can't find ar

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i’m trying to compile various applications but most of the compilation
scripts seem to need a program called ar which doesn;t seem to be on my
system, although it is in the RTP documentation.

ar seems to be part of binutils, which i found in the gnu directory on
ftp.qnx.com. unfortunately i can;t get the compilation of binutils to
complete without ar. chicken and egg situation.

any help much appreciated.

thanks

andrew

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Andrew <NOastuart@mira.netspam> wrote:
: i’m trying to compile various applications but most of the compilation
: scripts seem to need a program called ar which doesn;t seem to be on my
: system, although it is in the RTP documentation.

Are you sure? It’s on my RtP box, in /usr/bin/ar.

Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.

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hi steve,

it doesn;t seem to be in /usr/bin/ar

which package would it have been installed with and how can i reinstall it?

thanks

andrew



“Steve Reid” <stever@qnx.com> wrote in message
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Andrew <> NOastuart@mira.netspam> > wrote:
: i’m trying to compile various applications but most of the compilation
: scripts seem to need a program called ar which doesn;t seem to be on my
: system, although it is in the RTP documentation.

Are you sure? It’s on my RtP box, in /usr/bin/ar.

Steve Reid > stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.