This happens because xforms installation puts libforms.so.0.89 file
inside /usr/X11/lib folder and LyX searches this file in /lib folder. To
solve this problem just try it:
ln /usr/X11/lib/libforms.so.0.89 /lib/libforms.so.0.89
Good Luck,
Murilo Juchem
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Palfalvi Richard wrote:
>
> Hi out there!
>
> I have installed a new Linux-System on my computer (SUSE-7.0).
>
> With the older system before,
>
> starting and working with lyx-1.1.4fix3 was no problem, I wrote my whole
> thesis (160 pages, lots of graphics, ...) with it.
>
> Now on the new system I installed again (with Yast1) this lyx-version,
> but I cannot start it anymore now.
>
> When I start lyx on a console-window I get the following error-message:
>
> "lyx: error in loading shared libraries: libforms.so.0.89: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory"
>
> Can somebody tell me what I have to do? It is quite urgent because I
> should now do some final work and correction on my thesis-file and than
> print it to have it accepted by my Professor and my University.
>
> thx a lot in advance for your help,
> yours, Richard:-)
