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Old 01-30-2016, 11:34 AM   #1
Andy Alt
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missing libtinfo.so.5 on 14.2b?


Should libtinfo.so.5 be included with slackware 14.2?

On 14.2Beta, I tried executing an installer package (not a distribution-specific package) and received the message 'error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file'

I wanted to check here first to see if libtinfo was destined for 14.2.
 
Old 01-30-2016, 11:59 AM   #2
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No, but you can just make a symlink to ncurses, that should work.

At time of writing[1] do this, as root:

In Slackware current (32-bit):
Code:
ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.9 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5
In Slackware64 current (64-bit):
Code:
ln -s /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5.9 /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5
[1]You will need to adapt the symlink if ncurses is upgraded. Check the ChangeLog for your Slackware edition.

PS if Pat decides to upgrade to ncurses 6 and choose not to retain binary compatibility with ncurses 5 you could be in trouble anyway. I doubt that he would do that at this point of the development cycle but I don't know his plans.

Last edited by Didier Spaier; 01-30-2016 at 12:24 PM. Reason: Typo fix.
 
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Old 01-31-2016, 10:54 AM   #3
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Thanks!
 
Old 01-31-2016, 11:03 AM   #4
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You are welcome.
 
  


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