Error running gmake

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 11:59 AM

Hi
I installed gmake on a freebsd machine. but when I run gmake, I get the error

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libc.so.6" not found, required by "gmake"

I can see that libc.so.6 is under /usr/compat/linux/lib. I put /usr/compat/linux/lib in the path. I even created a link under /libexec to libc.so.6. but I still get this error. What needs to be done?

thanks

chort · 01-02-2007, 12:11 PM

I could be wrong, but if it's a library shouldn't it be added to /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun ldconfig? The file ld.so.conf and command ldconfig might be in the compat linux tree somewhere. <-- wild guess.

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 12:19 PM

^ oh! Sorry, I did not know that. Thanks. I am looking up the man page for ldconfig. Thanks again!

raskin · 01-02-2007, 12:21 PM

Try
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH":/usr/compat/linux/lib
before running gmake. Or add /usr/compat/linux/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf (or how is it called in FreeBSD?) and run ldconfig.

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 12:32 PM

Well, there is no file called /etc/ld.so.conf.

Am I supposed to create a new file?

raskin · 01-02-2007, 12:50 PM

Does ldconfig manual page mention any file with similar name? If yes, you are supposed to edit mentioned file, or use LD_LIBRARY_PATH solution.

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raskin

Does ldconfig manual page mention any file with similar name? If yes, you are supposed to edit mentioned file, or use LD_LIBRARY_PATH solution.

There are several scripts that run gmake and I dont want to add a LD_LIBRARY_PATH to everyone of them. lets keep that as the last resort.

As suggested by chort, I found the file under /usr/compat/linux/etc. I have created a new one under /etc and added /usr/compat/linux/lib to it.
How do I "run ldconfig"? I just issued ldconfig at the prompt but nothing happened. I am still getting a error when I run gmake but a different one ...

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3: Undefined symbol "__mb_cur_max"

BTW, my /etc/ld.so.conf file looks like this. Is this right?

/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/local/lib
/usr/compat/linux/lib

taylor_venable · 01-02-2007, 01:51 PM

/usr/compat is for binary compatibility, which isn't necessary for gmake because it should be compiled natively for FreeBSD (if you built it through Ports or from source). For info on what dynamic libraries are required for a binary, use the ldd command:

Code:

[ taylor @ zeltennia ] : ~ > ldd /usr/local/bin/gmake
/usr/local/bin/gmake:
        libintl.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.6 (0x28096000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x280a0000)
        libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x28186000)
[ taylor @ zeltennia ] : ~ > ls /lib | grep libc
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   932840 Jun 23 18:31:01 2006 libc.so.6

Basically, I don't think this should have anything to do with Linux compatibility. What does your ldd output look like? What (specifically) kind of error messages are you getting?

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 02:01 PM

I get this for ldd

ldd /usr/local/bin/gmake
/usr/local/bin/gmake:
libintl.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.6 (0x28097000)
libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x280a0000)
libc.so.6 => not found (0x0)

taylor_venable · 01-02-2007, 04:18 PM

What's the output of `ldconfig -r`? Also, check to see what's in /lib (because libc.so.6 should be in there). I guess I should also ask (1) exactly what version of FreeBSD are you using, and (2) how did you install gmake?

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 05:06 PM

ldconfig -r | grep libc.so.6
25:-lc.6 => /lib/libc.so.6
it seems to show that the libc.so.6 exists under /lib but there was no such file. So, I copied libc.so.6 and ld-linux.so.2 to /lib from /usr/compat/linux/lib.

Now, gmake gives a different error
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3: Undefined symbol "__mb_cur_max"

I am using freebsd version 5.5

I installed a gmake package gmake-3.81_1.tbz

frob23 · 01-02-2007, 05:47 PM

You can't use Linux libraries with FreeBSD binaries.

How did you install the package? Did you use any flags? Did you get any errors/warnings?

emperor_black · 01-02-2007, 05:57 PM

^ well, I went to the freebsd website and searched for gmake in their ports collection. It listed the gmake port. I downloaded the package and used pkg_add -v to add it. It also needed two other packages which I also installed gettext-0.14.5_2 and libiconv-1.9.2_2. Maybe the required packages are causing the problem? The error is saying something about libiconv...

frob23 · 01-02-2007, 06:22 PM

Was the package you downloaded for 5.5?

Why not remove those three packages (with pkg_delete) and then do

"pkg_add -r -v gmake"

Which will automatically fetch the right version with depends and install them. It rarely gets things wrong and is a lot easier than downloading them manually.

emperor_black · 01-03-2007, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frob23

Was the package you downloaded for 5.5?

Why not remove those three packages (with pkg_delete) and then do

"pkg_add -r -v gmake"

Which will automatically fetch the right version with depends and install them. It rarely gets things wrong and is a lot easier than downloading them manually.

I did exactly like you suggested and now it works!

Thanks a million !!!