On Tuesday 18 March 2003 8:47 am, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, James McDonald wrote: > > OK let's say that I had glib-2.0 installed in the default location of > > /usr it's the default mandrake 9.0 rpm install. > > > > Then I go and download the latest src.tar.gz version and ./configure it > > with the defaults and install the new version in /usr/local > > > > How do I un-install the old version in /usr without breaking all the > > dependences and have the apps that where looking in /usr/* for the > > libraries now reference /usr/local.... > > This should be a nonissue, as the dynamic linker (ldd) takes care of this > stuff. >
I think I'd have tried compiling glib with --prefix=/usr and using checkinstall to make an RPM out of it. Either that, or grabbed a glib SRPM from Mandrake's cooker site. But, short of that, can't you use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, setting it to /usr/local/lib? HTH, Tim -- RedHat Psyche 8.0, stock kernel, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 6:20pm up 10 days, 1:37, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.21, 0.14 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
