gocr & pnm

[A. Khattri]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Bob Hemus wrote:

> I need help.  No, not that kind.  I'm trying to install gocr and get it
> to work.  Haven't had much luck.  When I unpack libgocr-0.7.2 here's
> what the last few lines look like;
>
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
> checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
> checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
> creating libtool
> checking for wchar.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking for pam.h... no
> checking for pnm.h... no
> checking for pnm_readpaminit in -lpnm... no
> checking for pnm_init in -lpnm... no
> configure: error: Cannot find PNM library
> root at ubuntu2:/home/bobhemus/Desktop/libgocr-0.7.2#
>
> I have looked for pnm files to install, but not having any luck.  My
> xsane program works but trying to get gocr to work, no luck.

I think its pretty clear: there is no PNM library on your system.

So maybe a search for "pnm" or "libpnm" might bring something up in your
package system of choice?


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