BIND9.3.0 installation

[Kelly]

To my knowledge no it is not installed.  I do a search for gcc system 
wide and it finds nothing.  It does find 'cc'.  I am trying to install 
from src file from gcc site.

Kelly

Don Pandori wrote:

>Is GCC installed?  From the output below it looks as if the configure 
>script is finding the default compiler (which isn't really a compiler on 
>Sun).
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>>This is what I get when I try to configure 'GCC' for installation.
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>># ./configure
>>loading cache ./config.cache
>>checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.9
>>checking target system type... i386-pc-solaris2.9
>>checking build system type... i386-pc-solaris2.9
>>checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
>>/usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
>>*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g   conftest.c' failed.
>>*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
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>>>First step is to make sure that gcc is installed.  It isn't installed by 
>>>default on a Solaris 9 build.  You can get it from 
>>>http://sunfreeware.com.  I'd recommend the UUNET or SprintLink mirror 
>>>for downloads.  You should probably download and install GCC, libiconv 
>>>and OpenSSL.  That should get you what you need for compilers, etc.
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>>>For most build that I have done on Solaris, your best bet is to set your 
>>>path like this:
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>>>PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:${PATH}
>>>export PATH
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>>>This also *assumes* you're in sh, ksh or bash.
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>>>That should take care of the compile.
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>>>Good luck!
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>>>>I have gotten past this part and now the install is telling me the c 
>>>>compiler cannot create executables.  It does find the 'cc' but it does 
>>>>not find the 'gcc'.
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>>>>Any thoughts?
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>>>>>>Hey Guys,
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>>>>>>I have upgraded my server and I have also went with a new OS for the 
>>>>>>server.  I am running Solaris 9 having previously used Mandrake
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>>>>>>am working on the new server and still have the old box running.  My 
>>>>>>problem is I am trying to install BIND 9.3 on the new Solaris 9
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>>>>>>I am running BIND 9.2.2 on the old Mandrake box.  I am having a
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>>>>>>with the install right from the start.  I have downloaded the src and 
>>>>>>unpacked it.  It is now in a directory called BIND9.3.0.  I cd into
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>>>>>>directory and enter ./configure.
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>>>>>>It works until it says:  'checking for AR... no'
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>>>>>>Configure:  error:
>>>>>>ar program not found.  Please fix your PATH to the directory in
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>>>>>>resides.  Or set AR in the environment with the full path to ar.
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>>>>>>I have no idea what 'ar' is.  Anyone have any help for me?
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>>>>>ar is a tool needed to create libraries and such. On a solaris system
>>>>>it is typically located in /usr/ccs/bin, so add this directory to your
>>>>>PATH variable. If ar does not exist there, check whether the SUNWbtool
>>>>>package is installed.
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