Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015 09:57:46 +0100 From: Tony Molloy tony.molloy@ul.ie
On Saturday 15 August 2015 06:59:36 Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
Hello everyone,
I had a CentOS 6.5 CD for a clean install, and I did a desktop install. Then I did a yum update to bring it up to 6.7. So far, so good.
I run a bunch of scientific programs that use C++ compilers and libraries. But, the programs were failing becaause in /usr/lib, the libraries simply weren't there. The directory was fairly sparsely populated with about 10 directories of libraries for specific programs. But otherwise, things that are in /usr/lib on a Centos 5 server, such as:
libkate.so.1.2.1 libkdb5.a libkdb5.so libkdb5.so.4
are indeed there. These are just 4 library examples. I assume I did something wrong in the installation to keep the lib*.so.* files from installing into /usr/lib. What do I need to do next time to keep that from happening? Anyone have any ideas?
Gilbert
Assuming this was a 64bit install the libraries are in /usr/lib64 not /usr/lib.
Tony
The default install doesn't necessarily include all the libraries that you might need, but you have the option to add (and subtract) packages during that process.
Now that you're past that point, you can use "yum whatprovides" to find the .rpms that include the needed libraries. You'll want to make certain that you install the 32 vs 64 bit versions as needed.