Re: xview


Subject: Re: xview
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Sat Apr 29 2000 - 10:45:13 MDT


libc6 is glibc - you've got it if you've got CS1.1 or greater:

/lib/libc-2.1.3.so
/lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.1.3.so

(and lots of other stuff as well...)

Dan wrote:
>
> I've found the xviewg source at www.debian.org. However, it requires libc6
> which requires the kind of expertise that I don't have yet to install nicely.
> So I think I'll leave it all for a while unless somebody knows an easier way
> to libc6 than from source (I couldn't find it in the CS1.2 RPM tree).
>
> thanks
> Dan
>
> .>I'm trying to install a package originally written for SunOS using xview. The
> .>install instructions say to set a variable in the Makefile to specify the path
> .>to the xview directory. xview (as a symlink to xloadimage) exists in
> .>/usr/X11R6/bin so I'm guessing that something hat is at least partially
> .
> .I don't believe /usr/X11R6/bin/xview has anything to do with xview as
> .you are referring to it. The XView that came from Sun is a user-interface
> .tool kit that consists of some libraries and header files.
> .
> .>capably of xview functionality is there. I've had a look at the debian site
> .>where they have the xviewg libraries (for i386). What do I need to do re:
> .>getting any necessary xviewg libraries and re: letting make know where the
> .>xview directory is?
> .
> .I am not aware of an XView port being included in the YDL distributions,
> .but then again I have never made a point of looking for it ;)
> .
> .Jim
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