On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Holden Hao wrote: > The application that I am trying to install requires a library > called libXm.so.2 and I do not have it on my system. What I do > have is a libXm.so.6. How are shared libraries named in linux? Can I > just create a link and have libXm.so.2 point to libXm.so.6? A
Isn't this the Motif library? My experience is, if the difference is in the minor version numbers, like from libXm.so.2.0 to libXm.so.2.1, creating libXm.so.2.0 as a link to 2.1 usually works. But if the difference is in the major version number, such as the difference between libglib.so.1.* and libglib.so.2.*, the version 2 rewrite is such a major rewrite that there are functions in version 1 that have been rewritten in version 2, and will not work properly, or there are functions in 1 that are not in 2 anymore, because they have been replaced with others of better functionality. Just my P0.02 worth. P~Manalastas _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
