libtermcap.so.2 (dynamically linked to libc.so.6) is located in /lib on my (rh60/ rh70) machines. it was installed with the rpm-package libtermcap-2.0.8-13 (2.0.8-25 on the rh70), libncurses is installed as well (ncurses-4.2-18, 5.1-2 on the rh70). libtermcap.so.2 is a soft link to libtermcap.so.2.0.8. there are soft links to the same files in /usr/lib. this sums up to:
/lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.8 -> the actual file /lib/libtermcap.so.2 -> soft link /usr/lib/libtermcap.a -> soft link /usr/lib/libtermcap.so -> soft link if you downloaded the rpm, just install it and then try to install abicommand again. should work. if you've got the libtermcap.so.2.x.x itself, it's a little more complicated. copy the file to eg. /lib, create the links in /lib and /usr/lib and run ldconfig again (to create the shared libraries cache). when installing the rpm, it will still complain in this case, as the so was not installed using rpm, so you'll have to force the installation.. when you do all of this, it just might work.. no guarantees or warranty though :) frank --- http://belgonet.be/frank On Tue, 21 May 2002, F J Franklin wrote: > > I want to install AbiCommand; rpm returns a dependency on libtermcap.so.2. > > I've downloaded this file but don't know where to put it. I've looked on > > AbiSource and SourceForge and not found anything. Can someone help? > > The basic problem here is that there are two system libraries that do > essentially the same thing. One is called libtermcap, the other is called > libcurses. Most systems have only one of these (indeed, why have both > when they do the same thing?) and chances are that the RPM you are > installing was built on a system with libtermcap whereas your system has > libcurses... > > I can think of no easy solution to your problem. You can try putting > libtermcap.so.2 in /usr/lib, but only the gods know whether it will > work... ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
