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milesteg · Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 16

I am thankful for Mr. ttuxxx large selection of lib - I found one I need.

I have to admit however that I am very green and don't know how to add one. I have added programs and before but am stuck here.

Any help greatly appreciated.

milesteg

Dingo · Posted: Sat 13 Mar 2010, 12:01 Post subject:

...mhmmm... may be...
- uncompressing archive
- move lib to /usr/lib/?

this must be a very heavy task for ubuntianized minds

however if tar.gz archive containing lib has already proper directories structure (I think it have), simply type:

tgz2pet .tar.gz package

then click on resulting pet

puppyluvr · Posted: Sat 13 Mar 2010, 16:55 Post subject:

Choose "Open with pupzip/xarchive".... (if downloaded already, just click on it) --extract to /usr/lib

mikeslr

Hi,

It's been a while, so things may have changed. But I recall tttuuxxx's "lib files" to be either of two types: (1) the lib file, itself, or (2) a text file telling you that you need a different, newer. lib to which you are to create a symlink.
If the former, just copy it to where your dependency checker told you it was missing: "XYZ can't find abc" so copy it to the same directory as XYZ. If the later, copy the lib referenced in the text file to where your dependency checker told you the lib was missing, then, while you're still in that directory, right-click an empty space and select "terminal here."

The formula for creating symlinks is

"ln -s" SPACE [target directory or file> FUll PATH] SPACE [Name of File], without the quotes

Example substituting newer file:

ln -s /usr/lib/abc.so.3.1 abc.so.3

that will create a file with the name abc.so.3 --the missing file-- which is now a symbolic link to the file abc.so.3.1, abc.so.3.1 being the file you downloaded and copied to the directory of the file which couldn't find the lib.

To avoid confusion, the "l" in "ln" is the letter l, as in l m n o p, not the number 1 as in 1 2 3 4 5.

mikesLr