You do not have to make a softlink to install use --force --nodeps
For example
rpm -iUh opendx-4.1.3.i386.rpm --force --nodeps

This sould install without checking RPM dependencies.

As for as symbols are concerned, I think it will be a problem because
binaries are linked to libGL.so from nVidia which makes a dynamic call to
libGLcore.so.1.  My versions of Opendx 4.1 for RedHat 7.0 were also compiled
at a workstation which had nVidia GeForce2 Ultra, but distribution to
public, installed SGI OpenGL in /usr/local and manually edited Opendx
Makefiles to link to /usr/local/lib/libGL.so
nVidia folks intentionally made libGL.so to depend upon libGLcore.so... just
a dirty business trick to convience non-nVidia users to buy their cards....

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:55 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Ad: RE: [opendx-users] installing opendx 4.1.3
> 
> 
> The trick with the softlink usually seems to work, but not allways.
> For example, trying to import HDF files and visualize the HDF result
> in an
> error that  a
> function (provide by nvidia libcore,so.1) is not resolved.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                     David Thompson
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>                     07/10/01 20:54
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> 
> 
> >As listed in the Readme file, if you're not using the Nvidia
> hardware
> >OpenGL drivers, then create a softlink for libGLcore.so.1 to
> libGL.so
> 
> >David
> 
> >Sounds like the binaries were built using Nvidia OpenGL.  This
> would give
> >problems at non-nVidia graphic cards.
> >
> >Suhaib
> >
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: Denis Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>  Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:10 PM
> >>  To: [email protected]
> >>  Subject: [opendx-users] installing opendx 4.1.3
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   Hello,
> >>
> >>   I just downloaded opendx 4.1.3 to install on RH linux 7.1
> >>
> >>   When installing the opendx rpm I get the following error
> message:
> >>
> >>   error: failed dependencies:
> >>         libGLcore.so.1   is needed by opendx-4.1.3-1
> >>
> >>   I have these following libGL files but not libGLcore.so.1
> >>
> >>   /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
> >>   /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
> >>   /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1
> >>   /usr/lib/libGL.a
> >>   /usr/lib/libGL.la
> >>   /usr/lib/libGL.so
> >>   /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.030401
> >>   /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.1.030401
> >>   /usr/lib/libGLU.a
> >>   /usr/lib/libGLU.la
> >>   /usr/lib/libGLU.so
> >>
> >>   Thanks for your help in resolving this problem.
> >>
> >>   Denis
> >>
> >>   --
> >>   Denis Cohen
> >>   Department of Geology and Geophysics
> >>   Yale University
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