On Wed, Dec 31, 1997 at 10:55:02PM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > ?? I thought that lesstif was supposed to do the same things Motif does. > > Could I make a symbolic link from libXm.so.2 --> libXm.so.0 ? > > Hi. > > Well, of course you can make this link, but it won't work anyway :) > Lesstif is _FAR_ from being drop-in replacement for Motif. > The most you can do with Lesstif is try to recompile and link the code > written for Motif _1.2_ (NOT 2.0) with Lesstif and see what happens. > It works in some cases. These cases are usually packaged for Debian main > distribution. If it doesn't work, then they packaged for Debian contrib > (or non-free) part. In this case package usually called *-dmotif or > *-smotif. If you have Motif 2.0 libraries installed on your machine, > use -dmotif package (dynamically linked), -smotif otherwise.
For The GIMP, it would be easier to upgrade to the version in hamm of course ;) It is based on Gtk, and independent from Motif. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
