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Invoking a script with ld-linux.so?

I just downloaded a tar file that is supposed to include everything required to run a program that we can call some_binary. I extracted it's contents, and I see the following: A binary (let's call ...
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ELF shared libraries - motivation for the PLT

Could self-modifying code be used to speed up function calling in dynamically linked libraries? As far as I understand it, ELF shared libraries use a kind of indirect jump table (the procedure ...
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Installing shared library - questions and problems

I'm having trouble "installing" a shared library I download online. The library name is run time access (http://www.runtimeaccess.com/). In the quick start guide, they explain how to use the library ...
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ntp cannot open shared object file: Permission denied

On a server I haven't worked on, ntpd is broken: # /etc/init.d/ntpd start ntpd: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied but permissions ...
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Can I use a chroot on my dev machine to build an application to run on embedded linux installation?

I am trying to develop an application to run on an embedded linux installation. It comes with an older version of libc than I have on my development maching. If I were to create a chroot environment ...
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error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

anisha@linux-y3pi:~/> google-earth ./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory anisha@linux-y3pi:~/> locate ...
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Installing flash player for firefox

I would like to install flash player for Firefox on Linux. I downloaded the .tar.gz, and there are some compiled shared libraries. I am not sure how to make them work, and I am looking for a hint. ...
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Error Loading Shared Libraries when Installing Redhat Directory Server

While Installing the Red Hat Directory Server on the Red Hat Linux Server 5 (x86_64)i am getting the following error bin/slapd/server/dsktune: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: ...
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libssl and libcrypto backward compatible?

I have an old server application that requires libssl.so.0.9.6 and libcrypto.so.0.9.6. My issue is I currently have libssl.so.1.0.0a and libcrypto.so.1.0.0a on my system. I tried symlinking to the ...
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How does rpm resolve library dependencies?

I try to make a package of a program which is linked to such library (output from ldd): libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/wx-2.8-wxcontainer/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 Pretty straightforward, ...
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Why does LD keep outputting “no version information available”

On every loading of a lib, I get the error: no version information available This lib has been compiled on another PC (ubuntu 10.04) than the one running it (mandriva 2010.2). $ ldd ...
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Does Solaris have an equivalent to /etc/ld.so.conf?

I compiled a package for Solaris 11 Express that has some library dependencies, which I also compiled from source and installed in the usual /usr/local. (And Solaris doesn't even have /usr/local ...