20 Jul
2011
20 Jul
'11
3:58 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Комар Максим wrote: > I want to install package NetSNMP: >> cabal install NetSNMP > Resolving dependencies... > Configuring NetSNMP-0.1.6... > cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library: > * Missing C library: netsnmp > This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that > provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library > is already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use > the flags --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where > it is. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: > NetSNMP-0.1.6 failed during the configure step. The exception was: > ExitFailure 1 > > Package net-mgmt/net-snmp already installed: >> pkg_info | grep snmp > net-snmp-5.5_4 An extendable SNMP implementation As Cabal tells, the developer files are needed, too, and are usually found in packages ending on '-dev' or '-devel', that is, in your case net-snmp-dev.