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@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ programs try to link using -lcurses instead of -lncurses. This symlink
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ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para>
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ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para>
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<para><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so etc:</userinput> These
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<para><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so etc:</userinput> These
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-symlinks are created so the linker will use the dynamic versions of these
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-libraries instead of the static ones, which happens if the linker can't
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-find the dynamic versions.</para>
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+symlinks are created to tidy up the installation. It's good practise to
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+have the *.so files in /usr/lib as well as in /lib, to ensure that the
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+linker is always able to find the files whether it's looking in /lib or
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+/usr/lib.</para>
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