On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 05:32:01PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > The executable for program MCCE-2 for protein analysis, installed as a > binary for Linux on my Deabian amd64 lenny, complains that > > libgdbm.so.2 > > is not present > > I made a symlink in /usr/lib > > # libgdbm.so.3 libgdbm.so.2
They .2 and .3 are indications that they are NOT compatible. The number changed because the library interface changed. > but mcce raised the same complain above. Thus, contrary all my > previous experience with other programs requesting older libraries, > the symlink does not solve present problem. Although this program is > free for academic non commercial use, the source is not present for > download. > > Therefore, my question: is any procedure to install the requested so.2 > version of library from etch safe? THat should be fine. I think that comes from libgdbmg1. The 3 comes from libgdbm3. If nothing else getting the source package for gdbmg1 from etch and building it on your system should work. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
