Libraries missing

Lech Szoloch

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Sep 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/8/97

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Quick question:-

When I try to start xdoom I get the message:

libXt.so.3 not found.

I put a symbolic link to libXt.so.5.0.6 in /lib and /usr/lib.
Yet I still get the same message.

I then downloaded the libXt.so.3 and put it in the /lib and /usr/lib
directories yet it still doesn't work.

I am using Redhat (colgate) and have read all of the doom FAQs I could
find yet none of them refered to my problem.

Could this be an issue with my libraries?

If anyone has experienced and solved this problem or perhaps knows what
the greater issue is then I would really appreciate some help.

BTW I have the same problems with crack.com's ABUSE. ie/libXpm.so.4

I have never made an effort to use my linux box as a games machine but
now it takes so long to download I need them to keep me from watching
TV:)

Thanking you in adavnce.

Lech Szoloch
<lszo...@mail.usyd.edu.au>

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few
Unless the many are Windoze users ;)

Chris Carlson

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Sep 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/9/97

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Lech Szoloch wrote:
>
> Quick question:-
>
> When I try to start xdoom I get the message:
>
> libXt.so.3 not found.
>
> I put a symbolic link to libXt.so.5.0.6 in /lib and /usr/lib.
> Yet I still get the same message.
>
> I then downloaded the libXt.so.3 and put it in the /lib and /usr/lib
> directories yet it still doesn't work.

At this point, I'm surprised. I would have expected this to work.

What I would do is use 'ldd' to determine the name of the library that
xdoom is looking for. Then, I'd make sure it is in /usr/lib. It might
be that it is looking for libXt.so.3 under the name of libXt.so (I kinda
doubt it, though).

Just as an explanation, the libraries are created with extensions that
represent their version. When an application is written, it is compiled
against a particular library and the version is maintained in the
executable. This makes sure that when you run the application, it isn't
linked with an incompatible version of the library.

> I am using Redhat (colgate) and have read all of the doom FAQs I could
> find yet none of them refered to my problem.
>
> Could this be an issue with my libraries?
>
> If anyone has experienced and solved this problem or perhaps knows what
> the greater issue is then I would really appreciate some help.
>
> BTW I have the same problems with crack.com's ABUSE. ie/libXpm.so.4
>
> I have never made an effort to use my linux box as a games machine but
> now it takes so long to download I need them to keep me from watching
> TV:)
>
> Thanking you in adavnce.
>
> Lech Szoloch
> <lszo...@mail.usyd.edu.au>
>
> The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few
> Unless the many are Windoze users ;)

Andreas Gutzwiller

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Sep 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/12/97

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Lech Szoloch <lszo...@extro.ucc.su.oz.au> wrote:
>
>I then downloaded the libXt.so.3 and put it in the /lib and /usr/lib
>directories yet it still doesn't work.
>

Did you start ldconfig after installing the lib? If you use "ldconfig -v"you
can see which libs your system knows.
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Matt Smith

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Sep 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/18/97

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In article <341348BE...@extro.ucc.su.oz.au>,

Lech Szoloch <lszo...@extro.ucc.su.oz.au> writes:
> Quick question:-
>
> When I try to start xdoom I get the message:
>
> libXt.so.3 not found.

xdoom is linked to a.out libraries. You need to have kernel support
for a.out binaries and the required libraries in a.out format.