Re: Newbie Lookin' for Libraries
>>>>> "Lane" == Lane Lester <llester@mindspring.com> writes:
Lane> Before I do much of anything with my new Debian Linux, I
Lane> need to get my favorite editor, nedit, going. I installed
Lane> it, but when I tried to execute it, I was told that
Lane> libXpm.so.4 was missing. Apt-get said there was no libXpm,
Lane> and I didn't see anything like that on the Debian CD.
Lane> When I tried to start Northern Captain, a file manager I
Lane> enjoy using, it seemed to miss libc6.1-1.so.2. Apt-get said
Lane> that my libc6 was the newest.
Are you installing these programs via RPM? That's not recommended at
all. I believe you can find nedit in non-free. Try
'apt-get install nedit'. I don't know about Northern Captain.
Lane> I enjoyed xscreensaver in Corel Linux, but when I execute it
Lane> in Debian Linux, it says: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused
Lane> by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to
Lane> Server Error: Can't open display: 0.0
You need to read /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz, "How do I run
an X client as root when the X session is run by a user?"
Lane> Not a library question, but a couple of times, alien has
Lane> reported, "822-date did not return a valid result." However,
Lane> the process seemed to be successful. Is there a problem?
Don't use alien. Install anything that isn't Debian packaged via
tarball in /usr/local and you'll have far fewer headaches.
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