Re: GIMP

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Matt Thompson wrote:
> 
> > hello, all,
> > 
> > I tried to install the GIMP and xtar, and when trying to run both, I get
> > the same error message:
> > 
> > xtar: can't load library 'libXm.so.2'   ...and:
> > gimp: can't load library 'libXm.so.2'
> > 
> Searching the Contents file for "libXm" showed me that the shared library
> is in libs/lesstif. Install the package and things should work. You should
> also file bug reports against the packages that do not declare it in their
> dependencies.

Or install gimp-smotif, rather than gimp-dmotif.  This really can't be
handled by dependencies unless someone came up with a motif installer
package.

Bob
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