Re: tlug: misplaced libraries

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Richard M. Pavonarius wrote:

> There are a few X apps I can't run because it says it can't find the
> libraries. But when I search for them, they're there, but obviously not in
> the "right" place. How do I figure out where the app expects the library to
> be?

this is a libc5-built-X-binary-running-with-glibc-X-libraries problem :)

on TL, the solution is:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/libc5 appname &

of course, make appropriate path/syntax substitutions for your
distribution/shell (the above commandline will work with bash, but not
with csh).

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux English / Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc. (http://www.turbolinux.com)


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