see if this helps on my debian woody box: pfrostie@galveston:/usr/lib$ ls -al libstdc++-libc* root root 30 Jul 7 15:28 libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 -> libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so root root 31 Jul 7 16:11 libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 -> libstdc++-3-libc6.1-2-2.10.0.so root root 30 Jul 7 15:27 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.a.3 -> libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.a root root 31 Jul 7 15:26 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 -> libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so pfrostie@galveston:/usr/lib$ cd /usr/X11R6/lib/ pfrostie@galveston:/usr/X11R6/lib$ ls -al libX11.so* root root 11 Jul 7 15:33 libX11.so -> libX11.so.6 root root 13 Jul 7 15:33 libX11.so.6 -> libX11.so.6.2 pfrostie@galveston:/usr/X11R6/lib$ cd /lib pfrostie@galveston:/lib$ ls -al libm.so* root root 13 Jul 7 15:00 libm.so.5 -> libm.so.5.0.9 root root 30244 Feb 4 16:30 libm.so.5.0.9 root root 13 Jul 7 15:00 libm.so.6 -> libm-2.2.5.so pfrostie@galveston:/lib$ ls -al libdl.so.* root root 15 Jul 7 15:00 libdl.so.1 -> libdl.so.1.9.11 root root 6200 Mar 6 2001 libdl.so.1.9.11 root root 14 Jul 7 15:00 libdl.so.2 -> libdl-2.2.5.so pfrostie@galveston:/lib$ ls -al libc.so* root root 14 Jul 7 15:00 libc.so.5 -> libc.so.5.4.46 root root 563068 Feb 4 16:30 libc.so.5.4.46 root root 13 Jul 7 15:00 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.5.so pfrostie@galveston:/lib$ ls -al ld-linux.so.* root root 18 Jul 7 15:00 ld-linux.so.1 -> ld-linux.so.1.9.11 root root 24817 Mar 6 2001 ld-linux.so.1.9.11 root root 11 Jul 7 15:00 ld-linux.so.2 -> ld-2.2.5.so pfrostie@galveston:/lib$ On Wednesday 17 July 2002 22:51, you wrote: > First I want to thank you all for helping out. > All libraries listed by ldd were found exactly where they should have > been, and were identical versions except for the numbers in parenthases, so > it seems that no simlinks are needed. I installed the RPM with the package > manager. (Elx uses the Red Hat Package Manager) Install went off without > errors. One would assume that any dependancies were met. Any other ideas? > > Ernie > > On Wednesday 17 July 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote: > > In a message dated 7/17/2002 9:20:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > > pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > On Wednesday 17 July 2002 21:01, you wrote: > > > > ldd compares except for the #'s in parentheses in 4 of 6 cases Is > > > > that significant? > > > > > > could be, we have some people on the list that are better at the lib > > > stuff then me. i'm hoping they will jump in. > > > > I'll give it a try: Quoting form "Using Caldera Open Linux" published by > > Que, copyright 1999, page 349 "When a program is created, the linker > > records the versions of the shared libraries that it requires in the > > program file. You can examine which shared libraries an executable > > program needs by using the ldd command." > > > > If I read this right then the ldd command only tells you which libraries > > are necessary, not which libraries are available on your system. Did you > > get any messages when you ran RPM (you should have if a library was > > missing). Second thing I would check is that each of the libraries > > exist, and make sure the symlinks are all correct and pointing to valid > > library files. Actually - in the giving credit where credit is due > > category: Keith is the one who has given me the most helpful explanations > > about symlinks. > > > > The numbers in parenthesis look a lot like hexadecimal numbers, and if I > > had to make a guess they point to a memory location somewhere. I don't > > know if they are significant or not, I could not find a reference > > explaining what they are or do. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Andy -- Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS, and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/list/cad-linux