# Installation problem on Solaris 2.8 SPARC 64 bit

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem-on-solaris-2-8-sparc-64-bit/88790>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem-on-solaris-2-8-sparc-64-bit/88790 "2007-03-14T12:58:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-problem-on-solaris-2-8-sparc-64-bit/88790/1 "2007-03-14T12:58:27Z")

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I am trying to install Ruby 1.8.5-p12 in a non-root user account on a  
Solaris 2.8 SPARC 64 bit machine using a gcc 3.4.2. The only configure  
option I used was prefix=/pkg/\<some\_path\>.

When I run make I get an error message I can’t make head or tails of  
(see end of the text below). Any hints would be much appreciated.

* * *

.  
.  
.  
compiling syck  
compiling syslog  
compiling tk  
compiling tk/tkutil  
compiling win32ole  
compiling zlib  
gcc -shared -L’…/…’ -o …/…/.ext/sparc-solaris2.8/zlib.so zlib.o  
-lz -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc  
Text relocation remains referenced  
against symbol offset in file  
 0x1d1c  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(inflate.o)  
 0x1d20  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(inflate.o)  
 0x1d24  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(inflate.o)  
 0x1d28  
.  
.  
.  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(inflate.o)  
.udiv 0x174c  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(deflate.o)  
malloc 0x40  
/usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.2/…/…/…/libz.a(zutil.o)  
ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable  
sections  
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  
\*\*\* Error code 1  
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target  
`../../.ext/sparc-solaris2.8/zlib.so' Current working directory /tmp/csage/ruby-1.8.5-p12/ext/zlib *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target`all’  
$