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Old 06-13-2016, 08:09 AM   #1
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Must remove a created link, how from terminal?


Code:
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       25 Apr  8 11:52 libboost_system.so -> libboost_system.so.1.58.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       51 Jun 13 08:56 libboost_system.so.1.46.1 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.55.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       51 Jun 13 08:38 libboost_system.so.1.54.1 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       25 Apr  8 11:52 libboost_thread.so -> libboost_thread.so.1.58.0
I created two symlink and now many programs can not start.
I could not run GQRX, so following this, http://askubuntu.com/questions/59333...ared-libraries
Quote:
Create a symbolic link

If you have the file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.55.0

64-bit

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.55.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.46.1
Has totally messed up my system. I subbed 1.58 for 1.55 etc...
So now synaptic and nautilus dont run from terminal
Code:
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# synaptic
synaptic: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.58.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# nautilus
nautilus: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.58.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# gqrx
gqrx: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.58.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I got the symlink names by running this
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# ls -lR /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ | grep ^l
 
Old 06-13-2016, 08:25 AM   #2
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Code:
sudo rm -i <linkname>
but be sure to NOT remove the original file, just the link itself. You cannot restore deleted file(s) and also you may make your system unusable (in case you removed a system library)
 
Old 06-13-2016, 08:27 AM   #3
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Code:
sudo rm -i <linkname>
but be sure to NOT remove the original file, just the link itself. You cannot restore deleted file(s) and also you may make your system unusable (in case you removed a system library)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Jun 13 08:56 libboost_system.so.1.46.1 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.55.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Jun 13 08:38 libboost_system.so.1.54.1 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0

For these what would be the link name part?
 
Old 06-13-2016, 08:32 AM   #4
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root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# sudo rm -i /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.46.1
rm: remove symbolic link '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.46.1'? y
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# sudo rm -i /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.1
rm: remove symbolic link '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.1'? y
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott# nautilus
nautilus: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.58.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@scott-P5QC:/home/scott#
I think I managed to remove the links but programs are not starting

All I did was create those 2 links, AFAIK.
 
Old 06-13-2016, 08:34 AM   #5
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Quote:
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox/libmozgtk.so:
libboost_system.so.1.58.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.
scott@scott-P5QC:~$
firefox cant start either anymore
 
Old 06-13-2016, 08:49 AM   #6
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Please post output with:
Code:
ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so
ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0
 
Old 06-13-2016, 11:52 AM   #7
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I am really really stuck now.
I went away to work on the yard, came back and Ubuntu had turned off the monitor, like it always does.
But I could not wake it back up. So I had to force power off and on, then grub loads. Select Ubuntu and it loads for a while then flashes a console with clearing inodes and black-grey screen over and over and over.
Since I dual boot win7, I am posting from that OS now.

I figure libboost1.58 is deeply involved with many aspects of the linux os.

I think the easiest thing is reinstall the linux OS partition, unless you know of an easier way to repair this?

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Old 06-13-2016, 12:00 PM   #8
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http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
You know what?
Click the download link, and it does not tell you whether your getting 32 bit or 64 bit.
It just starts downloading 4gb of data.

Only way I see is do the bit torrent to select 32 or 64 bit, any ideas?

Ok, maybe this will work, but only 1.4gb??
http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/

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Old 06-13-2016, 01:01 PM   #9
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boost is a C++ libraries package, it's not involved in running your system at all...

You shutdown'ed your computer brutally so that's why it was checking filesystem on next boot.
Your ubunty install is probably still fine, just be patient and let it boot
 
Old 06-13-2016, 02:27 PM   #10
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boost is a C++ libraries package, it's not involved in running your system at all...

You shutdown'ed your computer brutally so that's why it was checking filesystem on next boot.
Your ubunty install is probably still fine, just be patient and let it boot
Never put it past Ubuntu to get C++ involved in booting. In a Ubuntu 16.04 VM, I just tried removing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0, and the machine refuses to boot. It does an fsck of the root filesystem a couple of times, then just sits there with a black screen.
 
Old 06-13-2016, 05:12 PM   #11
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I stand corrected
Wow I would never have thought that boost would be a mandatory component for a gnu/linux operating system

Wait.. Ubuntu boots in runlevel 4 by default? Maybe it has to do with the Xsession display manager (kdm, gdm)?

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Old 06-13-2016, 07:58 PM   #12
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I stand corrected
Wow I would never have thought that boost would be a mandatory component for a gnu/linux operating system

Wait.. Ubuntu boots in runlevel 4 by default? Maybe it has to do with the Xsession display manager (kdm, gdm)?
That's probably it. It took me a while to figure out how to get to a GRUB prompt in a VM (I had to type a character while holding down <SHIFT>), but once I did, I was able to boot in rescue mode and get to a root shell.

Trying to replace that missing file from that rescue environment is going to present a bit of a challenge, though.
 
Old 06-14-2016, 05:17 AM   #13
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I would try to boot in runlevel 3 from grub, then log in and hopefully find all is working but X
Then use whatever ubuntu package manager tool to reinstall that boost package
 
Old 06-14-2016, 06:30 AM   #14
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Hi, I reinstalled the OS.
The ubiquity installer partially failed, none of my previously installed packages could be reinstalled. That is a lot of messages to watch flash by as failed. I really thought it would boot a dead system.
Complaint was 'you have held broken packages'. So I walked away to let it finish complaining.

Came back, rebooted drive, and it loaded the OS ok, with none of my previously installed packages. So spent some time manually installing and that works.
I use gnome, so of course it boots unity.

The installer option of just reinstalling 16.04 and all my packages, which is what I chose. I have my users in a separate partition and it handled that ok.

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Old 06-14-2016, 06:36 AM   #15
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I ran the requested commands on my reinstalled os, and get this
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scott@scott-P5QC:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so
ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so': No such file or directory
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14496 Apr 8 11:54 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0
scott@scott-P5QC:~$
This whole troublesome mess came about because GQRX stopped working, complained of libboost error.

My next step is to try GQRX again and wonder what will happen.

This is the link, and how to do this.
http://gqrx.dk/download/install-ubuntu

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