On Sunday 04 March 2007 18:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 04 March 2007, Nigel Henry wrote: > >I have a problem when compiling a library. I am upgrading Aldrin, a > > music app. The latest version needs a library that used to be > > integrated in Aldrin, but now needs to be installed separately. The > > library "libzzub" doesn't seem to be available for FC5, at least not in > > extras, or freshrpms. > > > >This library is built using scons, but when I su to root to do a "scons > >install" it insists on running ldconfig, which it can't as it's not > >calling /sbin/ldconfig, and lunches out saying there's a problem. > > > >I had a look in /etc/profiles, and I'm sure on an earlier version of FC, > > I added /sbin to the paths, but FC5 seems to be a bit different. > > > >What do I need to do, so that it is not necessary to call ldconfig > >as /sbin/ldconfig? > > 'su -' maybe? Thanks Gene. I'd tried that, but then scons install was looking in the /root directory for the SConstruct file, and it obviously wasn't there. Darned computers! Nigel.
