Problem compiling ESP Ghostscript on AIX

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Tue Nov 28 05:08:07 PST 2006


Adrian Davis wrote:
>> I downloaded ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3 from the easysw.com website.
>>
>> I'm trying to compile this on AIX 5.2 with the AIX version 5 'C' compiler (I've already installed CUPS from the Easy Software Products CD). When I run configure it fails and gives the following error in the log...
>>
>> configure:1397: checking for gcc
>> configure:1426: result: no
>> configure:1477: checking for cc
>> configure:1493: found /usr/sbin/cc
>> configure:1503: result: cc
>> configure:1667: checking for C compiler version
>> configure:1670: cc --version </dev/null >&5
>> cc: 1501-216 command option -version is not recognized - passed to ld
>>   C for AIX Compiler, Version 5
>>
>> …Any ideas what I can do to get this to work?
> 
> I've now looked at the log in a bit more detail and have found, what is probably the **real** error, later on...
> 
> configure:1683: $? = 249
> configure:1707: checking for C compiler default output
> configure:1710: cc    conftest.c  >&5
> configure:1713: $? = 0
> configure:1759: result: a.out
> configure:1764: checking whether the C compiler works
> configure:1770: ./a.out
> Could not load program ./a.out:
>         Dependent module libc.a(shr.o) could not be loaded.
> Could not load module libc.a(shr.o).
> System error: No such file or directory
> configure:1773: $? = 255
> configure:1780: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
> If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> 
> ..Again - Can anybody help?

That sounds like you don't have the right C compiler installed for
your version of AIX.  Can you compile a simple hello-world program?

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