fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Hello all, > > Today I installed Latex (texlive). Doing this installed > new versions of libpng and libjpeg, and this broke emacs, > xv and gnuplot (and maybe others I haven't discovered yet). > > I was able to make xv work again by removing and re-installing > it. This didn't help for emacs, but adding a symbolic link in > /usr/lib (to the wrong library !!!) made it work again. > But I've been unable to get gnuplot working again, and > this is one of my most essential tools. > > So what's the Arch way to solve this ? > > I find it extremely strange that updating a library > removes the original - never seen this on any other > distro. Nor is there any need to do this. > > > Ciao, Arch is a rolling distro, so it doesn't keep older versions of libraries (except in special cases such as Qt3 and Qt4). The Arch way would be updating your system running 'pacman -Syu' and getting the new version of these packages. Also, check if the mirrors you're using are up to date.
