I have a software that does not fire up after installation and gives this error:

/software/vmd-1.9.2beta1/localinstall/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

My linux version is:

-sh-4.1$ uname -a
Linux protein.x.com 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 16 01:56:35 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I used yum to find where to find libGLU.so.1

-sh-4.1$ yum whatprovides libGLU.so.1
mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6Server-x86_64-base_os
Matched from:
Other : libGLU.so.1

I then tried to install mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.i686 using yum.

sudo yum install mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.i686

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: libX11-1.5.0-4.el6.i686 (rhel-6Server-x86_64-updates)
Requires: libX11-common = 1.5.0-4.el6
Installed: libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.el6.noarch (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201409260744.x86_64/6.6)
libX11-common = 1.6.0-2.2.el6

I then use rpm -q to check for libX11-common

-sh-4.1$ rpm -q libX11-common
libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.el6.noarch

So I have libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.el6.noarch installed but mesa wants libX11-1.5.0-4.el6.i686.

I tried to remove libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.el6.noarch but many other libX11 libs seems to depend on it.

-sh-4.1$ sudo rpm -e libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.el6.noarch
error: Failed dependencies:
libX11-common = 1.6.0-2.2.el6 is needed by (installed) libX11-1.6.0-2.2.el6.x86_64

I also got the rpm mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686.rpm and tried to install w/o success.

-sh-4.1$ sudo rpm -i mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686.rpm
[sudo] password for xx:
warning: mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID c105b9de: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
libGL.so.1 is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686
libgcc_s.so.1 is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686
libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686
libstdc++.so.6 is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686
libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3) is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686
libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4) is needed by mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686


At this point I am stuck. Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you,
M

Rather than using the command you did try
yum provides "*/libGLU.so.1"

The above is suggested syntax as it makes it look for any packager that ends in the file name for which you're searching.

When I did that on my RHEL6 system it gave me many more hits than you got. (See below.) I notice what you installed was an i686 package which is 32 bit. In the below there are also x86_64 packages which are 64 bit.

Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
rhel-6-server-eus-rpms/filelists_db | 19 MB 01:00
rhel-6-server-rpms/filelists_db | 19 MB 00:33
rhel-server-dts-6-rpms/filelists_db | 126 kB 00:00
rhel-server-dts2-6-rpms/filelists_db | 425 kB 00:00
mesa-libGLU-10.1.2-2.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.8.el6_4.3.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-5.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.7-2.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.8.el6_4.3.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.10-1.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.10-1.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6_5.2.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.7.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.1.2-2.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6_5.2.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-5.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.7-2.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.7.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-eus-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-5.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.1.2-2.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.10-1.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.8.el6_4.3.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-5.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.7.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.7-2.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.10-1.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.8.el6_4.3.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.7-2.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.1.2-2.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.0-0.7.el6.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6_5.2.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.4.3-1.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-7.11-3.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-9.2-0.5.el6_5.2.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : rhel-6-server-rpms
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1



mesa-libGLU-10.1.2-2.el6.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1

that is not the command you use

if one is unsure of the correct name do a search

that will return a few things
then install
you DO NOT include all the other stuff

Gents,


I solved it using your comments. Thank you so much!

-sh-4.1$ sudo yum search GLU
...
glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 : GlusterFS rdma support for ib-verbs
mesa-libGLU.i686 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
mesa-libGLU.x86_64 : Mesa libGLU runtime library
mesa-libGLU-devel.i686 : Mesa libGLU development package
...
-sh-4.1$ sudo yum install mesa-libGLU.x86_64
...
Transaction Summary
==================================================================================================== ====================
Install 7 Package(s)

Total download size: 16 M
Installed size: 54 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
...
Installed:
mesa-libGLU.x86_64 0:9.2-0.5.el6_5.2

Dependency Installed:
libXxf86vm.x86_64 0:1.1.2-2.el6 mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64 0:9.2-0.5.el6_5.2
mesa-dri-filesystem.x86_64 0:9.2-0.5.el6_5.2 mesa-dri1-drivers.x86_64 0:7.11-8.el6
mesa-libGL.x86_64 0:9.2-0.5.el6_5.2 mesa-private-llvm.x86_64 0:3.3-0.3.rc3.el6

Complete!
-sh-4.1$ ls /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1
/usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1