[SOLVED] How do you fix broken libraries?

NightSky · 12-17-2007, 10:46 PM

Is there a way to refresh libraries if they are showing up as broken?

Simon Bridge · 12-17-2007, 10:53 PM

How do you mean "broken"?

If the library files are corrupt, you reinstall them.

seandon4 · 12-21-2007, 11:00 AM

If you are referring to libraries you compiled installed yourself, I typically like to install the libraries into /usr folder (./configure --prefix=/usr). Then other configure scripts pickup on the library by default. Maybe doesn't have to be done that way, but just my 2 cents.

MannyNix · 12-21-2007, 05:26 PM

If you have a broken glibc here's Robby Workman's excellent glibc-recovery
Probably some good tips for you

Alien_Hominid · 12-22-2007, 12:16 AM

How do they show as broken? You might be talking about symlinks.

NightSky · 01-04-2008, 07:25 PM

Alien, symlinks are they grey little icons with 2 black chain links? lolol Been removing and reinstalling cups and printers when I came across these little grey boxes with 2 black links:"libBrokenLocale.so.1 and libBrokenLocale-2.5.so"
Running xfce, slackware12 no network yet. Don't know if this is related but I noticed I have /home/usr directory and File system a duplicate in /home . Note this is my system steup:

/dev/hde5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hde4 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hde1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hde2 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hde6 /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hde7 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Thanks

multios · 01-04-2008, 07:49 PM

Perhaps reinstall glibc-2.5-i486-4 and/or glibc-solibs-2.5-i486-4 ?

oops, sorry, read you posting incorrectly

NightSky · 01-04-2008, 10:21 PM

What are these libraries function and what are they related to?

"libBrokenLocale.so.1 and libBrokenLocale-2.5.so"

I did google them and found:

#!/bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Slackware Linux, Inc ...
bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Slackware Linux, Inc. .... ln -sf libBrokenLocale-2.5.so libBrokenLocale.so.1 ) ( cd lib ; rm -rf ld-linux.so.2 ) ( cd lib ...
darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackintosh/12.0/source/l/glibc/doinst.sh-glibc-solibs - 5k -

#!/bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Slackware Linux, Inc ...
File Format: Unrecognized - View as HTML
( cd lib ; ln -sf libBrokenLocale-2.5.so libBrokenLocale.so.1 ). ( cd lib ; rm -rf ld-linux.so.2 ). ( cd lib ; ln -sf ld-2.5.so ld-linux.so.2 ) ...
workaround.ch/pub/slackintosh/12.0/source/l/glibc/doinst.sh-glibc-solibs

I think they are scripts but I don't know how to use them? Thanks

evilDagmar · 01-05-2008, 01:07 AM

Perhaps if you were to grep the contents of /var/log/packages for the filenames you're confused about, you might learn something useful.

As to your original question, mainly, I don't just throw a lot of crap into my filesystem willy-nilly and expect things not to break--to wit, I don't install anything that I don't make into a package first.

Alien_Hominid · 01-05-2008, 01:27 AM

I remember that you tried to install your print driver as user from home directory, so it probably went to /home/usr.

Other thing about symlinks is that you can open a terminal, cd to the directory and type ls -al to check what are symlinks and where do they point (whether they are broken).

tobyl · 01-05-2008, 04:41 AM

I agree with Alien_Hominid. But I think it was not the print driver, it was the upgrade to xfce4.4.2. You did it as a user, and it must have created a filesystem in your home directory. You can check if this is what happened, you will find a /usr and /etc in your /home dir containing the files from the xfce4.4.2 package. (you can read what those files are by opening the file with that name in /var/log/packages (any text editor should work).

If you reinstalled this package as root, then the xfce files should be in the correct places as well, and you can just delete the directories mentioned from your home. I think you had better backup your data somewhere first though, this sort of thing can have unexpected consequences and you may end up having to do a complete Slack reinstall. (When I first started with linux I reinstalled several times because I kept breaking things) Anyhow you are learning...

tobyl

NightSky · 01-05-2008, 07:31 PM

No /usr or /etc in Main Home Dir or in /home/usr Dir. What I did find in the /hde4/home is usrname folder that is exact
duplicate of first /home/usrname directory but I did find an empty /Home/ftp and root protected Home/lost+found. How many lost and founds are there suposed to be? So I must have su root when I did installpkg.

Here is what I installed I thought successfully xfce4.4.2 rlw, Oo Slackbuild (no source code), src2pkg which I used to build 1 of the 4 need pixusCanon550i.tar.gz; the bjc one builded successfully and the filter and monitor pkgs failed to build because the build required I pass options I did not know howto, but I did use the -W option to cleanup build stuff.

Looked into /var/log/packages:found xfce4.4.2 rlw, openoffice. Both Oo and xfce are working. BTW slocatedb needs to be updated how do I update it? Also how would I reinstall the 2 broken libraries if that is all I have to do. tobyl, whould I just delete the /usrname folder in /dev/hde4/home? How would I clean up my system. Thanks

Alien_Hominid · 01-06-2008, 12:58 AM

updatedb - to update the db.
/home/ftp is for ftp deamon.
You need to check that none of the applications are installed into that folder,

NightSky · 01-06-2008, 01:30 AM

Alien Hominid, I tried to follow your suggestion not sure I did it right but the following are results:

Code:

bash-3.1$cd /lib

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    7056 2007-06-19 15:57 libBrokenLocale-2.5.so
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      22 2007-12-07 05:11 libBrokenLocale.so.1 -> libBrokenLocale-2.5.so

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      17 2007-12-07 05:05 libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.1
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    5744 2007-01-24 22:25 libcom_err.so.2.1

bash-3.1$pwd
Desktop Docs Downloads WebBuild  (This is from a teminal inside xfce desktop. Shouldn't it be /home/usrname?)

As far as, I can tell the good thing about the broken links is that they are localized but I don't understand what they are connected to.
The libcom error is related to the canon printer driver I tried to build, I recognize the ver 2.1 .

Thanks for your imput

Alien_Hominid · 01-06-2008, 04:54 AM

How did you get this output? It's totally wrong,

Code:

alien@UFO:~$ pwd
/home/alien

alien@UFO:~$ cd /lib
alien@UFO:/lib$

alien@UFO:/lib$ pwd
/lib

alien@UFO:/lib$ ls -l
total 12292
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      12 2006-03-16 21:51 cpp -> /usr/bin/cpp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    7680 2005-08-05 08:11 e2initrd_helper*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2005-09-04 20:57 firmware/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   99790 2005-09-11 01:05 ld-2.3.5.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  104536 2006-03-13 11:20 ld-2.3.6.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      11 2006-03-16 22:05 ld-linux.so.2 -> ld-2.3.6.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6862 2005-09-11 01:05 libBrokenLocale-2.3.5.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    6862 2006-03-13 11:20 libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      24 2006-03-16 22:05 libBrokenLocale.so.1 -> libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   15956 2006-03-13 11:20 libSegFault.so*
..........................................................................................................................

alien@UFO:/lib$ cat /var/log/packages/*| grep Broken
usr/share/evolution-data-server-1.4/zoneinfo/Australia/Broken_Hill.ics
lib/tls/incoming/libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so
lib/incoming/libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so
usr/lib/libBrokenLocale.a
usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/lib/libBrokenLocale_p.a
lib/tls/incoming/libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so
lib/incoming/libBrokenLocale-2.3.6.so
usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Broken_Hill
usr/share/jedit-4.3pre9/doc/api/org/gjt/sp/jedit/EditPlugin.Broken.html
usr/share/jedit-4.3pre9/doc/api/org/gjt/sp/jedit/class-use/EditPlugin.Broken.html
usr/lib/jre1.5.0_06/lib/zi/Australia/Broken_Hill
opt/kde/share/apps/libical/zoneinfo/Australia/Broken_Hill.ics
scummvm: non-SCUMM games, currently these are Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken

Broken symlinks are shown as red, working as green.

You can see that I have BrokenLocale installed. It comes from glibc package. If you're missing it, I doubt that you could compile anything.