Again, I have been instructed to compile some perl. The customer doesn't want the perl interpreter on the system.

Here are the results: 

[PerlThreads]# perlcc -o sh2 sh2.pl
In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:3950,
                 from pccE2dTY.c:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:31: warning: `warn_unused_result' attri
+bute directive ignored
... lots of warnings...
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2291: warning: `warn_unused_result' att
+ribute directive ignored
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/proto.h:2294: warning: `warn_unused_result' att
+ribute directive ignored
pccE2dTY.c: In function `perl_init_aaaa':
pccE2dTY.c:3687: warning: this decimal constant is unsigned only in IS
+O C90
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
[PerlThreads]#

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Based upon the error message's library name ( -lperl; no .so) I surmise it is looking for a static library. Searching the system produces: 

[PerlThreads]# find / -name "libperl*"
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libperl5.8.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libperl5.8.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libperl5.8.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libperl5.8.shlibs
/var/cache/apt/archives/libperl5.8_5.8.8-4_i386.deb
/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.8
/usr/lib/libperl.so.5.8.8
/usr/share/doc/libperl5.8
/usr/share/defoma/libperl-file.pl
/usr/share/defoma/libperl-hint.pl
[PerlThreads]#

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Shows 2 dynamic libraries, but not a static one. Is this an installation problem on my part? Do I need to CPAN something else to use the compiler?

In reply to perlcc can't find libperl by Wiggins

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