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Re: Cannot create executables / can't find libz.dll
- From: gahan <gahan at heros dot knurow dot tpsa dot pl>
- To: Cliff Hones <cliff at aonix dot co dot uk>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 06:10:33 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: Cannot create executables / can't find libz.dll
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, 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.
>
> -- Cliff
>
So i should do full-cygwin-install and install xfree?
Gahan.
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