When it comes to version numbers, it can sometimes be hard to know what people were thinking.
Anyways, it might be worth trying this (as root): # cd /usr/lib64 # ln -s libedit.so.0.0.59 libedit.so.2 If that doesn't work, delete the symbolic link. If it does work, though, you should be good to go. FYI, -- Raul On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 1:13 PM Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to j programming as I only recently discovered it, but I'm > having trouble installing it on Slackware 14.2. It's a non-debian > system, so the installation instructions don't work for me. > > What I did was: > - download the tar.gz file from here: > http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j807/install/j807_linux64.tar.gz > - extract the archive in my home folder > - open a terminal and cd to the extracted folder > - run in terminal: ./jconsole.sh > > I immediately received an error message: > > --- error message > bin/jconsole: error while loading shared libraries: libedit.so.2: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > --- > > However, libedit is installed on my system: > > --- locate libedit.so > /usr/lib64/libedit.so > /usr/lib64/libedit.so.0.0.59 > /usr/lib64/libedit.so.0 > --- > > but it is named differently. I believe it has to do with different > naming conventions between debian and other distros... > > So, how could I go about installing J807 on Slackware? Is there a > possibility to compile it from source (the usual, slackware method)? > > Thanks, > Chris > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
