Don't you have to do a
./configure --path-to-libs-option=/where/that/*.so/file/is to get it to find
the right libs?


cheers
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ruskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: Is Kylix cursed?


> On Friday 21 Dec 2001 19:38, David Aikema wrote:
> > Thus far any attempts to play with Kylix have caused me nothing but
> > problems.... when running Mandrake 8.1 the past couple months Kylix
> > worked the first time I loaded it.... but ever since then kept
> > prompting me to authorize it (I already had).  I tried entering the
> > authorization key a second time but that didn't do anything to
> > alleviate my problems (I got a 'thanks for authorizing' and then the
> > program never got beyond its splash screen).  I tried wiping out my
> > .kylix directory just in case any of the configuration files in there
> > had gotten wrecked but that didn't really have any positive effects (it
> > would then hang on 'generating font matrix'... I left it in that state
> > for at least an hour).
> >
> > Now, I recently installed Suse... and grabbed the Kylix OE off the
> > install cds, thinking as this was packaged for the distribution it
> > shouldn't cause me any problems (and any dependencies it might require
> > would be handled)... but once again I was wrong.
> > Now all I'm getting errors about not being able to find the
> > configuration files when launching the start script (how am I supposed
> > to create them other than to run the startup script?) and also getting
> > errors with a bunch of libs. I added /opt/kylix/bin to /etc/ld.so.conf
> > and ran ldconfig (don't ask me why they have the libraries in bin
> > instead of in lib...).
> >
> > Now, when I try to launch Kylix directly I get the following error:
> >
> > david:/opt/kylix/bin # ./Kylix
> > ./Kylix: error while loading shared libraries: bpldesignhooks.so.6:
> > cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > david:/opt/kylix/bin # ll bpldesignhooks.so.6
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           36 Dec 21 08:39
> > bpldesignhooks.so.6 -> /opt/kylix/bin/bpldesignhooks.so.6.0
> > david:/opt/kylix/bin # ll bpldesignhooks.so.6.0
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8468 Jul 23 11:22
> > bpldesignhooks.so.6.0
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions?  I've read the preinstall, readme, install
> > help files and none of them have really offered any help.
> >
> > David Aikema
>
> Same here...
> [22:11 peter@penguin:peter]$ /usr/local/kylix/bin/startkylix
> /usr/local/kylix/bin/Kylix: error while loading shared libraries:
> libqtintf.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Used to work (sort of) OK.  It seems to only like early Qt2.  I've
> stopped trying to use it.  It's a crying shame - I really like Delphi so
> I was looking forward to its linux counterpart.
>
> --
> Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales.
> Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ).
> Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586
> Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin,  XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk.
> KDE: 2.2.2.  Qt: 2.3.2.  Uptime 9 hours 57 minutes.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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