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Solve : Most of the shared libraries or their links are missing?

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I have been working on my FreeBSD computer for LIKE 3 days now. Shared libraries keeps being missing. I'm out of idea. I'd tell you that I have FreeBSD 7.4, generic kernel.Sorry, I can not help. As for me, I would just START over again

Here is some materiel for reference.
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
Top Ten Distributions
An overview of today's top distributions (UNIX like)
You might consider another variant of BSD. Or even Linux. The above link mentions five BSD distros.

Of course you know that BSD is not Linux. The link below is for others reading this thread.
The FreeBSD Project

I chose BSD because it is FLEXIBLE. Sorry, but I need it.Understood. The version of FreeBSD you have was done in 2011.
There is now a  a RELEASE of version 9.1 that was supposed to be OK.
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/announce.html
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FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE Announcement

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the stable/9 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 9.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights:

    New Intel GPU driver with GEM/KMS support
    netmap(4) fast userspace packet I/O framework
    ZFS improvements from illumos project
    CAM Target Layer, a disk and processor device emulation subsystem
    Optional new C++11 stack including LLVM libc++ and libcxxrt
...
Have you thought about a new install of version 9.1 ?

YES, I did, and I also experienced system breakage by doing so.
So, may I ask how I should do a safe upgrade?Here is my preference. But I no longer believe conserving drive space is a priority. Getting something to work is more important to me, even if it takes twice the space on the bHDD.
I would:
Use the partition manager to open up some space on the hard drive.
Install the full new version of the free space. The boot manager should put options for both systems in the boot menu.
Do some testing on the new system. If nit looks good, migrate some important stuff over to the new install.
Upgrades on BSD and Linux can be harder than  it should be. And look at Microsoft. With Windows®,  they don't even try for a smooth upgrade anymore. The best they offer is to save your data and some bookmarks and stuff. Likewise upgrades in UNIX like systems is no more easy. Expect to install your apps over again.I screwed up my BSD by trying to upgrade it, and I just wiped out the whole drive and start anew, without packages inatalled like that with no dependency checks. Thanks for the hint, everything works great!


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