RE: Problem getting dia installed

[MMark <mmark psysolutions com>]

ahh!!... now we are getting somewhere. you are indeed correct in that ls
-l /usr/lib/libxml.so looks to be a hard link to libxml.so.1.8.17 (which
no longer exists). i am thinking this because it is blinking red (i hope
i am correct on that part)

i guess i will start in the morning trying to figure out how to get that
file back onto my system.

thanks for the help.

-russ


On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:52, Young, Robert wrote:
> > MMark [mailto:mmark@psysolutions.com] wrote:
> > 
> > > You will need to install the devel package from the same 
> > place you installed
> > > this package (Ximian??). 
> > 
> > did this today, still not working.
> > 
> > > RH7.2 comes with libxml-1.8.14-2 and libxml-devel-1.8.14-2 
> > which are too
> > > old. If you downloaded libxml-1.8.15-ximian.2, try downloading the
> > > libxml-devel-1.8.15-ximian.2 from
> > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml-devel
> > > 
> > > Or, you can use libxml2 which you will need both the package and the
> > > development package. The general rule is if you require a 
> > package to run an
> > > application then you will need the development package to 
> > compile it.
> > > 
> > i also have libxml2 and the devel. package. the make is still crashing
> > in the same place saying that /usr/lib/libxml.so does not exist. which
> > it does.
> > 
> > any other suggestions?
> 
> When you say that /usr/lib/libxml.so exists, it is usually only a link to
> another file. Can you ensure that the referenced file exists i.e.
> 
> 	ls -l /usr/lib/libxml.so
> this will show you the name of the file being referenced. Do an ls -l of the
> file being referenced and you'll see whether it does exist.
> If you do a 
> 	strings /usr/lib/libxml.so | tail
> you should see 10 lines of text. If this does exist that this is a weird
> problem. Can you try reinstalling the libxml (1 or 2, whichever you are
> going to use) and its corresponding development package (i.e. force an
> install using rpm).
> 
> If you are likely to want to use dia for anything serious, you may wish to
> use the latest version available in CVS or in a snapshot (easy for those
> without CVS access). See the latest Changelog posting for the location and
> please also read recent posts regarding compiling CVS and read the NEWS,
> INSTALL and ChangeLog files! Mind you, this may all just cause more problems
> than it solves.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Rob.
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