libiconv installation Catch-22

From: Server Admn (ggs101@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 13:04:09 EDT


I downloaded gcc (from sunfreeware) which said that I also need to install
the libiconv library.

The gcc installation ran without a problem, but when I tried to install
libiconv, I got the error below which made it seem as though libiconv.so was
a prerequisite. How do I install libiconv without having libiconv already
installed?

Can someone point me in the right direction?

(Solaris 9, libiconv 1.8)

Thank you.

configure:1229: checking for gcc
configure:1244: found /usr/local/bin/gcc
configure:1252: result: gcc
configure:1480: checking for C compiler version
configure:1483: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
ld.so.1: gcc: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
configure:1486: $? = 137
configure:1488: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
ld.so.1: gcc: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
configure:1491: $? = 137
configure:1493: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
ld.so.1: gcc: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
configure:1496: $? = 137
configure:1516: checking for C compiler default output
configure:1519: gcc conftest.c >&5
ld.so.1: gcc: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
configure:1522: $? = 137

configure: failed program was:

#line 1500 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

int
main ()
{

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