Re: [Sablevm-user] 1.0.1 build problem

[Archie C. <ar...@de...>]

Vladimir G. Ivanovic writes:
> I downloaded sablevm-1.0.1.tar.gz and unpacked it into /usr/local/src. I
> then downloaded into /usr/local/src/sablevm-1.0.1 the libraries
> sablevm-{class,native}-library-1.0.1.tar.gz.
> 
> When I execute 
> 
>    $ CC=gcc3 ./build
> 
> I get the following error message (after a lot of output, including some
> compiles):
> 
>    checking for ffi_prep_cif in -lffi... no
>    ***ERROR: libffi is missing
>    make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>    make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
> 
> It appears that only the native library has been made because no
> makefiles have been created except in and underneath the
> ./sablevm-native-library directory.

Let me ask the obvious stupid question: do you have libffi installed
on your system?

-Archie

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