I'm having trouble finding why this library (matio) isn't working for me. In my Makefile I have this:
LIBS += -L/home/brian/.../matio-1.5.6/src/.libs/ -lmatio
When I attempt to run my code (links fine) I get this error:
error while loading shared libraries: libmatio.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libmatio.so.4 exists in the directory specified by the -L flag.
I built the library and it seems to go through make check with only a handful writing errors (which is fine as I only need it for reading).
Things I've tried:
Specifying the name (i.e. -l:libmatio.so.4.0.2)
Adding the path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Adding the path as a line in /etc/ld.so.conf and run sudo ldconfig
Adding a new file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d with the path and run sudo ldconfig
(When I run ldconfig -p | grep matio nothing returns. Am I doing something wrong with ldconfig?)
The error is actually telling you "no compatible library with that name exists in the library cache", not "no file with that filename exists on disk".
So, confusingly, this can happen when the shared object file is in the wrong format.
Ensure that it was built for the right platform by the right compiler! You can have a look with file and verify that the dynamic link is failing using ldd on your executable.
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There is a laptop on which I have no root privilege.
onto the machine I have a library installed using configure --prefix=$HOME/.usr .
after that, I got these files in ~/.usr/lib :
libXX.so.16.0.0
libXX.so.16
libXX.so
libXX.la
libXX.a
when I compile a program that invokes one of function provided by the library with this command :
gcc XXX.c -o xxx.out -L$HOME/.usr/lib -lXX
xxx.out was generated without warning, but when I run it error like this was thrown:
./xxx.out: error while loading shared libraries: libXX.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory , though libXX.so.16 resides there.
my clue-less assumption is that ~/.usr/lib wasn't searched when xxx.out is invoked.
but what can I do to specify path of .so , in order that xxx.out can look there for .so file?
An addition is when I feed -static to gcc, another error happens like this:
undefined reference to `function_proviced_by_the_very_librar'
It seems .so does not matter even though -L and -l are given to gcc.
what should I do to build a usable exe with that library?
For other people who has the same question as I did
I found a useful article at tldp about this.
It introduces static/shared/dynamic loaded library, as well as some example code to use them.
There are two ways to achieve that:
Use -rpath linker option:
gcc XXX.c -o xxx.out -L$HOME/.usr/lib -lXX -Wl,-rpath=/home/user/.usr/lib
Use LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable - put this line in your ~/.bashrc file:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/.usr/lib
This will work even for a pre-generated binaries, so you can for example download some packages from the debian.org, unpack the binaries and shared libraries into your home directory, and launch them without recompiling.
For a quick test, you can also do (in bash at least):
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/.usr/lib ./xxx.out
which has the advantage of not changing your library path for everything else.
Should it be LIBRARY_PATH instead of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
gcc checks for LIBRARY_PATH which can be seen with -v option
I am trying to write a simple application with GLFW on Linux. Right now the main file (the only file) is basically just a few lines of code to make sure the dynamic library linked correctly. Here it is:
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
glfwInit();
std::cout << "It works this far!" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
}
The include files are stored in a directory labelled "include" and the library files are stored in a directory labelled "lib". As of right now, I am compiling the program with the following line:
g++ -Wl,-Rlib -Iinclude -Llib test.cpp -o test -lglfw.3.2
It compiles and links just fine, but when I try to execute it, I get the following error:
./test: error while loading shared libraries: libglfw.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Now, before you rush to downvote this question into oblivion and mark it as a duplicate, at least allow me to explain why I believe my question is different enough to not be a duplicate. I already attempted the solutions that the other questions presented, but it was unsuccessful. As you can see, I tried setting the path to the library during linking with the -Wl,-Rlib tag. I also tried setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the location of my libraries (the 'lib' folder), but it still threw the same error. (It didn't matter if the path was relative or absolute.)
So, the next thing I tried was running the ldd command on the executable. I got some other dependencies that were working just fine, but importantly, I got this:
libglfw.so.3 => not found
For some reason, it insists on looking for libglfw.so.3. It will not have it any other way. Upon renaming the library from libglfw.3.2.so to libglfw.so.3, the program executed just fine and printed It works this far! as if there were no problems at all.
Why would this happen?
For some reason, it insists on looking for libglfw.so.3. ... Upon renaming the library from libglfw.3.2.so to libglfw.so.3 ...
The ELF executables contain the exact name of the dynamic libraries used.
If the executable contains the library name "libglfw.so.3" the file must be named exactly like this.
The file naming scheme is intentionally done in a way that not the "full" version is coded into the file name: This way a later version ("libglfw.so.3.15") will work with the executable.
Normally there should be a symbolic link to the latest version of the library installed:
libglfw.so.3 -> libglfw.so.3.2
This symbolic link seems to be missing on your computer. I would say that this is an installation problem!
EDIT
The question could be: Why is the file name stored in the executable file not libglfw.3.2.so but libglfw.so.3?
The answer has to do with the backward compatibility when a new version of a library is installed:
Normally you would use the switch -lglfw and a symbolic link named libglfw.so is looked up.
If you stored the file name libglfw.so in the executable file and a new, incompatible version if this library (libglfw.so.4) is installed you would have no chance to get the program running by having both versions of the library installed.
To enable backward compatibility by having both versions of the library installed the "real" symbolic link name of the library (libglfw.so.3) must be stored in the executable file.
Therefore the "expected" file name of a library is stored in the library itself: Inside the file libglfw.so.3.2 you'll find some information that the file expects itself to be stored as libglfw.so.3.
The linker will use this information about the file name because it assumes that the library name given in the linker switch (-lglfw) is less "precise" than the name stored in the library itself.
For some reason, it insists on looking for libglfw.so.3. It will not have it any other way.
This is the Linux convention for shared libraries which is described here among other places. For Linux libfoo.so.x.y.z is considered to have the same ABI as libfoo.so.x. Usually when shared libraries are installed (e.g. via rpm, dpkg, etc.) there's an invocation of ldconfig that happens so that the just installed libraries have a symlink following the convention installed that references the library. Also these libs (if installed to a "trusted location"), are added to a linker cache for performance reasons.
It compiles and links just fine, but when I try to execute it, I get the following error:
./test: error while loading shared libraries: libglfw.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libglfw.so.3 isn't on ld-linux.so's path.
As you can see, I tried setting the path to the library during linking with the -Wl,-Rlib
Still won't find it -- libglfw.so.3 isn't on ld-linux.so's path. You can add it by doing something like:
ldconfig -n /path/to/lib
Which should output the requisite libglfw.so.3 symlink for your lib.
IIRC setting the rpath might require a full path.
I also tried setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the location of my libraries
Again, libglfw.so.3 isn't on ld-linux.so's path.
I'm trying to build the SDL library from the source code. I've downloaded the compressed file (i.e. SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz) and extracted it. I don't want to install the files in /usr/local. According to this link, I need to change the configure
The last command says "sudo" so we can write it to /usr/local (by
default). You can change this to a different location with the
--prefix option to the configure script. In fact, there are a LOT of good options you can use with configure! Be sure to check out its
--help option for details.
This is what I've done.
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
sudo make install
In install folder that I've created are the following files
share
lib
include
bin
Now I would like to run the test files. I've picked this testatomic.c and this is the command line
gcc testatomic.c -o test -I/home/xxxx/Desktop/SDL2-2.0.3/install/include/SDL2 -L/home/xxxx/Desktop/SDL2-2.0.3/install/lib -lSDL2 -lSDL2main
I get this error
error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
In lib, these are the files
Where is the shared object file?
You're getting error when running resulting program because system's dynamic linker cannot find required library. Program requires libSDL2-2.0.so.0, linker looks for it in system-defined directories (/lib, /usr/lib, ..., - defined in /etc/ld.so.conf), but finds none - hence an error.
To inform linker where you want it to look for libraries, you can define LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, e.g. in your case:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/Desktop/SDL2-2.0.3/install/lib"
./test
Other ways is installing libraries in standard location, defining LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your .bashrc (or whatever shell you use), or using rpath, e.g. adding -Wl,-rpath=$HOME/Desktop/SDL2-2.0.3/install/lib at the end of your compilation line.
I was able to fix this problem with:
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
I too had:
./01_hello_SDL: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
as a result of compiling the first C++ program (using the SDL headers) as part of the Lazy Foo tutorial. I found out that libSDL2-2.0.so.0 was just using the find command in the GUI. It turned out to be in /usr/local/lib
Then in terminal I typed:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib"
I checked the value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH using:
echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
I recompiled (don't know if that was necessary) and voila, it worked.
I use gsl.
After I compiled my .cpp file and run it, I faced with below error:
error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I found same as this problem in:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cortex_var/6vluX7pP0Sk
&
Linux error while loading shared libraries: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
&
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Shared-Libraries.html
And I have done as in the above links wrote but the error is still remained.
Can anyone help me?
To make it work do the following steps
Start Borne Shell
$LD_LIBRARY_PATH= path to your gsl lib folder inside the gsl installation folder
$export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
now run your executable
It should work fine.
First, you need to locate the file (libgsl.so.0). You can do this, for example, by using the find command:
sudo find / -name "libgsl.so.0"
Let us assume, the file is located in /usr/local/lib.
(If the file has not been found, install the corresponding package or download the source, build it and install it.)
Now, you have two options:
(1) Quick & Dirty:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
This adds the path of the library to an environment variable. The disadvantage of this option is, that it is only valid for the current session. It will not work for other users. It will not work once you log off and on again.
(2) Permanent:
Review your /etc/ld.so.conf. If /usr/local/lib is not listed there, add it. Now, run ldconfig to detect the shared object file and add it to some system-wide index.
I got the same error with Krita on Arch Linux. I made a symlink with
ln /usr/lib/libgsl.so /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0
and that fixed it.
In my experience, fastStructure depends on gsl 1.6 but not the latest version.
wget http://gnu.mirror.vexxhost.com/gsl/gsl-1.6.tar.gz
tar -zxvf gsl-1.6.tar.gz
cd gsl-1.16
./configure
make
sudo make install
Add these lines to your .bashrc file on your home directory.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"
then, run source ~/.bashrc to set these environment variables.
It works fine when I change the version from the latest to the 1.6.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/shg047/software/gsl/lib/
such as: to-mr: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.19: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Have you tried updating your library? The program I was trying to run simply needed a newer version of gsl (I had 1.9.5 while it needed 2.0.0 or newer).
If you are on arch you can run:
yaourt gsl
and select the appropriate one.
You can use gsl-config --libs in you makefile or in the command line when you link the gsl library. Just type gsl-config you can find the options it offers to you. Choose the options you need, you will find compile and link process much easier than before. As a result, when I type gsl-config --libs in my terminal, I get -L/usr/local/lib -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm. Although it is very simple, first you should know where you gsl is installed. You can add the directory to the PATH environment variable or use the absolute path to execute gsl-config .
I needed libgsl.so.19:
/snap/inkscape/current/bin/inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.19: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I solved it with:
Installing Anaconda
searched for libgsl.so.19 and found it in ~/anaconda3/lib
run LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:~/anaconda3/lib (best add it to ~/.basrc)
I have a project organized as
\bin\cmain
\lib\libxmlrpc_client++.a
\lib\libxmlrpc_client++.so.4
\lib\libxmlrpc_client++.so.4.16
My c program cmain need to dynamically link clib.so.4. While I compile the code, I use -L.../lib to indicate directory lib and use -lxmlrpc_client++. However, my code get error while loading shared libraries:
libxmlrpc_client++.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Any ideas to fix this?
PS: Problem solved, a good reference to the problem: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2005-12/msg00017.html
You need to tell the dynamic linker where to look for the libraries. Assuming this is some sort of UNIX/Linux system, this can be done either via setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable before executing the program:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/lib
./run-my-program
or by setting the run-time linker path during compile time:
gcc -L/path/to/lib -Wl,-rpath,/path/to/lib -lxmlrpc_client++ ...
./run-my-program
Both approaches have problems. Google for "why LD_LIBRARY_PATH is bad". The command-line options for setting the run-time linker path varies from one compiler to another.
You should use -Llib instead of -L..
Is that softlink broken? ls -l, make sure your pointing to the correct file.
Example Error :
[root#localhost ~]# ./conn 127.0.0.1 6379 opencc ./conn: error while
loading shared libraries: libhiredis.so.1.0.3-dev: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory
Solution
The problem was the libhiredis wasn't in the ldconfig path. While the build process was correct and it copied everything to the correct directory ldconfig did not know about its location.
You can use ldconfig -p to see all library ldconfig currently know about.
You can add the path to ldconfig with
sudo echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
&
sudo ldconfig