Re: [SLUG] Is it possible ??

From: Kwan Lowe (kwan@digitalhermit.com)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 15:35:23 EDT


> OK Sluggers, tell me !
>
> Running SuSE 9.2 64 bit. Used to have the Ace of Penguins (card
> games) that my wife loved running and working in SuSE 8.2 (32 bit)
> Tried to reinstall it in 9.2 but did not work properly and wife made
> comments like, "I don't know why you have to do all of those upgrade
> things and mess up the things I like".
>
> Wrote the author several months ago and he replied that he would make up
> a new package when he found the time. That has not happened.
>
> However, I have a 32 bit Knoppix disk that has those games on it and
> they play as expected. (64 bit also supports 32 bit applications)
>
> Question is: Can I somehow "lift" the package from the Knoppix disk and
> install it into my SuSe 9.2 ??
>
> Please give it some thought and let me know what you think. Really need
> to overcome those "mess up" comments.

This is not guaranteed to work, but you can try:
Run ldd against the binary you're having problems with. Copy the resulting
library files from a working installation to a new directory. Set your
LDLIBRARYPATH to point to the new directory. Try running the executable.

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