Re: libX11.so.6 in a chroot

Hi Thomas:
Thanks a lot for LD_PRELOAD. It works fine for remote visualization at a
cluster with GPUs

francesco

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Thomas Lamprecht <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 09/26/2017 06:43 PM, Francesco Pietra wrote:
>
>> How to make available system-wide (to a program for remote visualization
>> on which I have no command, as it is provided as a binary file) a previous
>> version of libX11.so.6 in a chroot? Specifically, I mean making available
>> that library of debian8 to the installed debian9. Clearly, the said binary
>> does not recognize the new library.
>>
>>
> Can't you just use LD_PRELOAD? e.g.:
>
> # LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/your/library.so /bin/ls
>
> For more information see: man 8 ld.so
>
> Else just copy all libraries and binaries to the chroot - may also just do
> this with a link - and replace the one desired.
>
> cheers,
> Thomas
>
>