Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Steven, > > >>> OK, great :) The /usr/local variants should always be before the /usr >>> variants in $PATH, but depending on the distribution and/or the user, >>> it might not actually be the case. >>> >> Suse 10.0 in my case >> > > I just installed Suse 10.0 on one of my systems yesterday, and I do > have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin as expected. Maybe you have some > custom configuration on your own account. > Not that I know of. Given I'm still very much a rookie when it comes to Linux, its most likely that the problem existed behind my keyboard. > That being said, there still is a problem when you have the same > library installed under /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, regardless of > $PATH. > Looking in /usr/lib I notice only one library: libsensors.a (which is from Sept 12th/05 ... marking it as being from v2.9.1) Looking in /usr/local/lib reveals 4 files (all of which dated Jan 9th/06): libsensors.a libsensors.so ... which is a link to libsensors.so.3 libsensors.so.3 .... which is a link to libsensors.so.3.0.9 libsensors.so.3.0.9 Should I just copy the libsensors.a and libsensors.so.3.0.9 into /usr/lib ? Any potential for error if the the wrong library is being read? Thanks, Steven
