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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] Mathplot missing lib - not in deps
From:       "Murray J. Root" <murrayr () brain ! org>
Date:       2002-03-31 22:12:57
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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:54:46 +1000 Geoffrey Lee <snailtalk@linux-mandrake.com> wrote:

> > > from the output, mathplot doesn't require libtk.so!
> > > 
> > > 	- G.
> > > 
> > 
> > Except when you run it, it says it does.
> > 
> > [grimau@Master grimau]$ mathplot
> > mathplot: error while loading shared libraries: libtk.so: cannot open shared \
> > object file: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> alright worked out why.
> 
> Yep you're right, I have no idea why rpm picks up the right dependency (bad
> rpm ...) for an app which tries to run an non-existent library.
> 
> anyway I can't rebuild this right now as I can't install the ocamltk 
> buildrequire package on the compile box ... so ...
> 
> If you need to use it urgently either recompile mathplot with the 
> $(TOPDIR)/src/Makefile's -ltcl and -ltk changed to -ltcl8.3 and -ltk8.3 
> respectively or the more ugly solution (if you don't have a compiler)
> do a symbolic link (I really don't recommend this method).
> 

Rebuilding it fixed it. Thanks.
(Actually, I have no use for it at all - just trying to help out someone on IRC)

-- 
Murray J. Root
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