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From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org>
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Subject: Re: Can't launch xterm -- libXpm.so.4 not found
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 07:02:35PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> I am having a small (though serious) problem. I just can't launch
> xterm from within my window manager. When I try it I get this
> error:
> 
> 
> alligator# xterm
> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libXpm.so.4" not found
> 
> 
> But the file being complained about is right here ;-)
> 
> 
> alligator# locate libXpm.so.4
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXpm.so.4
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXpm.so.4.9
> alligator#
> 
> 
> 
> What can I do to solve this problem?

Try this:

ldconfig -elf -r | grep libXpm

You _should_ see something like this:

        107:-lXpm.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4

If you don't, try this:

ldconfig -elf -m

to rebuild the ld hints file.  Of course, the lib file needs to be some-
where that ldconfig can find it (you can set this in /etc/ld-elf.so.conf).

HTH,

Dan

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