gaim

ericb · 03-05-2007, 10:42 AM

i tried installing gaim 2.0.0 beta 6 and now when i try to start gaim i just get this

[eric@vector~]$ gaim
gaim: error while loading shared libraries: libgaim.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i looked for the libgaim.so.0 and i found it in /usr/local/bin so i'm assuming it somehow got in the wrong spot or something, can anybody help me out?

ericb · 03-05-2007, 11:40 AM

anyone? i'm desperate.

reddazz · 03-06-2007, 03:30 AM

Uninstall gaim and then reinstall it in /usr i.e. when you run the configure script do

Code:

$./configure --prefix=/usr

You should leave at least 24 hours before bumping your thread. LQ members live in different time zones, so patience is a virtue. And please don't post things that maybe offensive to others if you really want to get help. I have cleaned up your post.

ericb · 03-06-2007, 08:57 AM

sorry broseph thanks for the help

nightheir · 03-13-2007, 06:44 PM

I'm new to Linux, and I had this same problem, I tried to do what reddazz suggested but it didn't work for me. Since this was the top link when I searched I figured I should add what I did that helped me.

I made a symbolic link (I had to be root to do it). Then everything worked fine (so far).

Code:

ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgaim.so.0 /usr/lib/libgaim.so.0