Please help: cannot find libgmodule.so but it's there

mchao · 02-14-2002, 11:00 PM

Hi. I'm trying to install Gnu Aol Instant Messenger (GAIM). When I make the binary I get the following error:

gcc: /usr/lib/libgmodule.so: No such file or directory
gcc: /usr/lib/libglib.so: No such file or directory

BUT when I look in those exact same directories, /usr/lib, the two files are there.

I have set that path in /etc/ld.so.conf and have subsequently ran ./sbin/ldconfig but it still gives me the same errors.

Please help me. If you can give me a step by step approach that would be great.

Thanks a lot.

Mike =D

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2002, 07:50 AM

chances are you've just got blah.so.1 or such like, make sure that the exact filename is there, use a link to it if it's not.

neo77777 · 02-15-2002, 08:01 AM

On my RH7.2 box these are the symsilnks to the libraries libgmodule.2.so and libglib.2.so, hence they are not actual libraries, see if they are symlinks and point to the real libriries, make sure these files exist.

mchao · 02-15-2002, 08:37 AM

How do I find out if these are symlinks and what actual libraries they point to. And would I have to do it for each individual library?

Thank you so much.

Mike.

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2002, 08:59 AM

ls -l /usr/lib/libgmodule.so will show where it goes to

or just

file /usr/lib/blahhhhhhhhh

shows a bunch of specifc data

mchao · 02-15-2002, 04:29 PM

Acid,

I ran ls -l /usr/lib/libgmod* and got the following:

/usr/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0 ->libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10
/usrl/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.1.0
/usr/lib/libtgmodule.a
/uar/lib/libgmodule.la
/usr/lib/libgmodule.so -> libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.9

Does this mean anything to you? (ie do the -> represent symlinks?)

Where do I go from here?

Thank you very much.

Mike.

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2002, 04:38 PM

well i'd guess at sme point you must've upgraded something wonkily (?) the last line was flashing read no?

ln -sf /usr/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10 /usr/lib/libgmodule.so

s = symbolic
f = force (as the file name already exists)

see.. those files aren't there are they...? actaully i guess it you're not using ls colors, you wouldn't know maybe...

mchao · 02-15-2002, 04:45 PM

Yes the last line was flashing red -- how did you know? Can you tell me what the arrow (->) means?

Thanks. I will try to execute the command and let you know what happens. Am I basically linking to the current version of libmodule.so?

Mike.

mchao · 02-15-2002, 05:03 PM

Acid. I did the same thing for libglib.so (ie made the correct symlink). But now I get a different error when I compile Gaim:

'glib-config --version' returned 1.2.9 but GLIB (1.2.10) was found! If glib-config was correct, then it is best to remove the old version of GLIB. You may also be able to fix the error by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or by edition /etc/ld.so.conf.

Help!!

Mike

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2002, 05:03 PM

well, you should be able to guess that flashing red things are gnereally dangerous... it's pointing to a file that doesn't exist, presumably from an upgrade or something. yeah the -> is a link

mchao · 02-15-2002, 05:33 PM

Acid. Sorry for bothering you but did you get my last post?

Thanks.

Mike.

acid_kewpie · 02-15-2002, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mchao
Acid. Sorry for bothering you but did you get my last post?

Thanks.

Mike.

no i didn't, gues i posted same time you did. well, you prolly need the 1.2.10 version of the glib-devel rpm, as you seem to have 1.2.9 installed. check with rpm -qa | grep glib

right, i'm going to bed.

mchao · 02-15-2002, 09:06 PM

Acid. Okay, now when I ./configure Gaim I get the following error:

checking for gtk-config... /usr/local/bin/gtk-config
checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.5... no
*** Could not fun GTK test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log .......

I'm very tired and frustrated. What do I do now?

Thanks.

Mike

acid_kewpie · 02-16-2002, 02:35 AM

is there any reson you don't just install the rpm?

you've persumably not got gtk+-devel installed.

when you get errors like that the configure.log file will contain detailed errors of what went wrong. when you lok at that it shoulf say that gtk-config wasn't found. when you get missing file errors, always go to rpmfind.net and search to see where the file comes from.