Kok, Auke wrote: > vishnumoorthi.bhat wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I was just wondering whether libssl is available in Moblin. >> When I launch my application from the terminal in the Moblin device, >> I get the following runtime error >> >> error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open >> shared object file: No such file or directory >> >> How do I go about this? >> Do I need to install libssl manually? If yes, how can I do that? >> I have tried "yum install libssl" etc but to no avail. > > libssl is installed by default on all Moblin installations. > > You are trying to start a non-Moblin application that appears to > require a very > specific version of openssl. Openssl versions change frequently and > are not always compatible. > > Which application are you trying to start? Where did you get this > application from? > > If the application is linked to a "wrong" version, but compatible > with the one > that moblin has, you can create a symlink to force your application > to use > moblin's version of libssl.sl: > > $ ln -s /lib/libssl.so.8 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8: > > This _may_ work.
yes, this has been a big problem with openssl, no concrete promise of ABI stability - at least until it goes 1.0. Some people recommend switching to an alternative SSL library (e.g. the Fedora project has been working on this for a while). _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
