Re: Gnuplot doesn't work with octave 3.0 on UBUNTU

[Thomas Weber]

Am Mittwoch, den 22.10.2008, 02:51 +0200 schrieb Dorian:
> That file libpcre.so.0  should not be there, 
> it is probably leftover from a feisty or gutsy --> hardy 
> upgrade. 

It's pretty unlikely that libpcre.so.0 was _ever_ part of an Ubuntu
release. pcre3 was introduced in Debian in 2000.

> sudo rm /usr/local/lib/libpcre.*

You know, you should apply the cluebat mentioned earlier to yourself
every time you issue a "rm" command as root[1]. That will sensitize you
to do it rarely. "mv" to a backup is a far superior approach: if
everything worked out, you can still delete these backup files.

If there are libpcre packages in the above directory, chances are they
are used by other software (PCRE is a much used library, used by KDE for
example). Removing them will break your system, _badly_. Add to that
packages that install stuff under /usr/local, and you might even break
packaged software.


[1] That's not specific to you: "rm" as root is dangerous.

        Thomas