Ken Martwick wrote:
> 
> If one wants to run a Linux program that uses libraries
> earlier than those in the distribution, one can download the
> libraries.  But then, since (in Slackware at least) they are
> installed in some obscure subdirectory, 

Obscure?
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/lib
/usr/lib
/usr/X11/lib
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> how can the program be given access to them?

ldconfig activates the new libraries (as long as they are 
in /lib, /usr/lib or in one of the directories listed in 
/etc/ld.so.conf).

Cheers,
Steven

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