[Dovecot] 1.0.8 install trouble on Ubuntu dapper (PAM)

[Karsten Bräckelmann]

> I found a page on the web saying I might need the pam-devel package,
> but that doesn't seem to exist for ubuntu.
> 
> I saved the output from ./configure, grepped for pam, and got:
> checking for pam_start in -lpam... no

Yup, that needs to be "yes".

> Any ideas? What do I need to get configure to do pam support?

The pam devel package. :-)

In the debian based world, the equivalent of *-devel packages are named
*-dev. So yes, basically you need exactly what you read about. Just with
a slightly adjusted package name. (The exact package name varies on
distro. Hence, in the RPM world usually the suffix devel is used.
However, added lib prefixes and version numbers do differ frequently.)

A quick google search for "ubuntu dapper pam dev" seems to suggest, the
package you want is... *drumroll*

  libpam0g-dev  - Development files for PAM

Have fun...

  guenther


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