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Hi!

You might want to try http://rufus.w3.org Among this site, you'll find
the ability to look up a util/lib by name and it will tell you what it
is dependent on, what it's included in, etc...all of rufus' files are in
rpm format, so you'll need to have rpm installed before you can unpack
the files.
'Later
Peter

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Running Linux 2.0.35
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after installing netscape communicator 4.5 from:
'communicator-v45-us.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz'

When I try to run netscape I get error:
can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'

I found related posts on dejanews that talked about needing libc5
library.  Being new to Linux, I really don't know how to proceed.
Could someone help me understand:
1) what these libraries are
2) where do I get them
3) how do I install them
4) will doing so mess up anything else on my system

Thanks in advance
I don't know how I would learn this stuff without newsgroups!

Reagan Doose

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Reagan Doose enlightened this group thus:

Quote:> after installing netscape communicator 4.5 from:
> 'communicator-v45-us.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz'

If you are running a glibc2 based system (i.e. redhat 5.x) then you want to get
the glibc2 based version of netscape.  I believe they keep it in the unsupported
directory on the netscape ftp site.

Quote:> When I try to run netscape I get error:
> can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'

See if you have it:
find / -name "libXpm.so*" -print
If you do have it, then getting the correct version of netscape should solve
the problem.  If you don't have it, then just download the .rpm from redhat.
The name of the file is xpm-3.4j-2.rpm

Quote:

> I found related posts on dejanews that talked about needing libc5
> library.  Being new to Linux, I really don't know how to proceed.

First we need to know which version of linux you are running.

Quote:> Could someone help me understand:
> 1) what these libraries are

These are dynamically loaded shared libraries.

Quote:> 2) where do I get them

It's probably on your distribution cdrom.  Or  get it from an ftp site.

Quote:> 3) how do I install them

Depends on the distribution.

Quote:> 4) will doing so mess up anything else on my system

Probably not in the case of libXpm.

Quote:> Thanks in advance
> I don't know how I would learn this stuff without newsgroups!

> Reagan Doose

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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:47:53 -0600, "(Cybiades) Peter B"

What you really need is libXpm-4.7  usually is found on every
distribution disk.