UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, my first post here. I'm trying to load hypermail on my Mac (Tiger 10.4.11). It seemed to install just fine, but when I run the test build I get this error:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpcre.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/sstark/Desktop/hypermail/tests/../src/hypermail
Reason: image not found
./testhm: line 162: 8506 Trace/BPT trap $HYPERMAIL -c test.rc -m $TESTMAIL
+ exit 1

I searched for libpcre.0.dylib and it wasn't found. Any idea what's up or what I can do to fix it?

thanks
Scott

Hi and welcome to the forum.
It seems like you are missing a lib that the program depends on. The lib is a dynamic one, meaning it is used at the runtime, that's why you didn't get an error during install. It is a library that provides Perl Compatible Regular Expressions. You can download it from here.
If you install this lib (and thus have the file libpcre.0.dylib somewhere on your machine) and still getting the error, it means that the file cannot be located. Environment variable DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH can be set to point to the location of the dynlib.

Code:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/libpcre.dynlib

and then try to run the program.

Thanks for the tip! Installing now, but 'make install' isn't working since I don't seem to have permissions:

install: /usr/local/lib/libpcre.0.dylib: Permission denied

This is probably a question for a Mac forum, but why don't I have permissions on my own machine? I can't su root (and sux isn't found).

Scott

The /usr directory is owned by root with root the only user that can write in that directory. You belong to the group admin which allows you to escalate privileges to root by using sudo. You need to->

Code:

sudo make install

Wow, thanks, that worked like a charm! I appreciate the detailed instructions, and I'm now up and running. Thank you!

Scott