[Libguestfs] Compilation troubles

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 02:33:40PM +0100, Alessandro Dentella wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 08:36:32AM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > If you're compiling from git, did you run ./autogen.sh?  Did it
> > run successfully?
> 
> no, I used the package at [1]. After you e-mail I also cloned the git repo
> and run autogen.sh that ends with
> 
>   # Rerun the generator (requires OCaml interpreter).  This is *not* for
>   # anything that is required at configure-time when configure is run
>   # from a distribution tarball.  From those, nothing ocaml-related is
>   # required.
>   mkdir -p perl/lib/Win
>   ./generator/generator.ml
>   /usr/bin/env: ocaml: permission denied
> 
> And I don't have/need ocaml

You need if you want to build from git, but not from tarballs,
although if you have Debian/Ubuntu you might as well just install the
OCaml compiler.

> [1] http://libguestfs.org/download/hivex/hivex-1.3.3.tar.gz
> 
> Any more hints?

You didn't mention what version of Debian or Ubuntu you are using.

Rich.

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