TayTay

Hello,
Hello,
I am new to linux and have been tasked to install some engineering apps on a RHEL 5 machine. I was installing ModelSim and just after the install began I got an error message stating that it was unable to locate or open a shared file named libXp.so.6
I had a co-worker suggest that I download and install an rpm. I downloaded and installed the rpm and ModelSim installed ok, however, when I went to intall MatLab R2008a I got the same message about the same file. I searched and found the file, libXp.so.6 that it was asking for so I know its there but everytime I try to install MatLab R2008a it says it cannot open the shared library file.

Can anyone help!

Rubberman

Where did you find the library file? There are a number of reasons why an application cannot find it.

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TayTay

After I installed the rpm I believe it showed up in the /usr/lib directory.

Rubberman

Is this a 32-bit or 64-bit system? Also, is matlab a 32-bit or 64-bit executable?

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TayTay

The system is a 64 bit. We are trying to install the 64 bit version of MatLab

TayTay

I had donwloaded and installed the 1386 rpm instead of the x86 which I have now done and the install works.

Thanks to all that replied.

Rubberman

Ok. Then the file in /usr/lib is the 32-bit version. You need to install the 64-bit version which would go into /usr/lib64. 64-bit Linux systems can run either 32-bit or 64-bit software. Where applications get their shared libraries (/usr/lib or /usr/lib64) depends upon whether they are 32-bit or 64-bit. So, you will see a lot of the same files by name in both /usr/lib and /usr/lib64, though they are not the same binaries.

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