|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Fritz Bayer
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 09 Apr 2005
Posts: 34
|
 Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:04 am Post subject:
How to install glib 2.3.2 on debian woody?
|
|
|
Hello,
I'm running a program, which requires glib 2.3.2. On my debian woody
distribution the highest version available is 2.2.5.
Is it possible to get 2.3.2 via dselect from sarge and install it, so
that the program can use it?
If not, then is there a way that I can just get the plain library and
put it somewhere so that the program can access it?
Thanks for any advice,
Fritz |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Nico Kadel-Garcia
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 1068
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:
Re: How to install glib 2.3.2 on debian woody?
|
|
|
<fritz-bayer@web.de> wrote in message
news:1107333297.638557.231750@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I'm running a program, which requires glib 2.3.2. On my debian woody
distribution the highest version available is 2.2.5.
Is it possible to get 2.3.2 via dselect from sarge and install it, so
that the program can use it?
|
Wouldn't it be possible or easier to recompile the program?
| Quote: | If not, then is there a way that I can just get the plain library and
put it somewhere so that the program can access it?
Thanks for any advice,
|
You can really, really break things doing that if you're not careful. For
most systems that need both old and new libraries, you install the new
libraries and a set of compatibility libraries that provide the old ones.
Certainly RedHat and SuSE do this: I'm not sure if or how Debian does it.
If you have to do this, put the new library in a non-standard location and
write a shell wrapper for your program that adds the new location to
LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This has also been done for years for software
compatibility that is locked to a very, very specific version of key
libraries. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fritz Bayer
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 09 Apr 2005
Posts: 34
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:19 am Post subject:
Re: How to install glib 2.3.2 on debian woody?
|
|
|
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
| Quote: | fritz-bayer@web.de> wrote in message
news:1107333297.638557.231750@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Hello,
I'm running a program, which requires glib 2.3.2. On my debian
woody
distribution the highest version available is 2.2.5.
Is it possible to get 2.3.2 via dselect from sarge and install it,
so
that the program can use it?
Wouldn't it be possible or easier to recompile the program?
|
It's a binary version and I the source code is not distributed.
| Quote: | If not, then is there a way that I can just get the plain library
and
put it somewhere so that the program can access it?
Thanks for any advice,
You can really, really break things doing that if you're not careful.
For
most systems that need both old and new libraries, you install the
new
libraries and a set of compatibility libraries that provide the old
ones.
Certainly RedHat and SuSE do this: I'm not sure if or how Debian does
it.
If you have to do this, put the new library in a non-standard
location and
write a shell wrapper for your program that adds the new location to
LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This has also been done for years for software
compatibility that is locked to a very, very specific version of key
libraries.
|
So I could place them in some directory, say /opt/mylibs and then
append this "/opt/mylibs" to the path? Would that be all?
Where could I get a binary version of glib 2.3.2 for my system? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Google
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
The time now is Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:44 am | All times are GMT
|
|
Remortgages | Mortgage Calculator | Debt Consolidation | Credit Card | Cheap Loan
|
|
Copyright © 2004-2005 DeniX Solutions SRL
|
|
|
|
Other DeniX Solutions sites:
Unix/Linux blog |
electronics forum |
medicine forum |
science forum |
|
|
Privacy Policy
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Forum index
»
*nix
»
Linux
»
Setup
