On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:07:54 -0400, Mark Copper wrote:
> I am running dpkg-buildpackage on "unstable" Gnumeric sources. Make
> exits with error saying that it cannot find /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.la.
Check the debian/control file. It states the build dependencies, including
libgnome-dev which in turn depends on gdk-imlib-dev, which contains this
file.
> Looking in my /usr/lib directory shows that both the corresonding static
> and shared libraries are present.
The runtime libraries, but not the files needed for building binaries that
use them (header files, ".so" link).
> But I don't know what an .la file is or where to source it.
That's a file that provides information for libtool.
HTH,
Ray
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