--- Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> --- "R." <r.lambert_at_ulg.ac.be> wrote:
>
> > > It looks like you need to get the "libcurl.so" RPM package from your
> > > "download" page. Maybe it is under the name of "curl-7.16.4-2-devel". As
> > > long as you get the libcurl.so that is compiled and linked from "
> > > curl-7.16.4-2" source code (I guess it is the naming convention from
> > > OpenSuSE distro) then put it into "/usr/lib", the problem may be solved.
> > >
> > > Somehow one thing I am curious to ask, OpenSuSE is using its own software
> > > repository to manage all packages. You need to use "Software Management(?)"
> > > option in your YaST2 tool to install and/or remove the software in your
> > > system. So I am wondering which the "download" page you mean?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your answer.
> >
> > The last version of cURL available in the software manager of OpenSUSE is
> > curl-7.15.5-23 and this is the version installed now. The package manager of
> > OpenSUSE does not show me the latest version of cURL since this package is
> > not included in the "packages respositories" I'm using...
> > If somebody knows a package respository for OpenSUSE 10.2 i586 which includes
> > the latest versions of cURL packages, I would be very happy to know it and
> > add it to my list of respositories, in order to install this package with the
> > OpenSUSE's Package Manager...
> >
> > By "download page", I was talking about the download page on the cURL official
> > website : http://curl.haxx.se/download.html...
> >
> > Thank you once more :-)
> >
> > R.
> >
>
> Beginning from curl-7.16.0 some internal interfaces changed, and unfortunately there
> are other targets/packages/libraries (vorbis-tools -> ecasound, maybe some more) which
> depend on curl's internal interfaces, which they shouldn't.
>
> So, that's probably why SUSE does not want to upgrade 'curl'.
>
> If you are interested, I can quickly add curl-7.16.4-2 to my AppsFromScratch
> and you'll be able to build and install it locally, not changing anything in your
> system, not even using 'root' permissions.
>
> I'm now working on SUSE 10.2, so there is a very high chance it'll just work for you.
>
> Regards,
> Sergei.
>
>
>
>
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I have just sent the tarball to R.Lambert.

Regards,
  Sergei.

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Received on 2007-08-18