Re: kernel compilation...........

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Ross wrote:

> I have also downloaded libc.so.6.6 , libc-2.1.1.so..so but i don't now
> where to put them, no readme files came with them and they weren't
> gziped. several programs i would like to install state they require
> these files.

libc.so is a dynamic link library, which means it gets loaded into memory
by programs which need it's functions. You'll need it in /lib, and you'll
need a 'symlink' (like a windows shortcut) named libc.so.6 that points at
the libc.so.6.6 you've installed.

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING.

The symbolic link must be replaced ALL IN ONE GO, i.e. ln -fs. If you just
remove the current link, intending to put the new one in later with a ln
-s, you'll nuke your system, because eveything that depends on libc
(pretty much everything!) won't work. So copy the new library to /lib, and
ln -s libc.so.6.6 libc.so.6 (I think that's right!)

BE VERY VERY CAREFUL. You might find it helpful to read the libc HOWTO,
the kernal upgrade HOWTO, etc. They're in /usr/doc/HOWTO.

> You've all been very helpful so far, so i'll try not hassle you too much!

That's no problem at all!! Just make sure you don't blow your system - a
much easier method is to get a RH6.* cdrom and do an upgrade there - then
you can't nuke anything!

Cheers,

Alex.

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