[sword-devel] Building 1.5.5 or CVS w/ Debian

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On Sunday 26 January 2003 01:10 am, Rob French wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to compile the source as Debian packages. I've tried both
> 1.5.5 and CVS. I used the command:
>
> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
>
> I get the following error at the end of the config output:
[lots of errors snipped]
> checking for Sword library files... configure: error: SWORD library not
> found. Try to use configure with --with-sword-dir=/your/SWORD/path!
> make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
>
> It -appears- to me that what's happening is that as it's attempting to
> configure diatheke, it can't find the sword libs (which makes sense
> since they haven't yet been built). I'd really like to build this as
> deb's, any thoughts?

It's either diatheke or the swig bindings. Did you get the sword libs 
themselves installed before attempting this install?

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