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Date:      Sun, 19 May 1996 01:11:32 GMT
From:      James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        JSINNOTT@pomona.edu
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libXpm.so.6.0 - where can I find it?
Message-ID:  <199605190111.BAA05107@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <01I4UTUFXLB68WW34A@POMONA.EDU> (message from JOHN on Sat, 18 May 1996 15:33:31 -0800 (PST))

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>>>>> JOHN <JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU> writes:
> 
> I'm trying to run both vtwm and fvwm, but both give an error on startup
> ld.so: can't find libXpm.so.6.0 or something along those lines.
> 
> I looked in the live file system, but could not find it.
> What is this file for, and can I FTP it from ftp.freebsd.org?

It's for handling X PixMaps.

There's a port in the graphics section - if you type 'make', it'll
automatically pull the source down (if you had used the FreeBSD port
of fvwm, it would have spotted the dependency and made libXpm as
well).

> Will I need to grab any other libs while I am at it?

Not as far as I know.

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
jraynard@dial.pipex.com
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk



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