On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Vijay Lakshmi wrote:
> hi,
> when i try to install sify_bband-3.0-0.i586.rpm in linux the error that it
> shows is:
> error:Failed dependencies:
> libcrypto.so.0.9.7 is neededby sify_bband-3.0-0.i586
> libssl.so.0.9.7 is needed by sify_bband-3.0-0.i586
> what can i do?
> thanks,
> vijaylakshmi
>
Hi Vijaylakshmi:
Thanks for sending in the sify_bband-3.0-0.i586.rpm
Here are the details of the work i did on the file to understand
and resolve the dependencies.
# rpm -qpl sify_bband-3.0-0.i586.rpm
/usr/.SifyBband
/usr/.SifyBband/background.png
/usr/.SifyBband/icon.png
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/sifyconnect
/usr/bin/sifyd
Using the rpm2tar command, i created a sify_bband-3.0-0.i586.tar file.
I used this approach to extract the contents while preserving the
tree layout.
Next, i ran dependency check on 'sifyd'.
# ldd sifyd
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7f66000)
libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb7f38000)
libssl.so.0.9.7 => not found
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7e08000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f9b000)
libcrypto.so.0.9.7 => not found
# ldd sifyconnect
shows a lot of dependencies on g* libraries for the gui part.
the RPM file has dependency on openssl-0.9.7. However, today on most
of the current distros openssl-0.9.8g is shipped.
running '/usr/bin/strace' on sifyconnect shows the following lines
among others.
...
./sifyd: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.7: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory
waitpid(19200, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 127}], 0) = 19200
...
The Sify guys have not made an updated release in a long time !
So, one of the possible approach is to "compile" a "suitable" version
of openssl-0.9.7
1. decide on a suitable version of openSSL to download from openssl.org
even for 0.9.7 we got 'a' to 'n' releases.
2. decide on a version of compiler that is potentially close to the
time, when sifybb binary were released and also can compile the
openssl library.
Since, i'm on Gentoo 2008.0 R1 system,
. i decided to download openssl-0.9.7m which was released in the
early months of year 2007
. i 'slot'ed an installation of gcc-3.3.6 and enabled it.
gcc-4.x is unable to compile openssl-0.9.7m
. i compiled the openssl library and created the required libraries
ie. libcrypto.so.0.9.7* libssl.so.0.9.7*
The good news is that the libraries got compiled successfully and the
dependency symbols for sifyconnect and sifyd are resolved correctly.
I tried running the sify client and diagnostics checks show this result.
202.144.65.70:8090 SYN_SENT
# netstat -tu
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 1 10.10.10.4:58359 sam.sifybroadband.:8090 SYN_SENT
Perhaps sam here stands for 'Sify Access Manager" as evidenced from
the errors it gave on my system.
CRITICAL::Unable to connect to Sify Access Manager. NO ROUTE to Host!
However, you won't see this error as your system is part of the Sify LAN.
As far as i see, this approach should work for Sify Linux subscribers !
--
Here is the information to help you get started.
1. download sifybb.tar.gz from
http://www.twincling.org/twincling/downloads/sifybb.tar.gz
2. extract the archive (use the command line)
tar zxvf sifybb.tar.gz
3. Goto the directory sifybb
execute the steps specified in README file.
With a little thoughtfulness and perseverance, you should be able to
get the Sify connection going.
thanks
Saifi.
