bind installation problem with RH 7.1

[Adam Lang]

You don't have AR installed on your system.  It is in the binutils rpm.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lito a. lampitoc" <lito.lampitoc at q-linux.com>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: bind installation problem with RH 7.1


> I downloaded a tarball bind-9.1.2  in my RH 7.1 machine and when run I
> the configuration script this error message appears
> 
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> ./configure
> 
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for ranlib... :
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for ar... no
> configure: error:
> ar program not found.  Please fix your PATH to include the directory in
> which ar resides, or set AR in the environment with the full path to ar.
> 
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> 
> What could be the problem?
> 
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