swiprolog.rc file does not exist, causes pce problems

[Gustavo Carneiro]

Binary package hint: swi-prolog

See http://objectmix.com/prolog/183672-swi-xpce-ubuntu-dapper.html:

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 Default Re: SWI XPCE on Ubuntu Dapper?
On 2007-01-26, G. H. Hardy <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Installed SWI-Prolog and
> SWI-Prolo-XPCE from Ubuntu repos but doing
>
> use_module(library(pce)). gives
>
> ERROR: source_sink `library(pce)' does not exist
>
> and of course none of my hard working swi/xpce apps will work. Bummer.
>
> Does anyone know what the resolution is?

Some of these intallations rename the pl executable. SWI-Prolog however
loads a system init file called <basename>.rc in the Prolog home dir
(typically /usr/lib/pl-<version>). After renaming pl this file needs to
be renamed accordingly. And, of course, you need to be running X11 ...
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This problem is still present in gutsy and hardy. The proposed solution seems to work.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.