Subject: Re: fvwm95 problem with libXpm.so.4
To: Charles Redmond <charlie25@my-dejanews.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/15/1999 23:22:56
"Charles Redmond" wrote:

>   I have X running on my nice 2100 now and have also
> downloaded some NetBSD pmax pakage binarys from the ftp site.
> I have package added xpm and xpmroot as well as the fvwm95 binary.
> Now when I try to start fvwm95 I get a message
> Shared object "libXpm.so.4" not found
> I have looked in the lib directory and found that though the above does not exist
> there is a copy of libXpm.so.4.10. Can i use that instead and
> how can I force ld to use it ?
> 
> If i can not use the above as a replacement, where can i find the
> appropriate libXpm.so.4

The simple answer is symlink libXpm.so.4 to libXpm.so.4.10.  As to why
the symlink is missing is another question...

Simon.