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[russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>]

Couldn't get ftp to work by putting libreadline.so.3 in /lib ,
/root/usr/lib or even /bin. I think Steven is right on this. The ldd
command for ftp still gives that libreadline.so.3 can't be found.I've
checked to see if I have the right count( 133kb) on the libread file and
everything matches up.

On Fri, 23 May 2003 keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> Steven and I are having an ongoing disagreement about whether is it best
> to install an entire package or just the file that you want out of it.
> I have had no problems when I install just the needed file, to the
> location indicated by its location in the package (in your case
> /usr/lib/).
>
> This saves putting 2M of files on your hard drive in order to get 133K of
> needed file.  I don't think you have much to lose (just a bit of time) by
> first trying just that one file.
>
> If you need other files in elflibs.tgz you can add those later.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 23 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> > russ loroville wrote:
> > >
> > > I tried extracting it from the tcpip1.tgz (which ftp was
> > > in) by using "tar -zxvf /mnt/tcpip1.tgz libreadline.so.3"
> > > but it was not in it.  Will try elflib.tgz next.
> >
> > I recommend you install the entire elflib.tgz package
> > (using installpkg).  That will put the library in the
> > correct location and configure it.  Otherwise it will
> > not work.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> >
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