Can't link BOTAN library with eclipse - c++

Question

I have installed and built the BOTAN cryptographic library.
Everything seems correctly installed, since I have the following entries in /usr/local/lib directory:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7676350 2012-06-03 11:01 libbotan-1.10.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2012-06-03 11:01 libbotan-1.10.so -> libbotan-1.10.so.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2012-06-03 11:01 libbotan-1.10.so.0 -> libbotan-1.10.so.0.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3396354 2012-06-03 11:01 libbotan-1.10.so.0.1
and in the /usr/local/include one too:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2012-06-03 11:01 botan-1.10
And eventually I managed to include the libraries in the main of my program, and write code without error.
However when building my project (on Eclipse Indigo) I get the following output on console, with the red stderr fashion:
error while loading shared libraries: libbotan-1.10.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The code I'm trying to execute is the following:
try
{
cout << "In try" << endl;
Botan::LibraryInitializer init;
}catch(std::exception& e)
{
cout << "In catch" << endl;
cerr << e.what() << endl;
}
I have the following doubts:
Is it a problem of the Linker? (And if yes, why isn't the linker throwing the error, but the stderr?)
If not, how can I figure out to let my program find the libbotan-1.10.so.0 file which is actually there? (in /usr/local/lib).
Note that my environment variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH is currently set, and has the following value:
$> echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
$> /usr/local/lib/
Compiler Command Line:
Invoking: GCC C++ Compiler
g++ -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -O3 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++0x -v -MMD -MP -MF"mainOobClient.d" -MT"mainOobClient.d" -o "mainOobClient.o" "../mainOobClient.cpp"
g++ -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -O3 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++0x -v -MMD -MP -MF"oobClientClass.d" -MT"oobClientClass.d" -o "oobClientClass.o" "../oobClientClass.cpp"
Invoking: GCC C++ Linker
g++ -L/usr/local/lib -o "MTVS_oobClient" ./mainOobClient.o ./oobClientClass.o -lbotan-1.10
Complete Build Output:
Build of configuration Debug for project MTVS_oobClient
make all
Building file: ../mainOobClient.cpp
Invoking: GCC C++ Compiler
g++ -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -O3 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++0x -v -MMD -MP -MF"mainOobClient.d" -MT"mainOobClient.d" -o "mainOobClient.o" "../mainOobClient.cpp"
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/lto-wrapper
Target: i686-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --with-multiarch-defaults=i386-linux-gnu --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.5 --libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
Finished building: ../mainOobClient.cpp
Building file: ../oobClientClass.cpp
Invoking: GCC C++ Compiler
g++ -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -O3 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++0x -v -MMD -MP -MF"oobClientClass.d" -MT"oobClientClass.d" -o "oobClientClass.o" "../oobClientClass.cpp"
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFmainOobClient.d' '-MTmainOobClient.d' '-o' 'mainOobClient.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/cc1plus -quiet -v -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -MMD mainOobClient.d -MFmainOobClient.d -MP -MTmainOobClient.d -MQ mainOobClient.o -dD -D_GNU_SOURCE ../mainOobClient.cpp -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -quiet -dumpbase mainOobClient.cpp -mtune=generic -march=i686 -auxbase-strip mainOobClient.o -g3 -O3 -Wall -std=c++0x -version -fmessage-length=0 -fstack-protector -o /tmp/ccLIYQkV.s
Finished building: ../oobClientClass.cpp
GNU C++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) version 4.5.2 (i686-linux-gnu)
Building target: MTVS_oobClient
Invoking: GCC C++ Linker
g++ ./mainOobClient.o ./oobClientClass.o -lbotan-1.10 -L/usr/local/lib -o "MTVS_oobClient"
compiled by GNU C version 4.5.2, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 3.0.0-p8, MPC version 0.9
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i386-linux-gnu"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/../../../../../i686-linux-gnu/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/include/c++/4.5.2"
as it is a non-system directory that duplicates a system directory
Finished building target: MTVS_oobClient
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include/botan-1.10
/usr/include/c++/4.5
/usr/include/c++/4.5/i686-linux-gnu
/usr/include/c++/4.5/backward
/usr/local/include
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include-fixed
/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu
/usr/include
End of search list.
GNU C++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) version 4.5.2 (i686-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 4.5.2, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 3.0.0-p8, MPC version 0.9
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: 0c5cb630517b5952f4898dfa56d7e8e5
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFmainOobClient.d' '-MTmainOobClient.d' '-o' 'mainOobClient.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
as -V -Qy --32 -o mainOobClient.o /tmp/ccLIYQkV.s
GNU assembler version 2.21.0 (i686-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.21.0.20110327
COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFmainOobClient.d' '-MTmainOobClient.d' '-o' 'mainOobClient.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/lto-wrapper
Target: i686-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --with-multiarch-defaults=i386-linux-gnu --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.5 --libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFoobClientClass.d' '-MToobClientClass.d' '-o' 'oobClientClass.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/cc1plus -quiet -v -I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2 -I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10 -MMD oobClientClass.d -MFoobClientClass.d -MP -MToobClientClass.d -MQ oobClientClass.o -dD -D_GNU_SOURCE ../oobClientClass.cpp -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -quiet -dumpbase oobClientClass.cpp -mtune=generic -march=i686 -auxbase-strip oobClientClass.o -g3 -O3 -Wall -std=c++0x -version -fmessage-length=0 -fstack-protector -o /tmp/ccTuqeWw.s
GNU C++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) version 4.5.2 (i686-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 4.5.2, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 3.0.0-p8, MPC version 0.9
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i386-linux-gnu"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/../../../../../i686-linux-gnu/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/include/c++/4.5.2"
as it is a non-system directory that duplicates a system directory
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include/botan-1.10
/usr/include/c++/4.5
/usr/include/c++/4.5/i686-linux-gnu
/usr/include/c++/4.5/backward
/usr/local/include
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include-fixed
/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu
/usr/include
End of search list.
GNU C++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) version 4.5.2 (i686-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 4.5.2, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 3.0.0-p8, MPC version 0.9
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: 0c5cb630517b5952f4898dfa56d7e8e5
../oobClientClass.cpp: In member function ‘void oobClientClass::authenticateTransaction()’:
../oobClientClass.cpp:126:29: warning: ignoring return value of ‘int scanf(const char*, ...)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
../oobClientClass.cpp:164:63: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ssize_t write(int, const void*, size_t)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
../oobClientClass.cpp:59:6: warning: ‘confirmationChoice’ may be used uninitialized in this function
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFoobClientClass.d' '-MToobClientClass.d' '-o' 'oobClientClass.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
as -V -Qy --32 -o oobClientClass.o /tmp/ccTuqeWw.s
GNU assembler version 2.21.0 (i686-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.21.0.20110327
COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-I/usr/include/c++/4.5.2' '-I/usr/local/include/botan-1.10' '-O3' '-g3' '-Wall' '-c' '-fmessage-length=0' '-std=c++0x' '-v' '-MMD' '-MP' '-MFoobClientClass.d' '-MToobClientClass.d' '-o' 'oobClientClass.o' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i686'
**** Build Finished ****

Answer 1

The error is coming at run-time. You need to specify the rpath for the binary at build time - Where you have the:
-L/usr/local/lib
You also need:
-Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib
This instructs ld to use this path when trying to find the library at run-time. Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH is probably being overridden by the launcher of eclipse, which is why the variable is not being used.
Alternatives:
Make sure that /usr/local/lib is in the /etc/ld.so.conf, and that ldconfig has been run after installing the library.
Link to the .a, using the command line:
g++ -o "MTVS_oobClient" ./mainOobClient.o ./oobClientClass.o -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-Bstatic -lbotan-1.10 -Wl,-Bdynamic
or using:
g++ -o "MTVS_oobClient" ./mainOobClient.o ./oobClientClass.o /usr/local/lib/libbotan-1.10.a
... both should have the same effect

Answer 2

Since the program build ends correctly, it is clear that it's a run-time problem due to the fact that the program can't find the Shared Library.
I looked for other people with same run-time issue and found out the solution (that I'll briefly sum up) thanks to another SO question.
What I did was to build the dynamically-linked executable, that wishes to be linked against libbotan-1.10.so.0 at execution time. The linking during the build phase was done with command line option -L/usr/local/lib.
There are a few options to make botan (or any other library) available at run-time:
Create a symlink to botan in a directory listed in /etc/ld.so.conf (or /lib or /usr/lib)
Copy botan to a directory listed in /etc/ld.so.conf (or /lib or /usr/lib) (defaults)
Add the directory containing botan to /etc/ld.so.conf
Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib before running your executable.
Recompile the program statically. (It will work, but don't bother.)
After any of the first 3, rerun ldconfig so the linker cache is updated. (You can then run ldconfig -v to verify it's resolvable.)
Note those aren't steps, they're options. You only need to do 1 of them.
Updating the linker cache with ldconfig made it work for me.