[Refdb-users] compile problems

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Bruce D'Arcus writes:
 > What does this mean?
 > 
 > checking for Perl module Text::Iconv... ./configure: line 5224: 17210 
 > Trace/BPT trap          $myperl -e 'use Text::Iconv;' >/dev/null 2>&1
 > configure: WARNING: Perl module Text::Iconv is required for some scripts
 > 
 > It -- along with problems compiling xml::parser -- seems to be majorly 
 > tripping up compilation of refdb on my laptop.
 > 

No, the missing Text::Iconv module does not influence the compilation
of RefDB. It is explained in some detail at the end of the configure
output. In brief, if you don't have Text::Iconv handy, some Perl
scripts that rely on this module will fail to run (and they will tell
you so).

 > # make
[...]
 > refdbd.c:40:54: dbi/dbi.h: No such file or directory

This is the real problem that screws up your compilation. Most likely
the include files end up in a directory which is not in the default
search path of your compiler. Setting the CFLAGS variable on the
configure command line appropriately might fix the problem, like in:

./configure <your options> CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include"

regards,
Markus

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