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I'm running slackware v.2.4.18. I tried to install a recent version of espgs so that I could run cups with my epson printer. There was an error message saying that a certain library file was missing or couldn't be accessed. So I upgraded the libraries with pkgtool. I went from having version 2.2.5.so to v.2.3.5.so for all shared library images.

I don't know whether this messed up my system or not. Programs have run fine and commands have executed with the more recent versions of ld-linux.so.2, libc.so.6 and so on. Unfortunately, although cups appears to run ok, I still can't print anything in Linux. So I'm wondering if the newer libraries are responsible, since an older cups filter program, rastertoprinter, has a date stamp of 2002 and the libraries are dated in Sept. 2005.

I don't know how to replace the shared library images that the symbolic links point to. Would someone please explain to me the procedure for doing this? I tried doing it with ln -sf <file> <file> for individual library images, and I couldn't execute commands afterwards. Or would it be better to upgrade my software to work with the new libraries?

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:41 -0700
"Gary Krupa" <accordeoniste@avenuecable.com> wrote:

> I don't know how to replace the shared library images that the
> symbolic links point to. Would someone please explain to me the
> procedure for doing this? I tried doing it with ln -sf <file> <file>
> for individual library images, and I couldn't execute commands
> afterwards. Or would it be better to upgrade my software to work with
> the new libraries?

Make friends with Midnight Commander. Among many other things, it is a
terrific tool for creating and editing symlinks.

--
Roger Brown
roger2@rogerbrown.no-ip.org
http://rogerbrown.no-ip.org

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.
-- Graham Summer

Gary Krupa wrote:
> I'm running slackware v.2.4.18. I tried to install a recent version of
> espgs so that I could run cups with my epson printer.

Did you install espgs from the source or a binary?

There was an error
> message saying that a certain library file was missing or couldn't be
> accessed.

What is the exact error and library?

So I upgraded the libraries with pkgtool. I went from having
> version 2.2.5.so to v.2.3.5.so for all shared library images.
>
> I don't know whether this messed up my system or not. Programs have run
> fine and commands have executed with the more recent versions of
> ld-linux.so.2, libc.so.6 and so on. Unfortunately, although cups appears
> to run ok, I still can't print anything in Linux. So I'm wondering if
> the newer libraries are responsible, since an older cups filter program,
> rastertoprinter, has a date stamp of 2002 and the libraries are dated in
> Sept. 2005.
>
> I don't know how to replace the shared library images that the symbolic
> links point to. Would someone please explain to me the procedure for
> doing this? I tried doing it with ln -sf <file> <file> for individual
> library images, and I couldn't execute commands afterwards. Or would it
> be better to upgrade my software to work with the new libraries?
>
>
>

Roger Brown <roger2@rogerbrown.no-ip.org> trolled:
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:41 -0700
> "Gary Krupa" <accordeoniste@avenuecable.com> wrote:

> > I don't know how to replace the shared library images that the
> > symbolic links point to. Would someone please explain to me the
> > procedure for doing this? I tried doing it with ln -sf <file> <file>
> > for individual library images, and I couldn't execute commands
> > afterwards. Or would it be better to upgrade my software to work with
> > the new libraries?

> Make friends with Midnight Commander. Among many other things, it is a
> terrific tool for creating and editing symlinks.

Faux_Pseudo won't use mc. He says it's a gui.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:41 -0700, Gary Krupa wrote:

> I'm running slackware v.2.4.18. I tried to install a recent version of
> espgs so that I could run cups with my epson printer. There was an error
> message saying that a certain library file was missing or couldn't be
> accessed. So I upgraded the libraries with pkgtool. I went from having
> version 2.2.5.so to v.2.3.5.so for all shared library images.
>
> I don't know whether this messed up my system or not. Programs have run
> fine and commands have executed with the more recent versions of
> ld-linux.so.2, libc.so.6 and so on. Unfortunately, although cups appears
> to run ok, I still can't print anything in Linux. So I'm wondering if
> the newer libraries are responsible, since an older cups filter program,
> rastertoprinter, has a date stamp of 2002 and the libraries are dated in
> Sept. 2005.
>
> I don't know how to replace the shared library images that the symbolic
> links point to. Would someone please explain to me the procedure for
> doing this? I tried doing it with ln -sf <file> <file> for individual
> library images, and I couldn't execute commands afterwards. Or would it
> be better to upgrade my software to work with the new libraries?

as root:
# ldconfig

and
$ man ldconfig

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/Thomas