On Thu Oct 31 2002 at 10:57, Tony Nugent wrote:
> On Wed Oct 30 2002 at 16:02, Charles Griffin wrote:
>
> > --- Tony Gloster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > First let me state that I am fairly new to Linux. I recently
> > > tried to install a game for my kids to play when they log on to
> > > this box. The package installer is telling me that I need
> > > libGLcore.so.1 . I was under the impression that when you chose
> > > an "everything" install, everything gets installed. What do I
> > > need to make sure I have in order to resolve this dependency.
> > >
> > > Please help.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > TG
> > >
> > This sounds like a 3d video driver issue. What kind
> > of video card do you have and have you installed the
> > necessary drivers for it?
>
> If he has an "everything" install, then the library is there.
>
> Have a look in /etc/XF86Config and check the Modules section, you
> should have in there:
>
> Load GLcore
>
> If this is missing, then adding it (and restarting the X server)
> should do the trick.
>
> If not, then I'll be suprised (something else is misconfigured).
Oops, there's more to this issue than I first thought :)
The XFree86 package provides
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extenstions/GLcore.a
which is the module I was referring to above.
Nowever, /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 is something that is provided by
the NVIDIA_GLX package (and probably some other third-party
xfree86 drivers).
It seems to me that the binary rpm for the game was build on a box
that had this library installed, and as a result one of its
dependencies is this particular library.
It may be possible to install the game with "rpm -ivh --nodeps" and
it will work anyway.
If not, then I would suggest that you get the .src.rpm for that
package, then use "rpmbuild -rebuild" to regenerate useable binary
packages that can successfully installed.
If the box does have an nvidia video card, then I would suggest that
the linux nvidia .src.rpm packages (from nvidia's web site) be
rebuilt and installed - after which the game will install no
problem. (Beware, if you do this, follow the install instructions
very carefully, especially noting the changes that are required to
the /etc/X11/XF86Config file).
Cheers
Tony
