Re: Re: lost files

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

lib*.a are static libraries which are useful when building a
statistically linked executable. They are not used at run time. Many
distribs ship them in dev packages.

Le vendredi 09 d�mbre 2005 �0:04 +0800, Xyber Blue a �it :
> Can you post how you install gtk into your linux???
> 
> usually, the default is to the /usr/local/lib...
> Try this
> 
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH={path_to_gtk_prefix}/lib
> On 12/9/05, James Borrone <jborrone saa ars usda gov> wrote:
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>         
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>         From: "James Borrone" < jborrone saa ars usda gov>
>         To: <xyberblue gmail com>
>         Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:32:08 -0500
>         Subject: Re: lost files
>         I tried that.  After installing GTK, I tried launching the
>         program, and
>         it came up with the same error message, that it could not find
>         those
>         files.  I looked for the files in the installed GTK program,
>         and could
>         not locate them
>         
>         james
>         
>         >>> Xyber Blue <xyberblue gmail com> 12/07/05 8:51 PM >>>
>         Those are the static libraries for gtk and glib. You can find
>         these 
>         files on
>         /usr/lib directory since linux distros bundled already these
>         packages
>         and
>         that if you installed the gtk.
>         
>         You can create these files by downloading the gtk source at
>         www.gtk.org
>         
>         On 12/8/05, James Borrone <jborrone saa ars usda gov> wrote:
>         >
>         > I am trying to determine how to find the following files,
>         they are not 
>         > presently on my machine and ws wondering if they are
>         downloadable.
>         >
>         > libgdk.a
>         > libglib.a
>         > libgmodule.a
>         > libgtk.a
>         >
>         > I am not a programmer, and have very limited knowledge of
>         the 
>         UNIX/LINUX
>         > environment,, so basically if your mom wold not understand
>         what you
>         are
>         > writing neither would I.  I am just trying to get a program
>         to work,
>         and
>         > it needs to find these files.
>         >
>         > Thanks
>         >
>         > James Borrone
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