Looks like there's something wrong with your ld search path. Can you try:
'ldconfig -n /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/CORE/'
-OR-
make a soft link to it from /usr/lib, and run ldconfig.
It sounds like it should be under /usr/lib but the link is gone.... ?
Glen
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 12:58, you wrote:
> [bill@a bill]$ vi
> vi: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so: cannot load
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> [bill@a bill]$ locate libperl.so
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/CORE/libperl.so
>
> Okay ... until I get this sorted out, I have no vi and it appears I
> have no Mandrake Update, either. I DON'T wanna bounce the machine ...
> so what's the most direct and painless way of handling this? I've had
> my nose in a text book since 3 a.m. (when I woke up) and that was
> about 10 hours ago. It's 1 pm and my brain is already fried.
>
> Bill
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