt... no
checking for arm-linux-pgf77... no
checking for arm-linux-cf77... no
checking for arm-linux-fort77... no
checking for arm-linux-fl32... no
checking for arm-linux-af77... no
checking for arm-linux-xlf90... no
checking for arm-linux-f90... no
checking for arm-linux-pgf90... no
checking for arm-linux-pghpf... no
checking for arm-linux-epcf90... no
checking for arm-linux-gfortran... no
checking for arm-linux-g95... no
checking for arm-linux-xlf95... no
checking for arm-linux-f95... no
checking for arm-linux-fort... no
checking for arm-linux-ifort... no
checking for arm-linux-ifc... no
checking for arm-linux-efc... no
checking for arm-linux-pgf95... no
checking for arm-linux-lf95... no
checking for arm-linux-ftn... no
checking for g77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for f77... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for cf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for f90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for pghpf... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for gfortran... gfortran
configure: WARNING: In the future, Autoconf will not detect cross-tools
whose name does not start with the host triplet.  If you think this
configuration is useful to you, please write to aut...@gn....
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether gfortran accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/bin//arm-linux-nm -B
output from arm-linux-gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for arm-linux-ar... arm-linux-ar
checking for arm-linux-ranlib... (cached) arm-linux-ranlib
checking for arm-linux-strip... (cached) arm-linux-strip
checking if arm-linux-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for arm-linux-gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if arm-linux-gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if arm-linux-gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if arm-linux-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the arm-linux-gcc linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) supports
shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by arm-linux-g++...
/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld
checking if the linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) is GNU
ld... yes
checking whether the arm-linux-g++ linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) supports
shared libraries... yes
checking for arm-linux-g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if arm-linux-g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if arm-linux-g++ static flag -static works... yes
checking if arm-linux-g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the arm-linux-g++ linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) supports
shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gfortran static flag -static works... yes
checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gfortran linker
(/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld) supports
shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for arm-linux-gcc... (cached) arm-linux-gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether arm-linux-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for arm-linux-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of arm-linux-gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... arm-linux-gcc -E
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether arm-linux-g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of arm-linux-g++... (cached) gcc3
checking for ld...
/usr/local/arm/4.2.2-eabi/usr/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld
checking for kernel OProfile support... yes
checking whether malloc attribute is understood... no
checking whether __builtin_expect is understood... yes
checking for sched_setaffinity... yes
checking for perfmonctl... no
checking for poptGetContext in -lpopt... yes
checking libiberty.h usability... no
checking libiberty.h presence... no
checking for libiberty.h... no
checking for cplus_demangle in -liberty... yes
checking for xcalloc... yes
checking for xmemdup... yes
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for main in -lintl... no
checking for bfd_openr in -lbfd... no
*configure: error: bfd library not found
*

-- 
Thanks and regards,
Chandraiah