evolution install problem

gabor · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject: evolution install problem

hi,

when emerging evolution,
it wants to emerge gal
and gal's configure fails with:
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checking for iconv in -liconv... no
checking for iconv... yes
checking for gnu_get_libc_version... yes
checking if iconv() handles UTF-8... no
configure: error: You need to install a working iconv implementation, such as ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv

!!! ERROR: gnome-extra/gal-0.22 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 39, Exitcode 1
!!! (no error message)
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any ideas?

nexus · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 13 Location: Hamburg

I have exactly the same problem.
I have already recompiled glibc, but this doesn't solve the problem.

Any solutions or hints ?

gabor · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject:

i solved it this way:

i reinstalled gentoo completely, and then i could simply emerge evolution and it worked ... the problem seemed to be that i installed and the uninstalled libiconv....

nexus · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 13 Location: Hamburg

Hm,
i don't like this answer.

I have never installed libiconv, so this can not be the reason of the compiling error.
I hope that somebody has another hint for me, because I don't want to reinstall everything again.
Until know I thought that one of the main advantages of linux over windows is, that you don't have to reinstall everything from time to time.

Reformist · Guru Joined: 06 Oct 2002 Posts: 323

Well, unfortunately, this library acts like a virus, corrupting your system, and it is very hard to get rid of since many things can come to depend on it.

Refer to this thread
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3456&highlight=libiconv
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