On Friday 04 November 2005 11:13 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> David wrote:
> > I have tried to install and run Jpilot and Kpilot on 2006.
> > Both give an error ----
> > jpilot: error while loading shared libraries: libpisock.so.8: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > kpilot: error while loading shared libraries: libpisock.so.8: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > libpisock.so.8 is in
> > lib/opengroupware.org/system/Libraries/ix86/linux-gnu
> >
> > Having no other idea as what to do -- I tried to copy it to usr/bin and
> > both Jpilot and Kpilot worked. However, either coincidentally or actually
> > -- Kontact, Evolution, all menu items relative to email disappeared. This
> > happened twice but I can't be 100% certain that I didn't do something
> > else that might have been part of the problem. (I reinstalled 2006,
> > twice).
> >
> > So I am somewhat gun shy to try coping the file again and don't know if I
> > remotely did the right thing or not.
> >
> > Any ideas or comments to point me in the right direction.
> >
> > DBW
>
> First of all, /usr/bin is the wrong place to copy the files. Shared
> libraries should always be in ether the /lib, /usr/lib, or
> /usr/local/lib directory tree. I would have expected to find it in
> /usr/lib - that is where is is in 2005LE. I am sure this is where the
> programs expected to find it.
>
> The library file itself can be else ware, but I would expect a symlink
> in /usr/lib called libpisock.so.8 pointing to the real file. (These
> symlinks are normally managed by ldconfig.)
>
> One thing you could try id to run ldconfig as root, and let it update
> its information. I don't know if it will help, but it will not hurt. It
> will take a while to run.
>
> Mikkel
Run ldconfig took about 3 seconds and still had the problem.
Took a deep breath and copied the files to /usr/lib as you said and jpilot
works and my email didn't disappear.
Thanks Mikkel, I appreciate the help.
DBW
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