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Re: Cannot create executables / can't find libz.dll
Cliff Hones wrote:
> gahan@heros.knurow.tpsa.pl wrote:
>
>
>>1.When i'm trying to compile something i see error: [cut] cannot creat
>>exec [cut]. what i need to do?
>>
>
> For a start, read the documentation and FAQ, and if that doesn't help
> give us more information. Did you do a full cygwin install? Is it all
> up to date? What command did you use to invoke the compiler? What
> was the full error message?
>
>
>>2. i tried to install mc from rpm [rpm -i mc-version.rpm] and i see error:
>>cant find DLL file: libz.dll. im sure that i have this file, named
>>libz.dll.a, when im reanming libz.dll.a to libz.dll then i see error:
>>error in file [cut]. why???
>>
>
> Again, more info needed - we aren't mind-readers. rpm packages aren't
> part of the official Cygwin distribution, so you will probably need
> to raise the problem with whoever supplied it to you. You shouldn't
> rename libz.dll.a - that is *not* the same thing at all as libz.dll.
> I think libz.dll should be part of the Cygwin xfree installation, and
> this is the wrong list for xfree queries.
Your mc package is very old -- "libz.dll" is no longer supplied, and
anything built on cygwin in the last eight months would require the NEW
name, "cygz.dll". "libz.dll" is not supplied by cygwin-XFree86 either.
The only thing I can suggest is to download the -src.rpm and rebuild it
yourself.
--Chuck
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