Re: octave-2.1.49 not finding libs

[Geraint Paul Bevan]

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Sam Halliday wrote:
| hi there,
|
| using GNU/Linux form Scratch, i upgraded from octave-2.1.44 to
octave-2.1.49 and
| now octave does not start up:
|
| octave: error while loading shared libraries: liboctinterp.so: cannot open
| shared object file: No such file or directory
|
| the file does exist however in /usr/lib/octave
|
| i went back to version 2.1.44 to see if i had messed up the compile,
but by
| using the exact same command line options in installing both versions,
2.1.44
| works whereas 2.1.49 breaks.
|
| i compiled with gcc-3.2.3
|
| ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-dl
- --libexecdir=/usr/lib
|
| i cannot even fix this by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH. this is really
weird. has
| anyone else experienced this?
|
| cheers,
| Sam
| PS: please CC responses to me

Just guessing here, but is the file /usr/lib/octave/liboctinterp.so an
actual shared object, or a symbolic link to another file
(liboctinterp.so.2.1.49). Assuming it is a link, it is possible for the
file to exist even if its target doesn't, so does the target exist?

If the target does exist, is it a proper shared object? (you can check
with the 'file' command).

If it does exist and is a shared object, I've no idea why
LD_LIBRARY_PATH wouldn't work, but you could perhaps try running
ldconfig on the directory manually to see if any errors are reported.

- --
Geraint Bevan

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