Hello,

I have updated my slackeare machine to slackware-current through swaret. Now I cannot run firefox. I downloaded firefox and re-installed it but it doesn't help. Whenever I try to run firefox I get an error

./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libcairo.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.


I have looked for "libcairo.so.2" but it doesn't exist anywhere on my system. I have also looked for this library on another system on which firefox works and not as up to date but it hasn't got that library either.

do the following (as root):

It is part of the 'cairo' package that has been added to the l/ diskset on Feb 9.

Thanks,

Installing cairo resolved the problem

KMcD,

i was searching the site becuase i was havening the same issue, your responce worked and has saved many a hair on my head. i thank you!

you're welcome