On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, puneet sharma wrote:

> $ ./configure

So you're not cross-compiling then?

> checking for ar... no
> configure: error: ar not found in PATH. Cannot continue without ar.

> I have searched through curl forum and many have reported this issue, but
> the normal recommended solution was to use the precompiled version of the
> library for the required platform. I think iam missing a component in my
> build environment. Since you have developed the configure utility, can you
> please let me know what is "ar" is it some archiving tool? where can i find
> it ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_%28Unix%29

'ar' exists for every *nix known to mankind...

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