"Ian Douglas" alug@the-zub.demon.co.uk wrote:
On Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:38 AM, bsamuels wrote:
WordPerfect, if my memory serves me well (which it seldom does), depends on an old version of xlib6. My current version of Debian (Testing) uses xlib6 4.1 but I also have to have xlibs 3.3 installed to run WordPerfect.
Looking at my package manager it says I have xlibs 4.1.0-16 installed. Sadly it does not list a xlibs 3.3, can you remember where you got it from? Is it something I can "apt-get"? Would installing xlibs 3.3 overwrite/clash with my existing xlibs 4.1 or is there something I have to do first to enable them to co-exist? (Sorry if these questions seem a bit elementary but I haven't got the hang of Debian yet and haven't a clue about libraries)
Thanks for your help,
Ian.
Looking in DSelect I have an OldLibs section which has a number of old libs versions including the one I mentioned. Do a search on xlibs. When I do that it finds the newest packages first but does find the old one eventually. That means that it is still in the Debian package system. In your case, of course, you should find it in the uninstalled packages list.
The old library should co-exist perfectly with the newer ones. Installing it did not cause me any problems.
Barry Samuels