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

[bert <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?

phrostie wrote:

> no guaranty it will work but have you tried to just create a link from what 
> you have to what it
> wants?
>
> sometimes the version is more critical than others.

Jeff wrote:
If a debian guru doesn't point you to a better solution,
$ sudo ln -s /lib/libm.so /lib/libm.so.5
-jeff
--
"Some stupid bugs have been replaced by newer ones."
 -Heiko Eibfeldt in 'The Linux SCSI programming HOWTO'

kai & steven Hallacy wrote:

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

> I've never created a link.  Any hints?

jeff, that guru out there in rochester, has a program called sudo
(see that groovy signature line -- cool :-)

lacking the program you could just 'switch user'  or su to root
then set up, create, the command jeff described
ln -s /lib/libm.so /lib/libm.so.5
then get out of root
and run that program

i can't help anymore beyond that -- i thought i could help translate though

good luck