CentOS - Aug 2015 - Centos 6.5 install, missing libraries: where did I go wrong?

Hello everyone,

I had a CentOS 6.5 CD for a clean install, and I did a desktop install. 
Then I did a yum update to bring it up to 6.7. So far, so good.

I run a bunch of scientific programs that use C++ compilers and libraries. 
But, the programs were failing becaause in /usr/lib, the libraries simply 
weren't there. The directory was fairly sparsely populated with about 10 
directories of libraries for specific programs. But otherwise, things that 
are in /usr/lib on a Centos 5 server, such as:

libkate.so.1.2.1
libkdb5.a
libkdb5.so
libkdb5.so.4

are indeed there. These are just 4 library examples. I assume I did 
something wrong in the installation to keep the lib*.so.* files from 
installing into /usr/lib. What do I need to do next time to keep that from 
happening? Anyone have any ideas?

Gilbert

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                    ********
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On Saturday 15 August 2015 06:59:36 Gilbert Sebenste
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I had a CentOS 6.5 CD for a clean install, and I did a desktop
>  install. Then I did a yum update to bring it up to 6.7. So far, so
>  good.
> 
> I run a bunch of scientific programs that use C++ compilers and
>  libraries. But, the programs were failing becaause in /usr/lib,
>  the libraries simply weren't there. The directory was fairly
>  sparsely populated with about 10 directories of libraries for
>  specific programs. But otherwise, things that are in /usr/lib on a
>  Centos 5 server, such as:
> 
> libkate.so.1.2.1
> libkdb5.a
> libkdb5.so
> libkdb5.so.4
> 
> are indeed there. These are just 4 library examples. I assume I did
> something wrong in the installation to keep the lib*.so.* files
>  from installing into /usr/lib. What do I need to do next time to
>  keep that from happening? Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Gilbert
> 
Assuming this was a 64bit install the libraries are in /usr/lib64 not 
/usr/lib.

Tony
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> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015 09:57:46 +0100
> From: Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie>
>
> On Saturday 15 August 2015 06:59:36 Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I had a CentOS 6.5 CD for a clean install, and I did a desktop
>>  install. Then I did a yum update to bring it up to 6.7. So far,
>>  so good.
>> 
>> I run a bunch of scientific programs that use C++ compilers and
>>  libraries. But, the programs were failing becaause in /usr/lib,
>>  the libraries simply weren't there. The directory was fairly
>>  sparsely populated with about 10 directories of libraries for
>>  specific programs. But otherwise, things that are in /usr/lib on
>>  a Centos 5 server, such as:
>> 
>> libkate.so.1.2.1
>> libkdb5.a
>> libkdb5.so
>> libkdb5.so.4
>> 
>> are indeed there. These are just 4 library examples. I assume I
>> did something wrong in the installation to keep the lib*.so.*
>> files from installing into /usr/lib. What do I need to do next
>>  time to keep that from happening? Anyone have any ideas?
>> 
>> Gilbert
>> 
> 
> Assuming this was a 64bit install the libraries are in /usr/lib64
> not  /usr/lib.
> 
> Tony
The default install doesn't necessarily include all the libraries
that you might need, but you have the option to add (and subtract)
packages during that process.

Now that you're past that point, you can use "yum whatprovides" to
find the .rpms that include the needed libraries. You'll want to
make certain that you install the 32 vs 64 bit versions as needed.