Re: xWindows can't load

["Noah L. Meyerhans" <frodo@ccs.neu.edu>]

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On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:

> When I run startx I get the following:
> 
> xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
> xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'

This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following
command before running startx:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
(if using bash or sh as your shell)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
(if using csh or tcsh)

libXmu.so is a shared object.  It contains pre-compiled source code that
applications (startx, in this case) can link with.  It's similar to the
concept of a .dll in dos/windows.  In a standard debian installation,
libXmu.so lives in /usr/X11R6/lib, so by setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
point to that location, you're telling your apps to look in that location
for shared objects.

Noah

  
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