FC6 libdnet.1 installed but not found

securitybreach · 12-14-2006, 05:57 PM

I am trying to install firewalk rpm from http://dries.studentenweb.org/rpm/packages...ewalk/info.html

The problem is yum says dependency libdnet.1 is not installed. I have libdnet.1 installed:

Code:

[root@DarkStar comhack]# whereis libdnet
libdnet: /usr/local/lib/libdnet.la /usr/local/lib/libdnet /usr/local/lib/libdnet.a /usr/local/lib/libdnet.1

I tried to usual: ldconfig and also rebooted but libdnet is not being found for some reason. Any ideals? I am trying to install a few packages that need this library. Yum shows it is installed:

Code:

libdnet  -1.10-4.fc6.i386
libdnet-devel - 1.10-4.fc6.i386
libdnet-progs - 1.10-4.fc6.i386

I do not understand why it does not see it.
Thanks

reddazz · 12-14-2006, 08:32 PM

What is the output of doing

Code:

#rpm -qa | grep -i libdnet

securitybreach · 12-14-2006, 08:48 PM

Thanks for the reply. Here it is:

Code:

[root@DarkStar FC6-pkgs]# rpm -qa | grep -i libdnet
libdnet-progs-1.10-4.fc6
libdnet-1.10-4.fc6
libdnet-devel-1.10-4.fc6

Thanks

reddazz · 12-14-2006, 08:55 PM

Well, it looks like libdnet is installed properly. Try installing the package using "rpm -Uvh --nodeps" works alright.

securitybreach · 12-14-2006, 08:57 PM

It installed but still not working:

Code:

[root@DarkStar FC6-pkgs]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps firewalk-5.0-1.2.fc6.rf.i386.rpm 
warning: firewalk-5.0-1.2.fc6.rf.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1aa78495
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:firewalk               ########################################### [100%]
[root@DarkStar FC6-pkgs]# firewalk
firewalk: error while loading shared libraries: libdnet.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Thanks

reddazz · 12-14-2006, 09:24 PM

I did a bit of googling and some users facing the same problem as yourself had to install libdnet into /usr/lib and not /usr/local/lib. You could just create symlinks instead of reinstalling.

unSpawn · 12-15-2006, 04:32 AM

Before creating symlinks you could try this for further diagnosis: 1) Dries lists 1.11-1.2 as the latest, if you look at the spec you'll see they contain the dynamic and static library, so you could try if an upgrade somehow "fixes" things. 2) what does "ldconfig -p|grep dnet" say? (If nothing, add /usr/local/lib to ld.so.conf and run "ldconfig".) 3) Does firewalk run if you force "env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libdnet.so firewalk"?

securitybreach · 12-15-2006, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

I did a bit of googling and some users facing the same problem as yourself had to install libdnet into /usr/lib and not /usr/local/lib. You could just create symlinks instead of reinstalling.

Thanks that helped but I still have to use the --nodeps when installing. Even with the system links there, yum still does not find it.

THanks

reddazz · 12-15-2006, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by securitybreach

Thanks that helped but I still have to use the --nodeps when installing. Even with the system links there, yum still does not find it.

THanks

YUM and rpm do not search the filesystem for libraries. They consult the rpm database which will not know about your symlinks.

securitybreach · 12-15-2006, 11:29 AM

Well I found a fix. Striker from All Things Linux helped me.

http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/in...9&#entry212349

Thanks