libapenal0a vs. libopenal0a vs. libopenal1a

[jonlowe]

I am trying to install in Ubuntu 9.04. The instructions say to install libapenal0a. There is no such package. I assume you meant libopenal0a. That no longer exists in the 9.04 repositories as it has been replaced by libopenal1a. However, it appears aerofly is hard coded to use libopenal0a, and errors out saying that package is not installed. I do have libopenal1a installed.

Here is what I get when I try to run aerofly:

jonlowe@eeepc:~/aerofly$ ./aerofly
./aerofly: error while loading shared libraries: libopenal.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Can you recompile aerofly using libopenal1a and provide a link to it please?
Thanks.

Jon

[kamereon]

you can create a symlink named libopenal.so.0 pointing to a file named libopenal.so.1.4.272 (the filename might be slightly different on your system).
I actually have two symlinks like this on my system. One is in /usr/lib and the other is in /usr/lib32. I' m not sure which one does the trick, but it works.

[jonlowe]

you can create a symlink named libopenal.so.0 pointing to a file named libopenal.so.1.4.272 (the filename might be slightly different on your system).
I actually have two symlinks like this on my system. One is in /usr/lib and the other is in /usr/lib32. I' m not sure which one does the trick, but it works.

I looked up symbolic links, and I know how to create one, but where do I do it? Can you give me the code example?

Thanks!

[kamereon]

I usually type "gksudo nautilus" in a Terminal-Window.

Then I navigate to /usr/lib and search for libopenal.

Rightklick on libopenal.so.1.4.272 and select "create link" <-- something like this. my system isn't english so I'm not sure about the actual words.

Rename the new link to libopenal.so.0

If this doesn't work, do the same thing in /usr/lib32