Questions tagged [library]
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Do I have to restart after a library update on Linux?
Yesterday's CVE-2015-7547 lead me to the question whether I have to restart all applications and services linked to glibc after installing the glibc update?
Or more generally, in terms of security, is it advised to restart all applications or…
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Bob
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Is there a point in using Prelink anymore?
Over the years using various linux boxes, I've gotten into the habbit of using prelink ritually to accelerate load times of applications.
However, the benefits of running prelink are negated every time a package is reinstalled, as it, all its…
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Kent Fredric
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Multi-Architectures and Their Binaries
Why is there a /usr/lib and a /usr/lib32 directory but only a /usr/bin and no /usr/bin32 directory on a AMD64 64-bit-install of Ubuntu? If or when Debian/Ubuntu start supporting multi-target-architecture binaries in their ELF's will this directory…
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Nordlöw
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Do I have to recompile php to enable GD Library?
I have a GD library on my server installed and 'enabled' but under the Configure Command in php.info it says
"--without-gd"
Is there a way to enable it through root or do I have to recompile?
EDIT: This is what it shows below under "GD"
GD…
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Matt Nathanson
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Multi-tape Backup Script
Bear with me, this is my first post on any kind of Stack Exchange type of website. I’m working on creating a backup server to store the data from my storage server onto multiple tapes in my tape library. I am still learning Linux, so I need help /…
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Andrew K.
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Unable to install on a Centos 6 the library "libsrtp"
I try to install on a Centos 6 the library "libsrtp" but it expects the below libraries already present under these paths /lib64 and /usr/lib64.
could you please tell me how can I resolve this problem ?
error: Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6 is…
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Fabio_M
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Can statically linked binary require shared libraries?
I have a binary here that is apparently statically linked:
$ file wkhtmltopdf-amd64
wkhtmltopdf-amd64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux),
statically linked, stripped
$ ldd wkhtmltopdf-amd64
not a dynamic…
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Nils Toedtmann
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Need to install libstdc++-5 on ubuntu 9.10
I'm running ubuntu 9.10 which has gcc4 (libstdc++6) installed, and I need to install a program that requires libstdc++5 that comes with gcc3. I don't see gcc-3 listed when I run "apt-cache search" so:
Is it necessary to install gcc-3 to achieve…
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xain
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Recommended Tape Library Backup software
I recently "inherited" a Tape Library (Powevault 136T / Scalar 100). and I was asking for some advise on the backup software to manage the Library.
My goal is to be able to manage backups of all my servers (linux and Windows) and also backup VIP´s…
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D4.
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Turning an IBM lto6 sas HH drive from library to standalone, how?
new here.
I have been using a stand alone lto6 hh drive (ibm ts2260/3580 h6s) for two years. Just recently I bumped into an almost new ibm ts2900 autoloader with an hh lto6 drive in it and bought it.
Since I dont need a library or autoloader, I want…
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satantango
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Manjaro: App appears to be unable to find library, but it is there
I am trying to launch a commercial app on my up to date Manjaro system. Apparently it is missing a library that this app needs (libtinfo.so.5). So I "installed" that library but I keep getting the same error.
The errors I get are all of this…
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bvz
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libxml2 on CentOS 5.9
I'm having problems with a CentOS 5.9 web server running php sites. Apparently libxml2 2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2 has a known bug, but there doesn't seem like they've put the newer release into the repo's, as you can't update it using yum.
I searched a…
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user167772
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Compile pHash on Centos + PHP extension
I'm trying to compile pHash 0.9.5 on Centos 6.3 x86_64
Here is the detail of the steps I've followed:
$ yum install unzip
$ wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cimg/CImg-1.5.4.zip
$ unzip CImg-1.5.4.zip
$
$ wget…
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maxwell2022
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What is a good asset management software to track offline components?
We are currently using Nagios to monitor all of our servers, network devices (routers and switches), printers, and relevant services.
However, how do you monitor items that are not connected to the network?
For instance, we have a library of books…
ssxuser80
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Symantec Backup Exec 2010 not compressing data anymore
I am using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 in conjunction with an HP Storagewors 2024 tape library system. It used to compress the data well. As we are using 400/800gb tapes. For awhile now it is just going a 1:1 compression and is taking a lot of…
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jherlitz
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