Author Topic: Symlinking Lib Directories?  (Read 3314 times)

maytagman

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Symlinking Lib Directories?
« on: March 30, 2006, 11:10:42 am »
Hello, I've noticed that if I install elements on the /mnt/user partition, they often use that as the root to search for their library dependencies in, is there a way to symlink the two partitions' libraries so that no matter which I install on, they can find what they need?

Im sure plenty of other have this problem.

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2006, 11:14:36 am »
ipkg-link?

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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2006, 01:03:55 pm »
Seriously? lol...
I'll give it a try then >.>;

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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2006, 05:32:18 am »
ipkg-link (at least on OZ) is used to symlink files that are not installed to the root partition so that they appear to have been. This means that libs and hard-coded paths will work correctly.


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C750 OZ3.5.4 (GPE, 2.6.x kernel)
SL5500 OZ3.5.4 (Opie)
Nokia 770
Serial GPS, WCF-12, Socket Ethernet & BT, Ratoc USB
WinXP, Mandriva