Ponyc: Error installing on Fedora 23

[willemneal]

After installing LLVM from the distro, I discovered that install image doesn't come with gcc-c++ preinstalled and I got an error when compiling. My current issue is the following:

Linking libponyrt-pic gtest_main.cc gtest-all.cc Linking libgtest main.c Linking ponyc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Makefile:455: recipe for target 'build/release/ponyc' failed make: *** [build/release/ponyc] Error 1

Any ideas? Is there anything more you need from me?

Best,
Willem

[SeanTAllen]

Per README:

You may need to install zlib, ncurses, pcre2, and ssl

In this case, that error appears to be that zlib isn't installed.

[SeanTAllen]

@willemneal once you figure out exactly what you have to install from base for Fedora, can you issue a PR against the README w/ Fedora specific instructions (yum commands and what not)

[willemneal]

I indeed didn't have pcre2 installed, the first two are preinstalled and it couldn't find ssl, openssl is already installed though.

I am still, however, getting the same error.

[SeanTAllen]

So zlib is installed? The error is that ld can't find it.

Where is zlib installed?
What's it called?
Is the path to it in your linker path?

[SeanTAllen]

@willemneal you could also consider using the docker container. that might be easier for initially getting started.

[willemneal]

Hey @SeanTAllen thanks for the help. I got it to work! All I needed was zlib-devel. I have kept notes and will update the READme soon.

[SeanTAllen]

Awesome. Thanks @willemneal.