After installing XEmacs, and ran it in terminal-mode, I got this error:
$ xemacs -nw<br /> xemacs: /usr/lib/libdb-4.5.so: no version information available (required by xemacs)
The XEmacs works fine despite producing that error message. However, I want to get rid of it. Who or what do you turn to when you have problem with computer in general? Google search is your friend.
Here is the possible cause of the above problem. XEmacs require the newer version of lbdb-4.5 than the one installed on my Debian Lenny. At the time of this writing, the version of libdb4.5 on Lenny is 4.5.20-1. To fix this problem, you need to download the Sid version (4.5.20-9) and install it manually:
$ wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/db4.5/libdb4.5_4.5.20-9_i386.deb<br /> $ sudo dpkg -i libdb4.5_4.5.20-9_i386.deb<br /> (Reading database ... 152904 files and directories currently installed.)<br /> Preparing to replace libdb4.5 4.5.20-1 (using libdb4.5_4.5.20-9_i386.deb) ...<br /> Unpacking replacement libdb4.5 ...<br /> Setting up libdb4.5 (4.5.20-9) ...
Now let’s try to run XEmacs again:
$ xemacs -nw
Voilla, no more annoying libdb-4.5.so no version information available message. Notice that you probably wouldn’t have this problem if you run Debian Sid.
Source: Meller777’s Weblog