[aclug-L] Re: Program needs libm.so.5

["kai & steven Hallacy" <enginear@xxxxxxxxx>]

What's "sudo"? That command doesn't work with my installation.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 6:41 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Program needs libm.so.5


On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, kai & steven Hallacy wrote:

>     A program I'm trying to run needs "libm.so.5".  I have a
> debian installation and it doesn't have "libm.so.5" in the
> /usr/lib directory.  However, I do have "libm.so".
> 
> I was told the program was compiled in RedHat Linux.  How can I
> get new library files?

If a debian guru doesn't point you to a better solution,
$ sudo ln -s /lib/libm.so /lib/libm.so.5

-jeff
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