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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

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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