dynamic link problem

[Lowell Gilbert]

Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> writes:

> I've got an old copy of Wordperfect (now deleted from ports) that I use at work.
> 
> When I run the program, I get this output:
> 
> % xwp
> /usr/local/lib/corel/wpbin/xwp: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
> Exit 16
> 
> Obviously a dynamic link problem, so I run ldd on it:
> 
> % ldd -a /usr/local/lib/corel/wpbin/xwp
>         libXt.so.6 => not found
>         libX11.so.6 => not found
>         libXpm.so.4 => not found
>         libm.so.5 => not found
>         libc.so.5 => /usr/lib/libc.so.5 (0x28749000)
> 
> OK. Fair enough. It can't find the first four libraries.
> But why? libXt.so.6 is listed by ldconfig:
> 
> % ldconfig -r | grep libXt.so.6
>         140:-lXt.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
> 
> So are the other three:
> 
> % ldconfig -r | grep libX11.so.6
>         162:-lX11.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
> 
> % ldconfig -r | grep libXpm.so.4
>         143:-lXpm.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
> 
> % ldconfig -r | grep libm.so.5
>         712:-lm.5 => /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libm.so.5
> 
> So how do I fix this?

If I recall correctly, that was a Linux program.  So you need all of
the libraries to exist under the Linux compatibility tree.  Make sure
you've got linux_base installed, and if some of the libraries aren't
in there, take directory-tree hints from the ones that are.

Good luck.

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