[SOLVED] The installed libffi not found!

irajjs · 07-17-2012, 05:19 AM

Hi

i am trying to install guile but whenever i type : "./configure" the last output lines are as follows:
.......
checking for LIBFFI... configure: error: Package requirements (libffi) were not met:

No package 'libffi' found
.....

but when i type:[root@localhost guile-2.0.6]# urpmi libffi
Package libffi4-4.6.1-3.3-mdv2011.0.i586 is already installed

What does this mean?! Please help.
Thank you in advance

pan64 · 07-17-2012, 06:03 AM

try locate libffi to find out where is it installed and what is the real name of that lib.

knudfl · 07-17-2012, 04:38 PM

libffi : 'configure is looking for a complete install of libffi.

So far you only have the run time files installed.
The missing files are in the package 'libffi4-devel'.

# urpmi libffi4-devel

Searching for "libffi" packages : # urpmq -fuzzy libffi

P.S.: "No package 'libffi' found" means no /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
( libffi.pc is a package config file.)

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irajjs · 07-19-2012, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

try locate libffi to find out where is it installed and what is the real name of that lib.

Hi
libffi ... locations:
1-Home/....
2- /usr/local/lib/
3- /usr/share/doc/

irajjs · 07-19-2012, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

libffi : 'configure is looking for a complete install of libffi.

So far you only have the run time files installed.
The missing files are in the package 'libffi4-devel'.

# urpmi libffi4-devel

Searching for "libffi" packages : # urpmq -fuzzy libffi

P.S.: "No package 'libffi' found" means no /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
( libffi.pc is a package config file.)

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Hi
[root@localhost lib]# urpmi libffi4-devel
No package named libffi4-devel
[root@localhost lib]# urpmi libffi4-devel
No package named libffi4-devel
[root@localhost lib]# urpmi libffi4
Package libffi4-4.6.1-3.3-mdv2011.0.i586 is already installed

pan64 · 07-19-2012, 02:04 AM

here is a list about the packages: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...evel&srodzaj=3. looks like its name is libffi-devel, but I'm not really sure. You can search for libffi4 package also on that page, libffi4-devel does not exist for mandriva 11.

knudfl · 07-19-2012, 04:36 AM

Sorry, the package name for 2011 is 'libffi-devel'
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/dist.../main/release/

But then again, the first command is always :
# urpmq -fuzzy <name> ( or part of name )
.... so you can see the correct name for yourself.

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