Packages in IDS 12.10 Developer Edition
User installing IDS 12.10 Developer Edition on Linux-Mint-18 found system has newer versions of required packages (ncurses 6.0, PAM 0.83) than specified (ncurses 5.5, PAM 0.99). Paul Watson suggested symlinking newer ncurses libraries to older version names, which worked on his Fedora system. PAM compatibility was left unresolved; no definitive answer provided on whether newer PAM versions would work.
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Greetings, Fam. I just downloaded IDS 12.10 Developer Edition for my Linux-Min (Rel 18) on a 64-bit OS. The machine notes say I need these packages installed: The following package have to be installed on your Linux system: libaio-0.3.106 libgcc-4.1.2 libstdc++-4.1.2 ncurses-5.5 pam-0.99 I think I have some of those packages installed, albeit at a higher release number. But instead of ncurses I have ncurses-base and ncurses-n, both at release 6.0+20160213-1ubunt. Similarly, I have no package named pam available for installation via Synaptic, though I do have installed libpam-systemd version 229-4ubuntu4 as well as libpam-modules and libpam-modules-bin, both at 1.1.8-3.2ubuntu2. There are also dozens of available packages starting with libpam-. Are ANY of those the packages demanded in the last 2 items above? I could just proceed with the install and take my chances but I'd rather get advice from someone who's been there, done that. Thanks, folks. -- Jacob
Hello Jacob, Seems you need to coordinate with Unix Admin to get those packages installed prior to IDS 12.10 installation. Thanks.
Pravin, In this case *I* am Unix admin - this is my home PC with Linux-Mint-18 in a dual boot. And I was seeking advice from someone who may have done this already - who might know something about these libraries. I guess I will just steamroll my way into installation and hope for the best. If it fails, c'est la vie. But I suspect I have at least compatible libraries. The PAM stuff irks me, though it may not be completely necessary for my purposes. -- Jacob S.
With Fedora.latest I just linked the installed ncurses libraries to the requested ones and all was good Chees Paul -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of JACOB SALOMON Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 12:54 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: Packages in IDS 12.10 Developer Edition [38383] Pravin, In this case *I* am Unix admin - this is my home PC with Linux-Mint-18 in a dual boot. And I was seeking advice from someone who may have done this already - who might know something about these libraries. I guess I will just steamroll my way into installation and hope for the best. If it fails, c'est la vie. But I suspect I have at least compatible libraries. The PAM stuff irks me, though it may not be completely necessary for my purposes. -- Jacob S. **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
Thanks, Paul. That still leaves me with two questions, bot of the sort: To what shall I symlink? The pertain to both libncurces and libpam. In the case of libncurses, I have these .so libraries: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncrses.so.5.9 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/luibncursesw.so.5.9 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5.9 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 I presume I would set 2 symlinks in that same directory, /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, since this is a 64-bit installation, like thus: libncrses.so ->libncrses.so.5.9 luibncursesw.so -> luibncursesw.so.5.9 On the other hand, for PAM, I have these libraries: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpamc.so.0.82.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam_misc.so.0.82.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam.so.0.83.1 This may put me at a disadvantage, since the machine notes require pam-0.99. I don't find such a version number available in Synaptic so perhaps I need to get a new repository. Or will I be OK with what I have? This ain't gonna be a massive multi-user server. Suggestions? I might just go head and give it a shot but again, seeking advice from someone who's been there. Paul, thanks much for starting me off on this path. -- Jacob S.
Never had pam issues - just ncurses, the library it requested was older than installed version so I just created a link from the actual version to the version it was complaining about and it just worked Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of JACOB SALOMON Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 2:24 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: Packages in IDS 12.10 Developer Edition [38389] Thanks, Paul. That still leaves me with two questions, bot of the sort: To what shall I symlink? The pertain to both libncurces and libpam. In the case of libncurses, I have these .so libraries: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncrses.so.5.9 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/luibncursesw.so.5.9 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5.9 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 I presume I would set 2 symlinks in that same directory, /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, since this is a 64-bit installation, like thus: libncrses.so ->libncrses.so.5.9 luibncursesw.so -> luibncursesw.so.5.9 On the other hand, for PAM, I have these libraries: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpamc.so.0.82.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam_misc.so.0.82.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpam.so.0.83.1 This may put me at a disadvantage, since the machine notes require pam-0.99. I don't find such a version number available in Synaptic so perhaps I need to get a new repository. Or will I be OK with what I have? This ain't gonna be a massive multi-user server. Suggestions? I might just go head and give it a shot but again, seeking advice from someone who's been there. Paul, thanks much for starting me off on this path. -- Jacob S. **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.