That is the libc6 version, it is sometimes called glib (GNU_lib). *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -------------------------------------- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - -
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > The only thing I can find on netscape's ftp site is the linux20_glibc2 > version under: > ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/unsupported/ > I couldn't find any libc6 version anywhere on the site. Am I looking in the > wrong place? > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Cogburn > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:07 PM > > To: Debian-Users > > Subject: Re: netscape > > > > > > Brian Morgan wrote: > > > > > > I've run into this before, but can't remember how to solve it. > > > When I try to run netscape (downloaded from netscape's site - > > v4.5), I get > > > the following error: > > > "can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'" > > > How can I fix this? > > > I'm running slink, icewm, gnome. Tried finding libXpm.so.4 > > using dselect in > > > the frozen dist. No luck. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Brian Morgan > > > > > > > > > What you've downloaded is the libc5 version of Netscape, but > > you're system is using libc6. Netscape requires some of the X > > libs to, themselves, be compiled under libc5 for NS to work. So, > > there are libc5-built libs in the oldlibs section in dselect. > > Specifically: libc5, xlib6 and Xpm. > > A better solution is to get the libc6 version of NS from > > ftp.netscape.com. This won't require any older libs to be > > installed. On ftp.netscape.com, look for the 'development' tree > > (instead of 'shipping') for the libc6 versions. > > > > > > -- > > Ed C. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
