On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 01:17:34PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Pat, > Thanks again for your quick - and comprehensive - reply. > > So I should be OK to run i586 files then?
Yes. > I'm sorry my error messages seem strange to you too :( Not strange... > The rpm files were downloaded from Sourceforge, and one of the > platforms they should run on is Suse. They certainly cannot run on a fedora or mandriva platform since the virtual provides are not existing on those platforms. > The error messages I get seem to suggest that the .so. files I am > missing are not included in the rpms. If they're not, what would your > advise be? They are included in the rpm. But development files are also included so other development packages need to be installed along, as I said in my previous post. > Yes, it probably is surprising that Motif or LessTif is not included > in Suse. I'm no expert, but know from other Suse users that I need to > install it separately. You're right, my distro's a few years old - but > it should still run (it's not microsoft). I am a free software enthousiast and I dislike microsoft for many reasons, but I have to disagree on this, microsoft keeps binary compatibility much better than linux distros do. -- Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Lesstif-discuss mailing list Lesstif-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lesstif-discuss
