no libperl.so in Slack?

BroX · 12-01-2004, 03:06 AM

Hi all,

I have perl.5.8.5 installed (Slack10 package) and I need libperl.so.5.8, but there isn't any libperl.so* in Slack (it's there in my Debian install). The only hint I found was

Quote:

I solved that problem by answering yes to perl's question 'shall I create shared libraries' and calling it libperl.so and then copying it to /lib.

but that is a bit vague (which file to rename?). I already compiled perl from source once, but then removed it in order to get the package hoping this would fix the dependency.

Isn't there another way to get this file in it's proper place?

Cheers, Leon.

Cedrik · 12-01-2004, 07:07 AM

You could create your libperl.so.5.8 from /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i486-linux/CORE/libperl.a file which
is installed with perl-5.8.5 slackware package.

Code:

cd /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i486-linux/CORE
ld --whole-archive -share -o libperl.so.5.8 libperl.a
cp libperl.so.5.8 /lib

# optional
ln -s /lib/libperl.so.5.8 /lib/libperl.so

BroX · 12-01-2004, 09:13 AM

Cedrik,

thanks a lot, that does it

Strange though that the libperl.so file isn't created automatically upon installation of the perl package. Is there a reason for that?

Cheers, Leon.