X11 environment question

[Stefan Farestam]

   This question doesn't really belong here, but since I don't have
   access to news I give it a try. So here goes:

      We're trying to put up X-windows locally on some sun-stations
   (should be a piece of cake, and yes it should have been done years
   ago). The problem is that due to lack of ccoperation from the
   system-administrator, we're forced to put the distribution on the
   account of a user. The distribution was compiled without the shared
   library option. The problem is that if the bin and lib directories
   are not put in the path, then each program can only be run from the
   directory it's compiled in. If the bin and lib directories are puth
   in the path, then xinit still has to be started from the directory
   that it's compiled in, but afterwards it's ok. This is true for the
   user who compiled the package. However if one logs in as another user
   then after xinit is started (from the directory it's compiled in).
   xterm can only be started from the directory it's compiled in.
   Otherwise the machine complains about not finding some libraries.
   One gets an error in the style:
      ld.so: libXaw.so.4: not found

      Could anyone clue me in as to what is going on ?

      Thanks,
             Stefan Farestam



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