Thanks, but in my case on RHWS3 /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4 is a link to /usr/lib64/libreadline.so.4. :( Simon Alan Ng wrote on 07/21/2005 04:22 AM: > Hi Simon, > > Most distributions comes with 32 and 64-bit libraries for the x86_64. > For fedora, 64-bit libraries are in all the lib64 (/lib64, /usr/lib64 > etc) directories and 32-bit libraries are in the usual lib directories > (/lib, /usr/lib etc). There's no problem running 32-bit applications in > a 64-bit OS as long as all the libraries that the application needs are > available in 32-bit and the path is in /etc/ld.so.conf. The linux > library linker is smart enough most of the time to find the appropriate > libraries for the application. Most of the time, at least. > > "Leadership & Life-long Learning" > > Alan Ng > Assistant Manager, Systems > Linux Certified Professional > Open Source Systems Sdn Bhd > www.aldrix.net Tel: 6 03-8656 0139 Fax: 6 03-8656 0132 > > ------------------------------------------- > > "Carpe Diem: Seize the Day!!" > > > > Vsevolod (Simon) Ilyushchenko wrote: > > >>Tim, Joe and Jeremy - thank you for your answers. On my servers, I try >>to install everything I can from RPMs and compile the rest. Thus, R, >>which is not present in Fedora, relies on libraries like readline >>which *are* present. I was hoping there is an easy way out, but now >>I'll have to change my approach. I'd rather not mix 32- and 64-bit >>libraries on the same machine, though. >> >>Simon >> >>Tim Cutts wrote on 07/20/2005 05:31 AM: >> >> >>>Ah yes - I missed the point of the OP's original question. So why >>>not just install the 32-bit version of libreadline? >>> >>>Tim >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters at bioinformatics.org >>https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters -- Simon (Vsevolod ILyushchenko) simonf at cshl.edu http://www.simonf.com Terrorism is a tactic and so to declare war on terrorism is equivalent to Roosevelt's declaring war on blitzkrieg. Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. national security advisor, 1977-81