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fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory

Hi!
I have solaris 10 and installed screen (screen-4.0.2-sol10-sparc-local.gz). I didn´t get any problem during the installation

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Installation of <SMCscreen> was successful

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but when I try to start screen, I get the error

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$ screen
ld.so.1: screen-4.0.2: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed

the file is there to be found:

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/opt/csw/lib/sparcv9/libncurses.so.5
/opt/csw/lib/libncurses.so.5

what should I do to solve this problem?

you probably dont have the permission to access it.
try becoming root and test it.

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Originally Posted by w3bd3vil

you probably dont have the permission to access it.
try becoming root and test it.

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sudo screen
ld.so.1: screen-4.0.2: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed

it doesn´t change anything.

Post the results of these commands (run with bash or ksh):

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type screen

sudo /opt/csw/bin/screen

ldd /opt/csw/bin/screen

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Originally Posted by jlliagre

Post the results of these commands (run with bash or ksh):

Code:

type screen

sudo /opt/csw/bin/screen

ldd /opt/csw/bin/screen

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bash-3.00$ type screen
screen is /usr/local/bin/screen
bash-3.00$ sudo /opt/csw/bin/screen
sudo: /opt/csw/bin/screen: command not found
bash-3.00$ ldd /opt/csw/bin/screen
ldd: /opt/csw/bin/screen: cannot open file: No such file or directory

ok, it looks like a few things are at the trong place:

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bash-3.00$ ldd /usr/local/bin/screen
libncurses.so.5 => (file not found)
libelf.so.1 => /usr/lib/libelf.so.1
libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
libkstat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libkstat.so.1
libcrypt_i.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcrypt_i.so.1
libsec.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsec.so.1
libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1
libmp.so.2 => /lib/libmp.so.2
libmd5.so.1 => /lib/libmd5.so.1
libscf.so.1 => /lib/libscf.so.1
libgen.so.1 => /lib/libgen.so.1
libdoor.so.1 => /lib/libdoor.so.1
libuutil.so.1 => /lib/libuutil.so.1
libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/lib/libc_psr.so.1
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/lib/libmd5_psr.so.1

should screen be installed under

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/opt/csw/bin

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what am I supposed to do: make screen look in the right directory? have libncurses.so.5 under /usr/local/bin/? or reinstall screen in /opt/csw/bin ?
Thanks for helping.

You have to either install ncurses from sunfreeware, or install screen from blastwave.

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Originally Posted by jlliagre

You have to either install ncurses from sunfreeware, or install screen from blastwave.

I installed ncurses and it works now! Thanks a lot!

screen-4.0.2: fatal: libncurses.so.5: open failed:

Regarding the "screen" issue. I copied the libncurses.so.5 files to /lib/ and all worked well with Solaris-10 08/2007

It works for you but it's a hack. It shouldn't be promoted as a reliable solution because curses based programs may be broken after you patch or update your system.