Thread: Development waiting for PR1.2, anyone else?
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fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2010-04-21 , 19:28
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#15
Originally Posted by Venemo View Post
About the Windows metaphor:
No, it's more like having 2 versions of the same .dll file, and referencing the right version.

So, I'd like to have the original version which comes from Maemo 5, and I'd like to install the other one for the apps I install from the Debian repo.

Is it possible?
Yes, but you'd have to compile from sources and install to your home directory; not the system directory.

The apps that you want to use the different version of libraries you will have to either pass the right flags or environment variable such as the LD_LIBRARY_PATH... or recompile the software yourself using the alternative library path.

You won't be able to point-clicky install software from debian and software from meego and have both software use different versions of libraries... use easy debian for that.

ETA: As for the windows thing, you can't have the same filename in the same directory at the same time regardless of versions. So you'd have to name the dll two different things and the app would have to be written calling that name of dll.
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