[lug] pspell API - "can't find aspell module"

[D. Stimits]

"Michael J. Hammel" wrote:
> 
> Thus spoke D. Stimits
> > I haven't used pspell, though I have it installed. Do you have the
> > aspell rpm or package, which is a separate package?
> 
> Yes.  Aspell is installed correctly.  Both it and Gaspell work just fine.
> 
> A little more digging through the pspell source after I sent my message to
> this list turned up what I think the problem is:  pspell doesn't like to
> run with a libtool version that isn't the same as the one it was compiled
> with.  It's possible the pspell libs I loaded (either from the KRUD disk or
> from RedHat/Ximian) isn't compatible with the libtool that is also
> installed.  I can test this theory by installing pspell my self under
> /usr/local and using the version of libtool it installs there.  If so, then
> pspell is not portable enough to use as a generic interface to spell
> checkers, and I'll end up using aspell/ispell via a pipe in my program.
> 
> I get the feeling the compatibility issue is the root of the problem.
> After all, pspell is at version 0.12.2.  :-)

If you know the version that the lib should be named, you can use a
symbolic link from the library you think will work and make it look like
that file name (run ldconfig after the sym link is added).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> --
> Michael J. Hammel                               The Graphics Muse
> mjhammel at graphics-muse.org                      http://www.graphics-muse.com
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> It's hard to believe that he beat 1,000,000 other sperm to the egg.
> -- From a real employee performance evaluation.
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug