I may need to re-link library files, please help

[Gary Krupa]

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?

[Roger Brown]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:41 -0700

Post by Gary Krupa
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.

[Realto Margarino]

Post by Roger Brown
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:19:41 -0700

Post by Gary Krupa
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

[Todd]

Post by Gary Krupa
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

Post by Gary Krupa
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

Post by Gary Krupa
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?

[Thomas Ries]

Post by Gary Krupa
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