Re: VIM Editor

[Karlheinz Nolte <Karlheinz.Nolte@ks.sel.alcatel.de>]

Indus wrote:
> 
> I am new to Linux and I have just tried to install the system onto a 386
> DX20 laptop with 8mb of ram. When I try running VIM, I get an error message
> saying that it needs the 'libXaw.so.6' library. Where can I get this ?
> 
> Eamonn
> 

Hi Eamonn,

you have to add the following to the file /etc/ld.so.conf

/usr/X11R6/lib

Since you don't have an running editor, you can do this as follows
(become root user):

# cd /etc
# echo "/usr/X11R6/lib" >> ld.so.conf
# ldconfig -v

Now the vim (and other editors) should work. If not, let me know.

BTW, this is a known bug in the Debian destribution. When this will be
solved?

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