2 lib versions on the same machine? How?

[d0mufasa]

Hello all,

Currently, I am trying to install Imagemagick 6.5 - but - there is a problem.

I am using opensuse 10.3 - and - according to the sites where downloads take place, the libraries needed for Imagemagick 6.5 are mostly associated with Opensuse 11.0.

The one mostly associated with Opensuse 10.3 is Imagemagick 6.3 - but - I have been told that this is insufficient and that it is necessary to go to Imagemagick 6.5.

Again, I have Opensuse 10.3

I have an Oracle installation that depends upon some libraries from Opensuse 10.3 - one of which is libconfig. But, Imagemagick 6.5 depends upon a higher libconfig version(?) or so I have been told.

Is there any way to place libraries associated with Opensuse 11.0 in a different place and have them be referenced by LIBPATH perhaps? I am deathly afraid of upgrading libraries on this machine.

Any help, hints or advice is greatly appreciated

TIA

[GNU-Fan]

Is there any way to place libraries associated with Opensuse 11.0 in a different place and have them be referenced by LIBPATH perhaps? I am deathly afraid of upgrading libraries on this machine.

Yes, there is the LD_LIBRARY_PATH shell variable. It tells the linker to look into this directory for shared libraries first.

[d0mufasa]

Thanks for responding

But, how can one tell rpm (when you do rpm -i) to place the library in a different place altogether?

Suppose I have

libname.3.4

on my system already and then do

rpm -i libname.7.8

Won't libname.7.8 wipe out libname.3.4?? If so, then is there a way to specify that libname 7.8 be installed elsewhere?