libGl.so.14 not found

[andy]

Subject:
Re: Blender libGl.so.14 not found
From:
andy <andy at richardflanagan.com.au>
Date:
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:58:39 +1000

To:
"Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>


Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> andy wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Tring to install Blender on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE (found that this 
>> version works with the dreaded Ali chipset that kills all other 
>> distros with the contigmalloc1 error on installation in case that can 
>> help anyone)
>> Current problem I have is that when I try to use Blender (installed 
>> from the ports) I get the error
>> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libGL.so.14" not found
>> after googling found this link 
>> http://news.gw.com/freebsd.questions/160822
>> which says
>>
>>  I assume you've already made the following
>> links under /usr/X11R6/lib/
>>
>> libGL.so.14 -> libGL.so.1
>> libGLU.so.14 -> libGLU.so.1
>>
>> OK, willing to give this a try, just don't know what links this 
>> refers to - would this be a symlink ? eg: ln -s 
>> /usr/x11R6/lib/libGl.so.14 /libGl.so.1 ? I tried  cding to the dir 
>> and typing exactly what I saw above, no good.
>> Please reply to me direct as I am not on the list.
>> Thank you in advance for all replies.
>>
>> Andy
>
>
>
>
> Yeah, looks like a symlink.  If your syntax
> is good, that should do it.  I'm too cautious,
> I'd just cd to that dir and do "ln -s thisfile thatfile"...
>
> Kevin Kinsey
>
>
>
Hiya Kevin

Thanks for the quick reply ;) I have the same problem in being too 
cautious. I tought of backing up the libGl file just in case, but then 
if I restore the backup, the symilnk will still be in place, so if I do 
damage, I am not sure how to "unsymlink" (if that is a word lol) the 
file - should this cause problems with other programs, and am worried 
about destroying my system. As a newbie I have done a few installs in 
the last 6 months or so and have limited access to the net ATM so not  
in a good possie to rebuild. When I build the courage tho, I will do it 
the way you have suggested - cding to the directory.

Thank you
Andy