Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> $ xpdf global-illumination-egwr96.pdf >> xpdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.1: cannot open >> shared object file: No such file or directory >> >> Is there a missing dependency somewhere...? > > That's weird. On my native amd64 install, xpdf.bin doesn't link to > libXft at all. On my i386 install, it does. I didn't try to remove > libxft2 because lots of other packages need it. > > On i386, lesstif2 depends on libxft2; on amd64, it doesn't. > I guess that's why it's different. > > Even with an update just now on my i386 install, I'm still forced to > have libxft2 installed so I don't know how your problem occurred?
FWIW, my report was from a "testing" machine that had a bunch of held packages. Yesterday I upgraded to ADSL (from a modem), and since my connection was suddenly 50x faster, I upgraded all the held packages -- and the problems with xpdf disappeared. So while there's obviously a dependency missing _somewhere_, I guess it may not be a problem in practice for those who keep their systems completely up to date). -miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
