Long library names not found

2009-10-19 Thread Leif Asbrink
Hello, When installing portaudio (the standard way from a snapshot) the following files are created: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-10-20 00:26 libportaudio.so -> libportaudio.so.2.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-10-20 00:26 libportaudio.so.2 -> libportaudio.so.2.0.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 ro

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread Colin Watson
"Michael and Ricia Banther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've just recently started using Debian Linux. I've been trying out a >"Hello, world" C++ program, and I've noticed what seems to be an odd naming >disconnect with the files in /usr/lib. > >The ld program supports a -l command line option. T

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread D-Man
When libraries are named, the developer picks some sort of version number for it. That version number goes after the .so part of the filename. My guess for that libstdc++ you have is that it is for g++ 2.7.2 (old!). You probably have another one for 2.95.2. If you need to build a program yours

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread Richard Cobbe
nds /usr/lib/libcrypt.so on my potato system. > My questions then: > > 1. Am I using the -l option in ld correctly? Is there some way to make it > recognize library names with .so or .a in the middle of a name? Yes, you're using it correctly (but you should be using g++ to link in m

Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread Michael and Ricia Banther
e strings at the end. So, for instance -lstdc++ doesn't find /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.272. My questions then: 1. Am I using the -l option in ld correctly? Is there some way to make it recognize library names with .so or .a in the middle of a name? 2. Should I create symlinks ending with .so

Re: Library Names

2000-02-13 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 02:14:54PM -0500, Lane Lester wrote: > I was =sure= I installed every library I was likely to need, but I > can't even get nedit to run. It says it's missing libm.so.5 and of > course, apt-get says there's no such package as libm. > > I sometimes suspect that's one of the L

Library Names

2000-02-13 Thread Lane Lester
I was =sure= I installed every library I was likely to need, but I can't even get nedit to run. It says it's missing libm.so.5 and of course, apt-get says there's no such package as libm. I sometimes suspect that's one of the Linux Standards: no library file can have a name that's even similar to