Questions tagged [shared-library]
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Access dll in linux
Okay so I have a bunch of .dll files that are compiled on windows (though I could recompile them on linux if that was necessary) that I want to use.
The final idea I am having is to write a .so ...
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Placed library in /usr/lib, but ldconfig doesn't put it in cache
I'm starting a project that requires an external shared library third-party.so.
I've placed it in /usr/lib. However, when I run sudo ldconfig -v, it's not listed.
ldconfig -p | grep third-party.so ...
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Linux access windows share without loading to RAM
I have a laptop running an Arch-based Linux system and frequently need to access a windows share at my workplace. This is really annoying since it takes ages to load. Particularly, one folder is ...
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cannot find libarary error
I am trying to install a software "W" which requires some non standard packages like "XYZ". I am installing XYZ as instructed in the related site using the following commands
./configure -C
make
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How to link to a shared library with a relative path?
In the man page for ld.so(8), it says that
When resolving library dependencies, the dynamic linker first inspects each dependency string to see if it contains a slash (this can occur if a library ...
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Building shared library which is executable and linkable using Cmake
How to create an executable shared-library using cmake?
Something like:
libtest.so :: linkable shared library
libtest.so :: executable too
Note: gcc/g++ options are known to achieve the ...
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ldd shows no location after arrow; library does not exist on system
I want to create a chroot environment that has access to hand-picked programs but is completely isolated from the rest of the system.
I created three folders in this chroot folder: bin, lib, lib64. I ...
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Are the addresses inside a shared library file virtual addresses, or relocatable addresses?
Are the addresses inside a shared library file virtual addresses, or relocatable addresses?
Does the answer depend on whether the shared library file was built with GCC’s -fPIC option?
Originated ...
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What is the difference between Shared object file and Relocatable file?
https://linux-audit.com/elf-binaries-on-linux-understanding-and-analysis/
says
The type field tells us what the purpose of the file is. There are a
few common file types.
CORE (value 4)
DYN (...
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What kinds of files can be dynamically loaded?
Operating System Concepts, by Silberschatz A., Galvin P. B., Gagne G. - Operating System Concepts, 9th Edition - 2012 says
8.1.4 Dynamic Loading
In our discussion so far, it has been necessary ...
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What does “unused direct dependencies” mean?
When using the ldd command there is an option, -u, to
print unused direct dependencies
as stated in the on-line help.
For example:
ldd -u /bin/gcc
Unused direct dependencies:
/lib64/...
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Why cannot 64-bit shared libraries be used by 32-bit code?
On GNU/Linux, x86/x86-64, in general, what is the reason that (at least sometimes, maybe there are exceptions) 64-bit library code cannot be used by a 32-bit program?
I'm aware of many of the ...
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Mint 19 - Pidgin IM - Error while launching: libpurple.so.0: cannot open shared object file
System: Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 64-bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04.
Pidgin: Built from source, version 2.13.0.
Pidgin would not launch from the GUI, so I tried it from terminal if I can see any error and ...
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install different version of GCC side by side
My primary problem is in my Fedora 28, GCC8 is installed. Now, this gives libgfortran.so.5.
But many of my applications are not updated and still depends on libgfortran.so.3
So, how can I solve the ...
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Can I programmatically remove funcionality from a shared library that is not used by a specified executable? [closed]
I have a library taking up a lot of disk space. Only one program I use links to that library.
I am pretty sure that the program uses only a tiny fraction of the functionality provided by that library. ...
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Centos 7, I thought “yum install ___” was supposed to get all the dependencies, too?
I'm trying to get back into *nix again after many years away, and I'm running into a few headaches that I'm hoping you can help me with.
I want to install Trillian onto my CentOS 7 box. I went to ...
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What do the multiple GLIBC versions mean in the output of ldd?
The ldd program reports some missing shared libraries that my shared library needs. (I built it on a different machine with Red Hat Linux 7 and want to run it on another with Red Hat Linux 6.)
In the ...
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How to ensure that a shared library will have its memory pages shared by several processes?
Let me first describe what I want to do, followed by what I manage to do, and finally my issue.
Goal: implementing flush+flush cache attack in C
I am trying to implement in C the flush+flush cache ...
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Creating a link to a shared library
I have a library ( ZendDebugger.so ) which in turn requires the openssl library but it doesn't find a reference to it.
Indeed when ZendDebugger.so loads, it prints this error on the error log ( which ...
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Is the shared library object loaded as shared memory for the program?
I was coding some C when I started asking myself about free() inside a shared library and SIGKILL, and so on. Then, after some reading and re-thinking, I came up to this simple question.
CONTEXT : ...
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What differences and relations are between the various `libc.so`?
On Lubntu 18.04
$ whereis libc
libc: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so /usr/share/man/man7/libc.7.gz
$ locate libc.so
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
/lib/x86_64-linux-...
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Are there any circumstances in which ld ignores LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
I've just come across a little problem with ld which I just can't explain. Let's say I have compiled a library in my home directory and installed it all under ~/root. The shared library file can be ...
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Fix hardcoded dynamic linking for executable
I have an executable file called reg with the following shared library dependencies:
[terminal]$ ldd ./reg
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffc40d90000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (...
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Are shared library ABI compatible as long as their versions are the same?
Suppose I have a program compiled that's linked against libc.so.6 on one system (e.g., Ubuntu x64). If I take this binary to another system that has the same libc version 6 (e.g., Fedora x64), it ...
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Debian MadCoin Install Problem
I have this issue, I try to run ./MadCoin-qt it's wallet and i receive this errror:
./MadCoin-qt: error while loading shared libraries: libminiupnpc.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file ...
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How to resolve Depends: libwinpr2-2?
When I want to install any package like gedit:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
apt install gedit
Output is:
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The ...
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How to install a shared library when installing to a system path?
I am experimenting with how to distribute a simple graphics library for Linux using a Makefile. The shared library is called libsgtk.so. Here is my first attempt for the Makefile:
CFLAGS= -pthread \
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gdalinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libNCSEcw.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
which gdalinfo returns /usr/bin/gdalinfo. This directory contains 'libNCSEcw.so.0' file.
I have added include /usr/bin to /etc/ld.so.conf and have run ldconfig. Error persists.
UPDATE: distribution ...
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libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) not found by yum
So I'm trying to install Azure on CentOS with yum: link.
But it keeps telling me it needs libpython2.7.so.1.0:
[root@minnow02 Desktop]# yum install azure-cli
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-...
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Pandoc is missing a library file [closed]
pandoc-citeproc is missing a library file:
[max@arch ~]$ pandoc-citeproc
pandoc-citeproc: error while loading shared libraries: libHStext-icu-0.7.0.1-qGJENUzIfHIw3gGVnpCOt-ghc8.2.2.so: cannot open ...
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Shared library minor version management
I have a simple program called main:
#include <iostream>
#include "random.h"
int main()
{
std::cout << "The program has started\n";
return get_another_random_number();
}
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Finding libssl on a customer's Linux
We're using a library which needs to load libssl in a version 1.0.*. It doesn't work with libssl.so.1.1. We need it to work on any Linux system.
We try to load various versions and this usually works,...
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Object library not found by shared object library
I'm trying to build a shared object library but when I produce the shared object library it says the object file is not found.
OSError: lib1.o: cannot open shared object file: No such file or ...
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Library is found by ldconfig but not by ldd for any program using this library
Running arch linux, I have qt5-base installed, which provides libQt5Core.so.5.
Running ldconfig finds the shared object:
$ sudo ldconfig -v | grep libQt5Core
libQt5Core.so.5 -> libQt5Core.so.5.10....
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anaconda Qt vs system Qt
The anaconda python framework includes its own Qt shared libraries, among other ones. Because of the nature of the framework, it must appear first in the PATH environment variable so its python ...
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How do I fix an APT that complains about missing liblber? [closed]
# apt update
/usr/lib/apt/methods/https: error while loading shared libraries: liblber-2.4.so.2: cannot open shared object
/usr/lib/apt/methods/https: error while loading shared libraries: liblber-2.4....
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How does Qubes do memory management, especially with regard to shared objects?
I'm just reading about Qubes OS, and I have a very simple question -- how does it do memory management and shared object use?
Feel free to correct any misconceptions or errs in vocab, but we have the ...
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Perf Error While Loading Shared Libraries
I was on CentOS 7.3 on x86_64 using perf compiled on the system itself from Kernel 4.13.7 source. It worked without any issue and was able to profile whichever application I wanted to.
For some ...
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In what library on Linux are the system calls and how is this library linked to the executable object file that contains the system calls?
I know that the system calls are not in the C standard Library. Is there any library (some sort of a system library) where the system calls are?
If there is such a library how is this library linked ...
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Is the vdso shared library (linux-vdso.so) the library that contains the kernel object code (system calls)?
I noticed that all my programs compiled to gcc are linked to vdso library. Is this the library that contain the system calls to the kernel, like mmap() and fork() and other system calls?
I know that ...
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Is there a standard/accepted way for a plugin library to identify its location on disk?
I am working on a C program that has a plugin architecture. We build and package both .rpm and .deb packages.
Some plugins have additional non-binary resources, such as image files, or script files ...
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Stata 14 fails to start on RHEL 7.x, with “libpng12.so.0” error. How do I install libpng12?
The proprietary software Stata version 14 breaks on RHEL 7.3. Stata says:
stata-se: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
So ...
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How to tell libgs to use another freetype implementation?
So after a year of use my printer decided to not print anymore. After troubleshooting for a bit I noticed that the cups error log shows something like
gs: symbol lookup error: <path>/libgs.so....
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How to run an application compiled in a newer version of Ubuntu in an old one?
I have an application compiled in Ubuntu 16.04 that depends on many libraries, like Qt, boost and many others with the version that comes with that version. However, I need to run this application in ...
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Compile with recent gcc on RedHat6: How to distribute the software?
My software compiles on a variety of OSes, including RHEL7. I have a request to build it to run on RHEL6. My problem is that my C++ code relies a lot on C++11 features that are not present in gcc-4.4, ...
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“Error while loading shared libraries” even though the library in question is present in /usr/lib
I am trying to run Scala on my Linux Manjaro laptop, but whenever I try to run the program, it displays the following error:
./scala: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkada.so.2.24.4: cannot ...
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What is the correct arrangement of symlinks to allow both openssl 1.1.0 and 1.0.2 shared libraries to co-exist?
I want to have openssl-1.0.2 and openssl-1.1.0 both available for dynamic linking to different applications. I'm slightly unsure about this, because I would expect 1.0.2 to be installed in a file ...
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db2start fails with error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Installed db2 10.5 but installation completes with warning that db2start failed
while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
i have both ...
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How to Change Text in Shared Libraries (*.so files) in Linux
When I search text in a folder using bash I can see that text is in binary file. I would like to change the text in *.so file.
Regards.
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How to distribute a portable Linux commercial closed-source program? [closed]
First of, I've found this similar question How to make a portable Linux app? but it doesn't really address my questions, it's more about how to compile to make the application portable which I already ...
