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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: HELP !!! : X won't work
Message-ID: <8525@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 23:24:53 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.080310.20042@uniwa.uwa.oz> <1991Jun21.203846.27305@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>You have all libX*.a, libX*.os files in /usr/lib but you haven't convert
>to shared libraies yet.

Well, you meant "libX*.so files"; the ".so" files *are* shared
libraries, and he *did* have them.

>To convert them into shared libraries, type "ranlib filename".

	auspex% ranlib /usr/lib/libc.so.1.3
	not an archive: /usr/lib/libc.so.1.3

Try again.  Running "ranlib" on a shared library produces only the above
completely justified complaint from "ranlib"; "ranlib" only does things
to archive, i.e. UNshared, libraries.  It doesn't do anything to shared
libraries, and isn't necessary to "convert" anything to a shared
library.