[barcode] barcode installation issues on solaris 10

[Franz Zahaurek]

Hi David,

David Smith writes:

>   I am wondering if anyone can throw a few suggestions my way into why
> I may be experiencing the following issue installing barcode-0.98 on
> Solaris 10?
>
> [...]
>
> I do the following:
> # gunzip < barcod.....tar.gz | tar xvf -
> # cd barcode....
> # ./configure
>
> I get the following error:
>
> # ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
> checking for getopt.h... (cached) yes
> checking for paper.h... (cached) no
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking for strerror... (cached) yes
> checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
> checking for gmake... yes
> checking if makeinfo can output html... ./configure: makeinfo: not found no
> creating ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> Can't open confdefs.h
> creating ./config.status
> creating doc/Makefile

That's no error.  Have you tried to run 'make' after that?
It should create the barcode binary even if makeinfo is not installed on your system.

Bye,
- Franz