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Old 5th September 2012
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Originally Posted by daemonfowl View Post
but again : older version , httrack-3.45.1 was a success on the same box...
and libiconv is not mentioned anywhere in that fragment. Different release, different requirements.

Porting of applications designed for other operating systems requires knowledge and skill which you currently lack. You were lucky with the prior release, and you were lucky with NetBSD, in that they ported successfully without any modifications.

More often then not, modifications are required. And you were not lucky this time.

You need the ability to read and understand the error messages, then you need knowledge of the application's particular build process in order to interpret these error messages and make appropriate remediation. You don't appear to have these capabilities.

If you want to get starting on gaining the ability to port your own software, you should read the OpenBSD Porter's Handbook. Section 3.2 is specific to the issues that arise with GNU Autoconf and its configure scripts. But the Handbook is a guide for those experienced with application building -- I mean peope who do Makefile design and deployment, not people who type "make && make install".

As you will not obtain these skills quickly, I recommend (again) that you communicate with your application developers. They will either:
  • support your efforts to port their application to this OS while you do not have the knowledge how to do this yourself

    or they will
  • tell you to install their application on an OS they support.

Last edited by jggimi; 5th September 2012 at 01:10 AM. Reason: clarity
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