On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 19:37:10 +0000 (+0000), Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> Sorry to take so long to respond.....
>
> ldd 'package' returns:
>
> linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7f49000)
> libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7f24000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7df2000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f5b000)
libXm is the Motif libraries - so it's not linking directly against
any of them. It's possible that it's trying to dynamically load them.
> After getting "couldn't find package" for both motif and lesstif, I found a
> reference to lesstif2, which I installed successfully. However, the package
> still tells me that the requisite libraries are not present.
>
> The package files are dated 2002, so I suspect that I may need to install an
> earlier version. Sadly, I have no idea how to go about this.
I wouldn't give up yet. Try the magic debug tool "strace".
strace -o logfile -f -e trace=file whatever-the-command-is
and look for libXm in logfile.
Adrian
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