Actually, it LOOKS like SpamAssassin is working. I'm getting incoming spam properly identified. So, maybe it runs without gdbm even being there. One curious thing, though: I have not yet created a .forward file. Can it run without that? It seems to be running...
Thanks! Harold dman wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 07:27:56PM -0700, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > | I'm VERY new to SpamAssassin (experience now approaching 10 minutes) > | and seem to have trouble with the install. This is running in my own > | area on my ISP's Debian linux machine. The problem is when I run > | "make", I get the following: > | > | cc -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN -I/usr/local/include > | -O2 spamd/spamc.c \ > | -o spamd/spamc -L/usr/local/lib -lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm > | -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -l > | posix -lcrypt > | /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdbm > | collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > | make: *** [spamd/spamc] Error 1 > | > | So... what's this error mean? What can I do about it? > > It means that the gdbm library isn't installed on that machine. > You'll have to download and build it, or comment out all the AWL code > (since that's what uses the dbm library) and build that way. I don't > use the AWL myself. > > How about downloading the .deb and unpacking it in your home > directory? Do that for all the libraries (eg libgdbm) it needs too. > A .deb is just an ar archive that contains a data tarball and a > control tarball. Use the command 'ar x foo.deb' to unpack the ar > archive. Use 'tar -zxvf data.tar.gz' to unpack the data tarball. > Then check the postinst script to see if you need to do anything to > finish the installation of the package. That should work out nicely > for you as long as you set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and any other environment > variables to include $HOME as a "secondary root" directory. > > An alternative is to ask your ISP to install the package so that you > can use it. It's as simple as 'apt-get install' :-). > > HTH, > -D > > -- > > Like a gold ring in a pig's snout > is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion. > Proverbs 11:22 > > GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
