From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 04:48:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA20163 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 04:48:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from unixg.ubc.ca (mail.unixg.ubc.ca [137.82.27.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA20130 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 04:48:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from other3 (port29.annex8.net.ubc.ca [137.82.220.29]) by unixg.ubc.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA03789 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 04:48:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <32A6C43E.3116@unixg.ubc.ca> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 04:46:54 -0800 From: Stephen Cawood Organization: Scheming Lifeguards X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: simple library install Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks in advance. I am trying to use libXpm.so.4.7 that I got in gzip form. What do I do to install it? When I expand it, it has no suffix (ie .o or .a) so where does it go and how do I use it. -- Stephen Cawood P.O. Box 78555 University Postal Outlet Vancouver,B.C. V6T-2E7