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Date:      27 Oct 2002 11:32:29 -0700
From:      Aaron Siegel <Aaron.Siegel@attbi.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Help! WordPerfect can't find /compat/linux/lib/ld-linux.so.1 !
Message-ID:  <1035743550.800.24.camel@freedom.rutster>
In-Reply-To: <1035742923.800.16.camel@freedom.rutster>
References:  <200210271726.MAA03170@strange.eng.utoledo.edu>  <1035742923.800.16.camel@freedom.rutster>

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If you can not install via rpm you can do it manually this is a safer
method. I use Midnight Commander (misc/mc) and select the rpm and copy
to the location. (I do not remember if I used rpm or the manual method)

sorry for the confusion 

On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 11:22, Aaron Siegel wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I was able to get older linux binaries to work by install the following
> rpms from the Red Hat 6.1 distribution:
> 
> ld.so-1.9.5-13.i386.rpm
> libc-5.3.12-31.i386.rpm
> 
> I did this by:
> # /usr/compat/linux/bin/bash
> # rpm -ivh ld.so-1.9.5-13.i386.rpm
> # rpm -ivh libc-5.3.12-31.i386.rpm
> 
> Then you will need to add the library to the
> /usr/compat/linux/etc/ld.so.conf file here are the directories listed in
> my file:
> 
> /usr/lib
> /usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib
> 
> I do not know if this is the best method of getting the old libraries to
> work. It works for me, both Matlab R11 and WordPerfect 8 are working on
> my computer.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 10:26, G.E. Rafe wrote:
> > We upgraded our Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 from 4.6-R to 4.7-R yesterday
> > to try to take advantage of some work on USB devices
> > (specifically, ucom & uvisor for our Palm m130).
> > That bit still isn't working, but another, more troubling problem
> > has arisen.
> > 
> > Our WordPerfect 8 for Linux installation
> > (which worked perfectly under 4.6-R w/linux_base-6.1)
> > now complains when asked to start: 
> > 
> > ELF interpreter /compat/linux/lib/ld-linux.so.1 not found
> > Abort
> > 
> > Of course, linux_base-7.1_1 doesn't reference ld-linux.so.1,
> > so what's up with that ?!
> > 
> > And the 4.7-R distribution come with linux_base-6,
> > so "going back" isn't an immediate option.
> > 
> > I find the same behavior with the Acrobat 3 reader.
> > 
> > I won't mind terribly ditching Acrobat 3 for its successors,
> > but we use WordPerfect often enough for this to be a problem.
> > 
> > Suggestions, pointers will be appreciated !
> > --
> > Gary E. RAFE, PhD
> > grafe@eng.utoledo.edu
> > 
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