[tex-live] libXaw.so.8 on x86_64

[Hartmut Henkel]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, George N. White III wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Hartmut Henkel <hartmut_henkel at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > my system
> >
> > ~$ uname -a
> > Linux hahepc1 2.6.22-3-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 09:22:35 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > (which is current debian-lenny/testing) gives with TL2008 binaries:
> >
> > ~$ xdvi /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/plain/cweb/cwebman.dvi
> > xdvi-xaw: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > ~$ locate libXaw.so
> > /usr/lib/libXaw.so
> > /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7
> >
> > what do?
>
> Use pdf(la)tex!

well, dvipdfmx cwebman.dvi (which is in TL08) gives a pdf without
problems.

> Build your own?  Use the 32-bit version or a .dvi viewer from your
> distro ((e.g., kdvi)?

sure there are work-arounds, but the hope was that one can avoid
recompiling.

> In 32-bit (on Fedora 8) things look more likely to succeed:
>
> $ ldd /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux/xdvi-xaw | grep Xaw
> 	libXaw.so.7 => /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 (0x00d82000)

yes, thanks, libXaw.so.7 seems to be the most common one.

Regards, Hartmut