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arg, after a few weeks with linux, i thought i got most of it down.  but
i'm having problems again.

i tried to build gnapster (knapster doesn't work with kde2 apparently)
and it tries to link to libgdk_imlib, but says it doesn't exist.  i
installed glib and gtk+ and it installed everything >but< libgdk_imlib.
where can i find the source to build this library?

also, i installed kde2 in /usr/local/kde2.  i ended up installing the
gnapster binary from an rpm, and when i ran it, it looked for
libaudiofile.so (which is in /usr/local/kde2/lib) in /usr/lib.  how do i
configure my system to make programs look for libaries in the correct
place?

thanks for the help.

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Quote:> libgdk_imlib.
> where can i find the source to build this library?

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Might be in imlib, look at http://ftpsearch.lycos.com. I think I got it
through a link at www.gnome.org, but that server seems to be down
presently. I have 1.9.8.1 so get a version at least that new.

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Quote:> how do i
> configure my system to make programs look for libaries in the correct
> place?

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I don't think you can change this after the program is linked, but you can
make a link to the lib.

Something like:
ln -s /usr/local/kde2/libaudiofile.so /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so

cool, thanks for the tips.

Quote:> I don't think you can change this after the program is linked, but you
can
> make a link to the lib.

> Something like:
> ln -s /usr/local/kde2/libaudiofile.so /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so

thats what i did at first.  but i stumbled upon (as i always do in
linux) some useful info.  if its a shared library linked at runtime,
them you can edit a file called /etc/ld.so.conf to hold each dir to look
for shared libraries when a program runs.  besure to run ldconfig after
you edit the file.

i have another problem now.  i tried to install xfree86 4.0.1 (i backed
up my original copy of course), but it didn't work.  so i restored my
back up and now my fonts are sooooo ugly!  they are low resolution and
pixalated!  looks like a tiny font has been stretched to make look
bigger, loosing tons of quality in the process.  how do fonts work in
linux?  where can i find info about this and fix this problem?

thank you,
christopher

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I am a big fan using ld.so.conf vs LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I didn't know how
good it is. Guess I need to read some docs.

I'm no help on your font problems, but there are several threads over at
comp.os.linux.x about fonts.