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? ------------- /lib /usr/lib /usr/X11/lib ------------- > 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
