libperl.so: cannot open shared object file

degraffenried13 · 12-11-2004, 08:47 AM

I seem to be able to mess up my linux more and more lately.

The newest one is when I try to run vi, i get:

error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

I searched for the file and it is where is should be:

/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so

I searched to find the rpm to re-install it, but couldn't. What might have caused this to not be found. It was working jsut a little while ago. If I need to re-install either vi or libperl.so, where should I look.

Thanks for the help

slackie1000 · 12-11-2004, 12:17 PM

hi there,

did you install something new? there is something wrong with your libraries.
i have no idea how it works with red hat, but in slackware should work like that:
check if this directory (the one in your error message) is in the file

Code:

 /etc/ld.so.conf

if not, and i suppose is not, insert it and run ldconfig again.
as root, type

Code:

ldconfig

hope it helps..

regards

slackie1000