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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: glibc-so upgrade, was Re: [BL] Kernel upgrade
  • Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:40:49 +0000 (UTC)

To use xpdf you need glibc 2.2.5 or later. Get Slackware 8.1 glibc so (runtime libraries), which is the smaller of the two glibc packages (the other very big one is needed only for compiling). I got the larger one instead (which includes what is in the smaller one) before I knew better.

I also needed the later library to run the Slackware 8.1 cdda2wav (the one from Slackware 7 won't work on copy protected CDs), and to use Opera 7 (Opera 6 will work with the Slackware 7.1 library but it crashes a lot) and for Realplayer 8 (which won't even install on any but one commputer for me) and the latest version of lynx which I compiled. Steven mentioned needing it for something else. In theory you could compile your own programs (other than commercial ones like Opera and Realaudio) to work with the older library but it is easier to use precompiled packages from Slackware later versions, or from websites such as that for xpdf. Also, sometimes the older libraries don't have what the program needs to run.

I could not find a precompiled package for ghostscript 8.50 so I hope to do my own some day. The older versions won't handle the newest pdf formats.

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Mr Christopher Rose wrote:

Thankfully my laptop (as far as the system bios is
concerned) is a 486-DX. I just happen to have an
AMD-X-5 chip vice an actual Intel 486. Looking at the
bottom of my laptop, it is quite obvious that the AMD
chip is not the original processor, as part of the
casing has been cut away to make space for the AMD
chip. My guess is that the original Intel chip was
removed sometime before I bought it from the thrift
shop for $8.00, but since it does work, I am fine with
it. Now then, I have installed the zimage.4dx kernel
and it works quite well. Indeed, my laptop seems to
boot a little quicker (my perception, may still
actually be booting at same speed). I have also
noticed that lincity and the spread sheet program work
better. My only concern is library files. I would like
to update the library so I can use xpdf and perhaps a
couple of other small utilities. I am going to
checkout the slackware 4.0 packages and see if I can't
find the library files I will need.

Pax,
Christopher



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