Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-08 Thread Dan
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 09:25:16PM +0200, Dan wrote: >> I would like to run a program that requires libXm.so.3 but libmotif3 >> has been replaced by libmotif4 and I can not find anywhere libXm.so.3. >> Any idea? > > I have found that symlinking

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-02 Thread berenger . morel
If it does not work, it could if you just send files in /usr/local/... and write a script to start your application. Something like: [pseudocode] LD_LIBRARY=/usr/local/dumb/openStrangeThing:$LD_LIBRARY /usr/bin/mySoftware [/pseudocode] It might work... but it also might not, depending on compilat

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-02 Thread Mark Allums
On 10/2/2012 4:18 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 09:25:16PM +0200, Dan wrote: I would like to run a program that requires libXm.so.3 but libmotif3 has been replaced by libmotif4 and I can not find anywhere libXm.so.3. Any idea? I have found that symlinking LibXm.so.3 to LibXm.s

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-02 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 09:25:16PM +0200, Dan wrote: > I would like to run a program that requires libXm.so.3 but libmotif3 > has been replaced by libmotif4 and I can not find anywhere libXm.so.3. > Any idea? I have found that symlinking LibXm.so.3 to LibXm.so.4 works for some legacy applications.

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-01 Thread berenger . morel
I have just made some researches, and... well... I have no clue why debian named it "libmotif4" as version number is 2.3.3... Now I am thinking about this, finding an old package might give some problems too, because it will be linked with older versions of other libs, notably libc6, which is an

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-01 Thread Dan
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:32 PM, wrote: > You will have 3 solutions I guess: > _ find an old package with the libmotif3 > _ find a more recent version of your software > _ try to compile your software against the more recent version of motif, > with the underlying probable work (but it can also be

Re: openmotif 3

2012-10-01 Thread berenger . morel
You will have 3 solutions I guess: _ find an old package with the libmotif3 _ find a more recent version of your software _ try to compile your software against the more recent version of motif, with the underlying probable work (but it can also be very straightforward, depending of if libmotif4