[Freeipmi-devel] Re: [Freeipmi-users] Need help for configure bmc-watchdog

[Al Chu]

Hi Manohar,

On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 00:23 +0530, manohar kallutla wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Firstly thanks for providing the free ipmifreeware.
> 
> I have downloaded the *freeipmi.0.7.2* version from the site. Actually I
> want to install the *bmc-watchdog. *
> **
> While I am configuring, the following error was occured (*shown in red color
> below*). Please let me know ,to resolve this issue.
> 
> ./configure
> 
> ...........................................................................................................
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking for cpp... /usr/bin/cpp
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
> checking for gcry_md_open in -lgcrypt... yes
> checking gcrypt.h usability... yes
> checking gcrypt.h presence... yes
> checking for gcrypt.h... yes
> checking whether GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS is declared... no
> *configure: error: libgcrypt with threads support required for libfreeipmi*
> ...........................................................................................................................

FreeIPMI needs the gcrypt library to be built.  You'll need to install
it.

> In order to configure the bmc-watchdog, do we need to configure all the
> tools.
> 
> eg:- /home/xxxxx/freeipmi-0.7.2
> eg:- ./configure
>
> Is it possible to configure only bmc-watchdog like this
> eg:-/freeipmi-0.7.2/bmc-watchdog
> eg:- ./configure

I'm a little confused with the question.  You need to run ./configure in
order to compile.  After running configure successfully, you run 'make'
to compile the program.  Then you'll be able to use bmc-watchdog.

Al

> Appreciate your earliest response.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Manohar.K
> 
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