ghostscript8 fails to build- cheerz

[LtCdData]

On Sunday 25 January 2009, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 02:38:25PM +0000, LtCdData wrote:
> > Hi
> > I am having problems building ghostscript8-8.63 from ports with the below
> > error<snip>
> >
> > : multiple definition of `gs_shared_init'
> >
> > ./obj/../soobj/gdevl256.o(.text+0x780): first defined here
> > gmake[1]: *** [bin/../sobin/libgs.so.8.63] Error 1
> > </snip>
> > After some googling about it seems this is an old issue with  a conflict
> > between lvga256 and vgalib. The fix seems to be to build it without
> > SVGAlib, but so far I have failed to get it to do. Ill assume I am doing
> > something wrong here as I am not a coder. Any help with how to actually
> > get ghostscript8 to build without SVGAlib would be much appreciated
>
> As root, go to the port directory with 'cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript8'.
> Type 'make config' and disable the two SVGA lib drivers. You can use the
> PageUp and PageDown keys to scroll through the list of drivers. Disable
> anything you don't need. Then issue the commands 'make clean', and 'make
> install clean' to build and install the software.
>
> Roland

worked a charm thanks :-)