I have a number of duplicate libraries in two directories -- /usr/lib and usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4. I did this myself a few months ago when I was trying to restore a number of files that had been zapped. It was not a smart thing to do (neither the file-zapping nor the library-copying).

My problem: I'd like to straighten this out, but I don't know which libraries are *supposed* to be in the usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4 directory.

My question: Is there a place where I can easily find out which libraries are supposed to be in usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4?

I know this depends on what additional things I have installed on my system, but any info is better than nothing. I've had some success by reinstalling packages and seeing where installpkg puts them, but this is tedious.

Thanks for the advice.

grep <library-name> /var/log/packages/*



Cheers,
Tink

to get a list of what's installed from Slackware try :

" #grep usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4 /var/log/packages/* "

those are the files in : " usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4
you'll get a looong list....

egag

The method that occurred to me was to go to www.slackware.org and search the packages database for the library names. The listing there will show you in which directory the library is installed in.

Very nice. Thanks, both of you.

Next question: How can I limit the grep output to the usr/lib/.../3.3.4 directory without having it go down into child directories.

Thanks again.

use " grep -l "
see man grep.....

egag

You can't (not in a trivial manner, anyway) ... but you
can narrow it down like this.

grep -h libname /var/log/packages/* | grep \/lib\/



Cheers,
Tink

Thank you, Tinkster. I really need to comes to grips with grep. There's a lot more to it than I'd thought.

I would do :
grep -m 1 'i486-slackware' /var/log/packages/*

[edit]
sorry, I thought you searched the package names