I have no idea why the programs libgmp.la libmpfr.la libmpc.la and glibc
are needed. All I know is that linux from scratch says it needs it. This
has nothing to do with modifying grub. That was a separate issue in that I
need to make it so the machine doesn't go to sleep.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Which package(s) require the files libmpfr.la and libmpc.la? How do you
> know you need these files? Same for the glibc file? And what does all of
> this have to do with modifying grub???
>
> The debian package manager is very robust and is designed to keep one from
> shooting themselves in the foot, imo. So, before you start grabbing random
> files and installing them on your machine, make sure you know what you are
> doing!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 5:02 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>
>> Do:
>> find /lib /*/lib -name libgmp.la
>>
>>> Here is an idea.... I could scp the program from a computer with the
>>> programs.
>>>
>> Here is another idea:
>> Grab a gun and shoot yourself in the foot...    :)
>> ET
>>
>>
>> Michael Havens writes:
>>
>>> oops.... I was inspecting version-check.sh script and notice that in line
>>> 33 what it said was 'glibc'  all of the other checked programs were
>>> '<program> --version |head -n1' so I made it like that and the output
>>> said
>>> I did not have that program either. So I googled for it and as with
>>> libgmp.la libmpfr.la libmpc.la I couldn't find anything. I found pages
>>> that
>>> said something like 'how to install a current version ' but one of the
>>> requirements was an old version of the program. Here is an idea.... I
>>> could
>>> scp the program from a computer with the programs.
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> unfortunately they aren't there.
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> it found mpc. but, unfortunately, version-check.sh doesn't say it
>>>> installed libmpc.la .
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I ran the version-check script and some packages were installed and
>>>>> some
>>>>> not. I installed most of them but there were some that would not
>>>>> install.
>>>>> Google didn't help so I must ask here what package do I need to
>>>>> install to
>>>>> get these libraries?
>>>>> root@debian:~# apt-get install libgmp libmpfr.la libmpc.la
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libgmp
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libmpfr.la
>>>>> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libmpfr.la'
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libmpc.la
>>>>> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libmpc.la'
>>>>> root@debian:~# apt-get install regex
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package regex
>>>>> root@debian:~# apt-get install libgmp
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libgmp
>>>>> root@debian:~# apt-get install libmpfr.la
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libmpfr.la
>>>>> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libmpfr.la'
>>>>> root@debian:~# apt-get install libmpc.la
>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libmpc.la
>>>>> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libmpc.la'
>>>>> root@debian:~#
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hello plug. well you helped me get ssh to work across networks so that
>>>>>> now I can build an LFS OS on another computer as opposed to on another
>>>>>> partition or onto a virtual machine. I installed Debian as the host
>>>>>> OS to
>>>>>> build LFS on. All is well except it falls asleep after five minutes
>>>>>> and I
>>>>>> can't compile things if it is going to fall asleep in the middle of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> build. So I googled for a solution and found:
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> In the */etc/default/grub*, modify the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> look like this:
>>>>>> $ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=acpi=off apm=off
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Well that is good except  on the debian system it reads:
>>>>>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
>>>>>> I think the 'quiet' merely tells it not to print any boot text so I
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> just delete it but I am unsure. However, if I want to keep it quiet
>>>>>> would I
>>>>>> make it like so:
>>>>>> $ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" acpi=off apm=off
>>>>>> ???????????
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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