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

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

Boy I'm beat.

I appreciate everyones help.   I think there were six libraries that my program 
could not open.
Some were in the /usr/X11R6/lib directory.  I copy them to the /usr/lib 
directory.  However, one could not be found (libc.so.5), so
I used the next best thing libc.so.6.

The program finally gave me a segmentation fault.

Has anyone out there had this problem? Is this a Debian problem?  Should I 
consider changing to a different linux installation?
This program runs at school on redhat linux.

-----Original Message-----
From: bert <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:58 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Program needs libm.so.5


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"Some stupid bugs have been replaced by newer ones."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