Re: IDL on Linux Server

[pit(at)phys.uu.nl (Peter Suetterlin)]

  Hi Gunter,

Gunter Laky <Gunter.Laky@oeaw.ac.at> writes:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have just installed IDL 5.4 to a Linux Server (Red Hat 6.2 (Zoot),
> Kernel 2.2.14-5, XFree86-VGA16). Installation went through without any
> errors or warnings.
> 
> I have now tried to start idl (before licensening it). First I got two
> error messages of two libraries missing (libXpm.so.4 and libc-so.5). I
> just found this libs on my machine and copied it to the
> /<IDL-DIR>/bin/bin-linux-x86 directory.
> Now I get a segmentation fault, which is even the worst becaue it tells
> you nothing.

Hu, does IDL 5.4 require libc5?  I only have 5.2 installed, but that
is already libc6. (Try ldd IDL_DIR/bin/bin.linux/idl to see which
libraries are required)

RedHat 6.2 is libc6-based, so the libXpm.so.4 is most probably for
that version - maybe there is the problem.  You can also use ldd
libXpm.so.4 to see which version it is.

  Peter

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