Hi!
I get this error when installing software:

error: libgl.la not found!
I looked around but no luck. I have nvidia's latest drivers and I cannot find NVIDIA_GLX anywhere to get libgl.la

any suggestions??

I had a similar problem running kdevelop. Are you sure your Nvidia drivers are up to date, it is definately an Nvidia related problem.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-5336.html

is a link to the current version

Steve

Yes I do have this exact version of the driver.

I re-installed it with the same problem.

I am running Mandy 10.0 Community with kernel 2.6

Thanks

Richard

Silly question - did you edit your XF86Config-4 to call the drivers(from nv to nvidia) and can you run 3D accelerated software (TuxRacer or Chromium) ???

Also libgl.la is a text file not a driver. mine contains: (/usr/lib/libgl.la)

# libGL.la - a libtool library file
# Generated by nvidia-installer: 1.0.6 (for use by libtool)
#
# Please DO NOT delete this file!
# It is necessary for linking the library.

# The name that we can dlopen(3).
dlname='libGL.so'

# Names of this library.
library_names='libGL.so.1.0.5336 libGL.so.1 libGL.so'

# Libraries that this one depends upon.
dependency_libs=' -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lm -lXext -lX11 -ldl'

# Version information for libGL.
current=1
age=0
revision=5336

# Is this an already installed library?
installed=yes

# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
dlopen=''
dlpreopen=''

# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
libdir='/usr/lib'

What are you trying to install??? Other than this I am stumped!!!!!

HTH

Steve

PS I am also running 10CE 2.6 kernel (left that bit out!!)

Check the line:

# Generated by nvidia-installer: 1.0.6 (for use by libtool)

This was what kyboshed Kdevelop . Wording must be exact.

Sorry going senile spent all day at shefflug "linux 2004" at Sheffield Wednesday Football ground - totally briandead !!! I mean brain!!

Hi!

I will check when I get home tonight(I am at work)

I did change my Config file from nv to nvidia and yes I checked with Tuxracer.

The programs I tried to install was Apollon and Kasablanca. Each time when I use the MAKE command, it gave me that libgl.la is missing and stops the installation.

Maybe NVIDIA's installer doesn't generate this file for some reason.

I tried to re-install the NVIDIA's driver, did an updatedb and locate libgl.la with no success.

It all started when I installed Apollon with the all-in-one installer and could'nt get all the plugins installed. I could only get Openft as server for files. I re-installed each of them separately, that's when I saw for the first time that libgl.la was missing in the terminal window. The all-in-one installer doesn't show any errors during the installation.

I think I will try to create the file with Kwrite since it is only a text file and see what happens.

I will post the result tonight.

Thanks

Apollon worked for me under 9.2, but I did exactly the same as you and got the "all in one" - never got the bloody thing to work since, sometimes it shows 1 person on (presumably me!) very occasionally I see loads of people - but the search never works ho hum. I went to Xmule instead - but it is harder to download using it.

Just tried Apollon again - shows 4.4 thousand users, but my search is instantaneous and comes up with nothing - I wonder ............. firewall ...............

Goodluck and keep me informed

Steve

Hi,

I've encountered the same problem when installing Krusader from sources.

And 'make' was just not looking into the right place

libGL.la was placed in /usr/lib/ and 'make' was looking for it in /usr/X11R6/lib/

So I just made a symbolic link and all was OK ;-)

The directories may vary, but the solution is propably the same...

Take care,
Alex

Ok Thanks. It works now when I was using the locate command, I was doing locate libgl.la instead of locate libGL.la

Now It works fine, thanks all you're great!! )

Rich

Nice one Alex. Got to admit the one thing I hate about using the command line is capitalisation !!

Steve