SOLVED: unable to launch app due to "cannot open shared object file"

[Tom Poe]

Tony Nelson wrote:
> At 8:01 PM -0500 5/19/07, Tom Poe wrote:
>   
>> Tony Nelson wrote:
>>     
>>> At 5:02 PM -0700 5/19/07, stan wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:56:56 -0500
>>>> Tom Poe <tompoe at fngi.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> $ openmovieeditor: error while loading shared libraries:
>>>>> libgavl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>>>>> directory
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]+  Exit 127                openmovieeditor
>>>>>
>>>>> I then ran:
>>>>> $ locate libgavl.so
>>>>> /home/tom/temp/gavl-0.2.5/gavl/.libs/libgavl.so
>>>>> /home/tom/temp/gavl-0.2.5/gavl/.libs/libgavl.so.0
>>>>> /home/tom/temp/gavl-0.2.5/gavl/.libs/libgavl.so.0.0.0
>>>>> /usr/local/lib/libgavl.so
>>>>> /usr/local/lib/libgavl.so.0
>>>>> /usr/local/lib/libgavl.so.0.0.0
>>>>>
>>>>> I then brought up /etc/ld.so.conf and added
>>>>> "include /usr/local/lib/", then I ran command: ldconfig
>>>>> but no go.  Any solutions?
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> This might be a long shot, but I'm thinking that it is a dependency
>>>> that libgavi.so.0 needs that is causing the problem.  i.e. it is trying
>>>> to call another library and it isn't there.  Not sure how you would
>>>> verify that, unless it is in the logs somewhere, or you install the
>>>> libgavi-devel package so you can then run gdb on the process to find
>>>> out where it is failing.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> My own guess is that libgavl's home in /usr/local/lib/ is not in the
>>> default library search path in /etc/ld.so.conf and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/.
>>> ldconfig -p | grep '/usr/local' will probably be empty.  Google around a
>>> bit before making too much of this; I've never done it myself.
>>>
>>>       
>> Well, everyone was helpful.  Turned out that when I ran "echo
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH" it was empty.  I added /usr/local/lib by typing (I
>> think):  ]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib and then:
>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>
>> That should do it, at least until I have to shut down and boot up again.  :)
>> Tom
>>     
>
> Google on "linux library search path" to find out why LD_LIBRARY_PATH isn't
> such a good idea.
>   
I'm afraid to look.  :)
What's a better alternative?
Tom
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