ahh!!... now we are getting somewhere. you are indeed correct in that ls -l /usr/lib/libxml.so looks to be a hard link to libxml.so.1.8.17 (which no longer exists). i am thinking this because it is blinking red (i hope i am correct on that part)
i guess i will start in the morning trying to figure out how to get that file back onto my system. thanks for the help. -russ On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:52, Young, Robert wrote: > > MMark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > > > You will need to install the devel package from the same > > place you installed > > > this package (Ximian??). > > > > did this today, still not working. > > > > > RH7.2 comes with libxml-1.8.14-2 and libxml-devel-1.8.14-2 > > which are too > > > old. If you downloaded libxml-1.8.15-ximian.2, try downloading the > > > libxml-devel-1.8.15-ximian.2 from > > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml-devel > > > > > > Or, you can use libxml2 which you will need both the package and the > > > development package. The general rule is if you require a > > package to run an > > > application then you will need the development package to > > compile it. > > > > > i also have libxml2 and the devel. package. the make is still crashing > > in the same place saying that /usr/lib/libxml.so does not exist. which > > it does. > > > > any other suggestions? > > When you say that /usr/lib/libxml.so exists, it is usually only a link to > another file. Can you ensure that the referenced file exists i.e. > > ls -l /usr/lib/libxml.so > this will show you the name of the file being referenced. Do an ls -l of the > file being referenced and you'll see whether it does exist. > If you do a > strings /usr/lib/libxml.so | tail > you should see 10 lines of text. If this does exist that this is a weird > problem. Can you try reinstalling the libxml (1 or 2, whichever you are > going to use) and its corresponding development package (i.e. force an > install using rpm). > > If you are likely to want to use dia for anything serious, you may wish to > use the latest version available in CVS or in a snapshot (easy for those > without CVS access). See the latest Changelog posting for the location and > please also read recent posts regarding compiling CVS and read the NEWS, > INSTALL and ChangeLog files! Mind you, this may all just cause more problems > than it solves. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Rob. > _______________________________________________ > Dia-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
