Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-16 Thread David Pirotte
Hello, > ... > OK, I've found out by using "apt-cache policy package-name": I need to > lower the default priorities of packages from testing other than guile > with > > Package: * > Pin: release o=Debian > Pin-Priority: 10 good to know, tx! > Now I do not get other packages with "aptitude full

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-16 Thread Mark H Weaver
Chris Vine writes: > But quite honestly, if you want to experiment with newer software don't > use an archaic distribution such as debian stable, which is out of date > even when first released. Umm, I think it's quite reasonable to run a distribution of older software that has gone through a lon

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-16 Thread Federico Beffa
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Federico Beffa wrote: > David Pirotte writes: > >> Hello, >> >>> As far as I inderstand the Debian package manager mantains a package >>> database. This is the place where it looks for installed packages. So, >>> if I have a newer version of guile which is not ins

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-16 Thread Federico Beffa
David Pirotte writes: > Hello, > >> As far as I inderstand the Debian package manager mantains a package >> database. This is the place where it looks for installed packages. So, >> if I have a newer version of guile which is not installed through the >> package manager, the package manager will

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread David Pirotte
Hello, > As far as I inderstand the Debian package manager mantains a package > database. This is the place where it looks for installed packages. So, > if I have a newer version of guile which is not installed through the > package manager, the package manager will not know about it. even if you

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Federico Beffa
Chris Vine writes: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:46:07 +0200 > Federico Beffa wrote: > [snip] >> Your guess is correct: The distribution that I'm using (Debian wheezy) >> ships 2.0.5 as the newest guile version and I need to keep it to >> satisfy dependencies of other distribution supplied packages.

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Vine
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:46:07 +0200 Federico Beffa wrote: [snip] > Your guess is correct: The distribution that I'm using (Debian wheezy) > ships 2.0.5 as the newest guile version and I need to keep it to > satisfy dependencies of other distribution supplied packages. > However, I would like to exp

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Neil Jerram writes: > On 2014-09-15 02:16, m...@netris.org wrote: >> Federico Beffa writes: >> >>> I notice that there is an /etc/ld.so.cache file. Do I somehow need >>> to update >>> it? >> >> Yes, you update it by running "ldconfig" as root. This needs to be >> done >> when installing librari

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Federico Beffa
Chris Vine writes: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:16:39 -0400 > m...@netris.org wrote: >> Federico Beffa writes: >> >> > Neil Jerram writes: >> > >> >> >> >> This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: >> >> >> >> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile >> >> >> >> Regards, >

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Vine
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:22:27 +0200 Federico Beffa wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Neil Jerram [snip] > > However, won't it also cause /usr/bin/guile (2.0.5) to load > > /usr/local/lib/libguile* (2.0.11) ? If not, what is the mechanism > > that tells /usr/bin/guile (2.0.5) to load /usr/

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:16:39 -0400 m...@netris.org wrote: > Federico Beffa writes: > > > Neil Jerram writes: > > > >> > >> This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: > >> > >> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile > >> > >> Regards, > >> Neil > > > > With this it

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Federico Beffa
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Neil Jerram wrote: > On 2014-09-15 02:16, m...@netris.org wrote: >> >> Federico Beffa writes: >> >>> Neil Jerram writes: >>> This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile >>>

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Neil Jerram
On 2014-09-15 02:16, m...@netris.org wrote: Federico Beffa writes: Neil Jerram writes: This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile Regards, Neil With this it works! I notice that there is an /etc/ld.so.cache file. D

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-15 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Federico Beffa skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> It may be that, while /usr/local/bin/guile is indeed from the new >> version, it ends up loading .scm and .go files from the old version. >> >> You could check that by running: >> >> strace -o log /usr/local/bin/guile --versi

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread mhw
Federico Beffa writes: > Neil Jerram writes: > >> >> This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: >> >> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile >> >> Regards, >> Neil > > With this it works! > > I notice that there is an /etc/ld.so.cache file. Do I somehow need to up

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:42:58 +0200 Federico Beffa wrote: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > > > It may be that, while /usr/local/bin/guile is indeed from the new > > version, it ends up loading .scm and .go files from the old version. > > > > You could check that by running: > > > > str

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Federico Beffa
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > It may be that, while /usr/local/bin/guile is indeed from the new > version, it ends up loading .scm and .go files from the old version. > > You could check that by running: > > strace -o log /usr/local/bin/guile --version > > and grepping for .scm and .g

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Federico Beffa
Neil Jerram writes: > > This is just a guess, but what happens if you do this: > > $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/guile > > Regards, > Neil With this it works! I notice that there is an /etc/ld.so.cache file. Do I somehow need to update it? Thanks, Fede

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Federico Beffa skribis: > Everything appeared to be fine. However, with my surprise, when I > started the newly installed guile with > > $ /usr/local/bin/guile > > I was greeted with > > GNU Guile 2.0.5-deb+1-3 > Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > ... It may be that, while

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Neil Jerram
Federico Beffa writes: > Hi, > > I'm on Debian 7.6 with guile-2.0.5 installed. I would like to install > a newer version of guile. Therefore I downloaded 2.0.11 and installed > in /usr/local with > > ./configure > make > sudo make install > > Everything appeared to be fine. However, with my surpr

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-14 Thread Federico Beffa
> Hi Federico, > That is odd, on my Debian "wheezy" system, the debian packaged guile > is a symbolic link /usr/bin/guile to > /etc/alternatives/guile, which in turn is a symbolic link to > /usr/bin/guile-2.0 . What returns from the command "which guile" on > your system ? With the locally install

Re: guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-13 Thread Vernon Oberholzer
Hi Federico, That is odd, on my Debian "wheezy" system, the debian packaged guile is a symbolic link /usr/bin/guile to /etc/alternatives/guile, which in turn is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/guile-2.0 . What returns from the command "which guile" on your system ? The method I have tended to use, whi

guile-2.0.11 installation on system with 2.0.5

2014-09-13 Thread Federico Beffa
Hi, I'm on Debian 7.6 with guile-2.0.5 installed. I would like to install a newer version of guile. Therefore I downloaded 2.0.11 and installed in /usr/local with ./configure make sudo make install Everything appeared to be fine. However, with my surprise, when I started the newly installed guil