Firestarter problem on SuSE 9.0

Quintero · 03-15-2005, 12:37 PM

Hi can someone please help..

i've posted on another forum but still no answer..
i try installind firestarter using an rpm package but it sends the following error when i try to execute it "libpopt.so.0" not found...

any help will be appreciated..thanks

abisko00 · 03-15-2005, 12:56 PM

Try to install the package popt.

Quintero · 03-15-2005, 07:02 PM

Hi thanks for the tip..

but it's allready installed

Capt_Caveman · 03-15-2005, 10:23 PM

Are you using a rpm buiilt for SuSE? If not, try one of the SuSE 9.X versions here (do a search for firestarter):
http://rpm.pbone.net/

If that still doesn't work, try compiling it from source.

abisko00 · 03-16-2005, 03:03 AM

OK, another try: according to pin (package information, a very useful command), the package shlibs5 contains libpopt.so.0

Quintero · 03-17-2005, 10:35 AM

ok..I'll try doing both things, but first i'm going to start over on everything (reinstalling SuSE) and all the packages because i think i have a mess. anyway i'll get back to you probably tomorrow.

and again thaks too all of you for your help.

abisko00 · 03-17-2005, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Quintero
ok..I'll try doing both things, but first i'm going to start over on everything (reinstalling SuSE) and all the packages because i think i have a mess. anyway i'll get back to you probably tomorrow.

Come on, don't give up so fast. Linux is not Windows that needs to be re-installed every 2nd reboot

Quintero · 03-17-2005, 03:52 PM

thanks for cheering me up!!!!!!

i've tryed what Capt_Caveman told me, it did'nt work, and i tryed what you told me.. but it didn't work either. it is still asking me for libpopt.so.0

any other suggestions...

p.d. i didn't reinstall SuSE, I won't give up that easy thanks

abisko00 · 03-18-2005, 03:45 AM

Have you checked if the library is present on your system? If a library of a similar version is installed, it sometimes helps to apply a dirty fix: create a symlink to the present file and name it libpopt.so.0

Quintero · 03-29-2005, 11:02 AM

Hi again abisko00 yes i've checked and the library is no in my system...
i'm going to try installing it with an " *.src.rpm " package.

Quintero · 03-29-2005, 02:04 PM

ok i found the libpopt.so.0 in my system which is the library that it is asking me for. but i don't know where to redirect it to?

abisko00 · 03-30-2005, 02:45 AM

I just informed myself a little about firestarter. What I can see on their homepage is that version 1.0.3 requires gnome 2.6 or higher. I am not sure which version is available for SUSE 9.0, but maybe it helps if you use another version. An alternative is compiling from source (then you have influence on the location of the libraries).

Quintero · 03-31-2005, 09:08 PM

Thanks for your help everybody, it was great, i've got firestarter up and running...
see you people next time....

abisko00 · 04-01-2005, 02:18 AM

Maybe you could briefly describe what caused the trouble and how you finally solved it. It would help others with the same problem.