firefox: error while loading shared libraries: libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
 

I tried to install firefox-4 in my local home because the default browser is mozilla2.0 which is pretty old. I do not have admin/root access

Got error message as below:
error while loading shared libraries: libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file

Can I install firefox4 without problem and without root access?

How can you not have root access to your own machine? If anything you could run it in single user mode to recovery your password. And what distro are you using?

As far as your problem, yes, you should be able to, but if your system is asking for dependencies, you most likely need to install them as root. Thus, why I asked what distro you are using.

Josh

distro redhat EL 2.6.9-89.ELsmp

I dont have root access because i just an ordinary user.

I try to have firefox works. The one i have is pretty old.
is there a way to install libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 into my local and i export the PATH to that folder. Could I??

Old : So is your Fedora 3 based OS = RHEL 4.x.

All the dependencies are available in the evolution28* packages.
To make things easier, I once packed up all required evolution28 files +
libdbus-glib files into one package = x48-evolution28-libs-1-2.i386.rpm
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B7S25...CJ6BvckN&hl=en

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ux-es4-737680/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...lation-752608/

Firefox 3.0.19 should be the most stable for EL 4. Example :
http://olex.openlogic.com/packages/f...ge_detail_tabs

3.6.16: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/mozilla.o...3.6.16.tar.bz2

Firefox can be started with :
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/evolution28/lib && firefox
(Or add export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/evolution28/lib
to the firefox start script, line 52.)

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thank you.. I will try it up :)

i have download the x48-evolution28-libs-1-2.i386.rpm from the given link
BUT i cannot rpm -ivh it bcos i do not have permission to access to /usr/ though

i have notice there is libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 in the /usr/evolution28/lib64/

i execute this:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/evolution28/lib64 && firefox
export: Command not found

i use tcsh shell

'export' is a bash "function". For tcsh probably : setenv
https://www.ccs.uky.edu/docs/cluster/env.html

Another thing : If you have an only 64bits OS, none of the libraries
or any standard firefox I pointed to, can be used.


Installing firefox (( ? missing libraries?)), no root access is required:
It can all have location in /home/<user>/<folder>/
You can as well setenv to /home/name/<...>/ as to /usr/evolution28/lib64.

The 64bits firefox for EL4
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.9/...tos.x86_64.rpm
Pack it out and : 'setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/evolution28/lib64 && ./firefox'

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it is rpm file, which needs root access..
i will google to download 64bit firefox

No "root" is required to unpack to /home/<name>.

This will do : 'rpm2cpio <package.rpm> | cpio -idmv'

Or use 'sh unPack_rpm.sh <package.rpm>'
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4&d=1296126229

Then you can copy the libraries to e.g. /home/<name>/lib/ and point to that path.

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#usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox (type this in the terminal since it install into /home/myname/.usr

/usr/lib64/libssl3.so: version `NSS_3.12.6' not found (required by usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/libxul.so)
/usr/lib64/libnss3.so: version `NSS_3.12.3' not found (required by usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/libxul.so)

it appears another problem.

nss-3.12.<?>.el4_8.x86_64 : Both versions cannot be installed,
as they both provide : /usr/lib64/libnss3.so , etc. lib<name>3.so.


nss-3.12.6-2.el4_8.x86_64.rpm is here
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.9/...4_8.x86_64.rpm

@home/username/

rpm2cpio nss-3.12.6-2.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
./etc/pki/nssdb
./etc/pki/nssdb/cert8.db
./etc/pki/nssdb/key3.db
./etc/pki/nssdb/secmod.db
./usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so
./usr/lib64/libnss3.so
./usr/lib64/libnssckbi.so
./usr/lib64/libnssutil3.so
./usr/lib64/libsmime3.so
./usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so
./usr/lib64/libssl3.so
./usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools
./usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/shlibsign
6109 blocks

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/my_username/usr/lib64/* && firefox/firefox
setenv: Syntax Error.

echo $SHELL
/bin/tcsh

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/usr/lib64/* && /home/username/usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox
setenv: Syntax Error

OK, it should be csh syntax :

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/username/usr/lib64

( No `=` like for bash )

You can use Google to read about it : Keyword = setenv ld_library_path linux