Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 04:52:08 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: cawood@unixg.ubc.ca (Stephen Cawood) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple library install Message-ID: <199612050252.EAA00700@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <32A6C43E.3116@unixg.ubc.ca> from Stephen Cawood at "Dec 5, 96 04:46:54 am"
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Stephen Cawood wrote: > 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. This is a shared library, and needs to go where the system looks for shared libraries. Look at `/etc/rc' (search for `ldconfig'). You may need to do a `/sbin/ldconfig -m' to have the system recognize the library. See the ldconfig(8) man page for details. Or simply reboot. -- Robert Nordier
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