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   Message 1,838 of 2,690   
   Martin Foster to Alan Ianson   
   Golded for Linux   
   31 Jul 21 14:12:00   
   
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   Hello Alan!   
      
   *** Saturday 31.07.21 at 05:45, Alan Ianson wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    >>> Sure, I have a recent golded that runs on linux. If you are having   
    >>> trouble running golded on linux I would try a fresh install.   
    >>> https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus   
    >> I've downloaded the 64-Bit tarball from there and installed it but I can't   
    >> get it to run on my new Manjaro system.   
      
    AI> That can be a problem with pre-compiled programs on linux.   
      
   Yep, sure can.   
      
    >> First attempt, it complained about missing ncurses5 libs, so I installed   
    >> ncurses5-compat-libs from the Manjaro AUR repo.   
    >> Second attempt, it compalined about this:   
    >> golded: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.0.19991023' not found   
    >> (required by golded).   
      
    AI> You probably don't need the -compat ncurses. On Slackware I build with   
    AI> ncurses-6.2_20201219 and golded builds fine.   
      
   Yeah, that's correct .....   
   ---------- 8< ----------   
   [martin@sgc ~]$ ldd /usr/bin/gedlnx   
   linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffeb7bbc000)   
   libncursesw.so.6 => /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007fed69760000) <<===   
   libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fed69548000)   
   libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fed69400000)   
   libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fed693e0000)   
   libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fed69210000)   
   /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 => /usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2     
   (0x00007fed699b8000)   
   [martin@sgc ~]$   
   ---------- 8< ----------   
      
    >> What now?   
      
    AI> Did you grab fresh sources from github? If not grab them from the above   
    AI> URL and let us know if the problem persists.   
      
   Yes, I grabbed the source and it compiled without errors and my shiny new     
   copy of 'gedlnx' runs as sweet as a nut :))   
      
   Thanks for your help.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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