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From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Fvwm and libXpm.so.4.2 ?
Date: 18 Aug 1995 00:23:09 +0100
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In article <DDGw1p.17F@midway.uchicago.edu>,
Matthew Edward Zaucha <mezaucha@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>     Hello. I have been attempting to use fvwm with X11R6 and v2.0.5R of
>FreeBSD, but come across an error message stating that I need  
>libXpm.so.4.2...I have looked through the faqs and manpages to no avail.
>Is there a way that I can create this library, or must I download it from
>an X11 site? Thanks very much in advance.

Download the xpm package from your local FreeBSD mirror site and install
it. Run ``ldconfig /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib'' to update
the hints file, and you should be ready to go.

Gary
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FreeBSD Core Member
E-Mail: Gary@Palmer.Demon.co.uk, gpalmer@FreeBSD.org