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> When an application says it needs libraries such as Xext and m, which are
> unfamiliar to me, I'm faced with the problem of knowing whether they are
> installed (in RH 5.2), There are various places where libraries are kept,
> and so I wondered if there was some efficient way to ascertain whether I
> presently have a library on HD. If I find I need a library, is there a
> special place to find such specialized libraries on line?
/sbin/ldconfig -p | grep <libname>
The file /etc/ld.so.conf should contain a list of the directories
that the linker searches when building its library cache.
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Kurt Wall
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