Re: How do I replace a system library with a newer version (compiled from source)?

Jef Driesen wrote:
Is it possible to replace a shared library (libexif) with my own version, compiled from source? When I go through the normal "./configure && make && make install" procedure, everything gets installed to /usr/lib/local. But the old version (in /usr/lib) remains on my system and all applications (like eog and gthumb) are still using the old version. In synaptic, I can't remove libexif, without removing those applications also. Is there a way to change that?

Presumably /usr/local/lib really?
You know the names of the files newly in /usr/local/lib?
Do they have exactly the same names in /usr/lib?
#for i in file1 file2 file3
#do
#mv -f $i /usr/lib
#done

or better, in install directory,

#make uninstall
#./configure --prefix=/usr
#make
#make install

HIH
C
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