Question

I;m trying to compile GnuTLS. When I thy to configure the package I get this error:

configure:8820: gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c  -lnettle -lhogweed -lgmp >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhogweed
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I searched google for hogweed but there is no such a package? How I can fix this problem?

Answer 1

When linking with libraries you remove the lib from their name and append it to -l
ie for example libcrypto library will be linked by passing option -lcrypto
in your case its is -lhogweed that is missing. That means libhogweed library is missing.

A simple Google search of ‘libhogweed’ shows that its a part of ‘GNU Nettle cryptographic library’. So you can install this and fix your problem.