RE: Problem getting dia installed

["Young, Robert" <Robert Young dsto defence gov au>]

Just do

ln -s /usr/lib/libxml.so.x.x.x /usr/lib/libxml.so
where x.x.x is the version of a file that actually exists
(i.e. ls /usr/lib/libxml.* to find what's there)

Good luck.
Rob.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MMark [mailto:mmark psysolutions com]
> Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2002 10:42 AM
> To: dia-list gnome org
> Subject: RE: Problem getting dia installed
>
>
> ahh!!... now we are getting somewhere. you are indeed correct 
> in that ls
> -l /usr/lib/libxml.so looks to be a hard link to 
> libxml.so.1.8.17 (which
> no longer exists). i am thinking this because it is blinking 
> red (i hope
> i am correct on that part)
>
> i guess i will start in the morning trying to figure out how 
> to get that
> file back onto my system.
>
> thanks for the help.
>
> -russ
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:52, Young, Robert wrote:
> > > MMark [mailto:mmark psysolutions com] wrote:
> > >
> > > > You will need to install the devel package from the same 
> > > place you installed
> > > > this package (Ximian??). 
> > >
> > > did this today, still not working.
> > >
> > > > RH7.2 comes with libxml-1.8.14-2 and libxml-devel-1.8.14-2 
> > > which are too
> > > > old. If you downloaded libxml-1.8.15-ximian.2, try 
> downloading the
> > > > libxml-devel-1.8.15-ximian.2 from
> > > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml-devel
> > > >
> > > > Or, you can use libxml2 which you will need both the 
> package and the
> > > > development package. The general rule is if you require a 
> > > package to run an
> > > > application then you will need the development package to 
> > > compile it.
> > > >
> > > i also have libxml2 and the devel. package. the make is 
> still crashing
> > > in the same place saying that /usr/lib/libxml.so does not 
> exist. which
> > > it does.
> > >
> > > any other suggestions?
> >
> > When you say that /usr/lib/libxml.so exists, it is usually 
> only a link to
> > another file. Can you ensure that the referenced file exists i.e.
> >
> >     ls -l /usr/lib/libxml.so
> > this will show you the name of the file being referenced. 
> Do an ls -l of the
> > file being referenced and you'll see whether it does exist.
> > If you do a 
> >     strings /usr/lib/libxml.so | tail
> > you should see 10 lines of text. If this does exist that 
> this is a weird
> > problem. Can you try reinstalling the libxml (1 or 2, 
> whichever you are
> > going to use) and its corresponding development package 
> (i.e. force an
> > install using rpm).
> >
> > If you are likely to want to use dia for anything serious, 
> you may wish to
> > use the latest version available in CVS or in a snapshot 
> (easy for those
> > without CVS access). See the latest Changelog posting for 
> the location and
> > please also read recent posts regarding compiling CVS and 
> read the NEWS,
> > INSTALL and ChangeLog files! Mind you, this may all just 
> cause more problems
> > than it solves.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob.
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