Need libraries that don't seem to be available through ubuntu!

[David Fox]

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Pete Clapham <pclapham at windstream.net> wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> I am trying to load a commercial application that evidently requires the
> following libraries:  libippj.so.5.3 and libsde91.so.  These don't seem to

A quick google search reveals that libippj is a support library for
jpeg functions. if that is freely available source, then obtaining the
source code for that and installing it under a local library path may
be your only option. In this case, the link I found is an Intel site,
and perhaps that is the first place to ask the question. The other
library mentioned is listed on an ESRI support pack (a few links down
from the top on a google search.)

I could have done a "google is your friend" but that's a kneejerk
reaction that only demonstrates that the responder isn't willing to
help you. But I mention it in passing because it's important to do a
little leg work first, and it's part of the process of being able to
help.

Karl may be right here too. Not because of the way he said it, but he
does have a point. The commercial app (and it's not exactly germane
what that app does or is) wants to link to specific libraries, and if
they want to do that successfully, they need to do one or both of the
following:

* Ensure that the application will work across variants of Linux,
specifically different distributions, when possible, much like the way
Google Earth does it (spefic libraries that are tested and known to
work, shipped with the application). Relying on the distribution to
provide support for something that on an initial glance seems to be a
non standard library, of course, isn't the Right Way (tm). Of course,
if libjpeg62 (which is the standard jpeg support library) isn't
providing essential functions, then just maybe it's something specific
that the app does that requires the special library.


* If the first issue is something the vendor can't commit to doing,
they're not worth the time, because they can't support their product.
So fixing it is their responsibility.

Of course I would be very courteous when asking for support, but I'd
at least raise the issue with the vendor first.


HTH




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