This is indeed the way that .so files work. A symlink from the current version, to the non-versioned, and linked, library.
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 09:14, Victor Churchill <victorchurch...@gmail.com> wrote: > My recollection (a bit hazy, and I don't have a machine to hand to check) > is that under /usr/lib you should find a file > libncursesw.so.<n> and another file libncursesw.so that is a symlink the > missing file: > libncursesw.so.4.perhaps > libncursesw.so -> libncursesw.so.5 > > and that your client is looking for libncursesw.so and the existing symlink > is pointing to a file that does not exist. > If you find that, then a fix could be to change the symlink to point to the > existing libncursesw.so.4.perhaps . > As caveatted above, this is based on a dimmish recollection from a while > ago. > > > best regards, > 웃 > Victor Churchill, > Netley Abbey, Southampton > > > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 08:40, Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > With Hamish's help, I've got as far as logging into the WMT Database > > over ssh; it appears that my keys didn't match. > > > > I'm now back to trying to access the database using the MySQL Client in > > a shell. Originally, I was getting a problem owing to a mismatch > > between the Version on the server (5.1.56) and the version provided by > > Ubuntu 23.04 (8.033). I uninstalled the package mysql-client-8.0, and > > downloaded MySQL-client-5.1.56-1.glibc23.x86_64.rpm from the MySQL > > website, (there is no deb available). I then used alien to convert the > > rpm to a deb format and installed it. > > > > However, when I tried to run this, I got: > > > > terry@OptiPlex:~/Useful$ mysql -u <username> -p -h 192.168.0.25 mysql: > > error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > Clearly there is an incompatibility here with the kernel. Does this mean > > I cannot use it on this machine without (perhaps) running everything in > > a VM? > > > > -- > > Terry Coles > > > > > > -- > > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 > > Check to whom you are replying > > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-08-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
