Lothar Behrens wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
> installation with Gnome Desktop.
>
> Installing my software reports an unresolved dependancy to libexpat.so.
> 0. But there is installed
> a version of libexpat.
>
> Files are as follows:
>
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.5
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.5
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5 or the like.
>
> My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
> files:
>
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
>
> I have linked the related library using xml2-config --libs and xslt-
> config --libs.
>
> What should I do ?
>
> Thanks, Lothar

I recall having a similar problem. If I recall correctly I installed an
older version from source and this solved the problem by providing
libexpat.so.0. Here's a link to the download:

Shift + Left Click to download (if I do this right)


http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=384561

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>
> I recall having a similar problem. If I recall correctly I installed an
> older version from source and this solved the problem by providing
> libexpat.so.0. Here's a link to the download:
>
> Shift + Left Click to download (if I do this right)
>
>
>
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=384561

Well I didn't !!! ;-(

Here's a link to the page. Download and install the 2.0.0 tgz file.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=10127

Sorry for the bad link...

Michael Soibelman schrieb:
> Lothar Behrens wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
> > installation with Gnome Desktop.
> >
> > Installing my software reports an unresolved dependancy to libexpat.so.
> > 0. But there is installed
> > a version of libexpat.
> >
> > Files are as follows:
> >
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.5
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.5
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5 or the like.
> >
> > My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
> > files:
> >
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
> >
> > I have linked the related library using xml2-config --libs and xslt-
> > config --libs.
> >
> > What should I do ?
> >
> > Thanks, Lothar
>
> I recall having a similar problem. If I recall correctly I installed an
> older version from source and this solved the problem by providing
> libexpat.so.0. Here's a link to the download:
>

Hmm, is it possible to include that file in my binary package as an
optional package, only installed
when required.

Lothar

Lothar Behrens wrote:

>
> Michael Soibelman schrieb:
>> Lothar Behrens wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
>> > installation with Gnome Desktop.
>> >
>> > Installing my software reports an unresolved dependancy to libexpat.so.
>> > 0. But there is installed
>> > a version of libexpat.
>> >
>> > Files are as follows:
>> >
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.5
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.5
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5 or the like.
>> >
>> > My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
>> > files:
>> >
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
>> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
>> >
>> > I have linked the related library using xml2-config --libs and xslt-
>> > config --libs.
>> >
>> > What should I do ?
>> >
>> > Thanks, Lothar
>>
>> I recall having a similar problem. If I recall correctly I installed an
>> older version from source and this solved the problem by providing
>> libexpat.so.0. Here's a link to the download:
>>
>
> Hmm, is it possible to include that file in my binary package as an
> optional package, only installed
> when required.
>
> Lothar

Yes but I'll leave the details of that to someone who is a programmer.
Obviously you could add a check for the availability of the proper file and
install an included version as necessary. But then this is just one way to
do it. Again, I'll leave the details to someone else. A more robust
solution would be to write your application to use whatever expat library
is available on the users system but then that may also result in some new
problem cropping up. Without knowing what your program does one would be
hard pressed to now the best way.

Programmers please help.

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Lothar Behrens wrote:-

>Hi,
>
>I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
>installation with Gnome Desktop.



>My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
>files:



So, what you're hoping/trying to do is install a package that was built
on a 9.1 system onto a system running 10.1?

>What should I do ?

Rebuild the package on the 10.1 system.


Regards,
David Bolt

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Michael Soibelman schrieb:
> Lothar Behrens wrote:
>
> >
> > Michael Soibelman schrieb:
> >> Lothar Behrens wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
> >> > installation with Gnome Desktop.
> >> >
> >> > Installing my software reports an unresolved dependancy to libexpat.so.
> >> > 0. But there is installed
> >> > a version of libexpat.
> >> >
> >> > Files are as follows:
> >> >
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.5
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.5
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5 or the like.
> >> >
> >> > My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
> >> > files:
> >> >
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 -> libexpat.so.0.5.0
> >> > /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
> >> >
> >> > I have linked the related library using xml2-config --libs and xslt-
> >> > config --libs.
> >> >
> >> > What should I do ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks, Lothar
> >>
> >> I recall having a similar problem. If I recall correctly I installed an
> >> older version from source and this solved the problem by providing
> >> libexpat.so.0. Here's a link to the download:
> >>
> >
> > Hmm, is it possible to include that file in my binary package as an
> > optional package, only installed
> > when required.
> >
> > Lothar
>
> Yes but I'll leave the details of that to someone who is a programmer.
> Obviously you could add a check for the availability of the proper file and
> install an included version as necessary. But then this is just one way to
> do it. Again, I'll leave the details to someone else. A more robust
> solution would be to write your application to use whatever expat library
> is available on the users system but then that may also result in some new
> problem cropping up. Without knowing what your program does one would be
> hard pressed to now the best way.

I am the programmer of this software.
Distributing binary packages seems really a pain :-(
Ok, I will ask in a programmers group.

Thanks, Lothar

>
> Programmers please help.

David Bolt schrieb:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Lothar Behrens wrote:-
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have setup a testsystem with openSuSE 10.1 having standard
> >installation with Gnome Desktop.
>
>
>
> >My software was built and packaged on a SuSE Linux 9.1 with these
> >files:
>
>
>
> So, what you're hoping/trying to do is install a package that was built
> on a 9.1 system onto a system running 10.1?
>
> >What should I do ?
>
> Rebuild the package on the 10.1 system.
>

Yes, now I realized the problem. But then I couldn't provide a more
universal
binary RPM release. Also I am unable to provide all the possible
binary packages.

Ok, binary packages may not the usual way except, the Linux
distributors do create
them. Right ?

The other solution may be searching for packagers on sourceforge.net.
They then also
would test the created packages.

Thanks, Lothar