Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 19:14:36 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Gour-Gadadhara Dasa <gour@atmarama.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libusb & VueScan Message-ID: <20110519191436.1f4a8b6b@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20110519085359.705bb9be@atmarama.net> References: <20110519085359.705bb9be@atmarama.net>
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On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:53:59 +0200
Gour-Gadadhara Dasa <gour@atmarama.net> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Some weeks ago I switched from Linux to (Free)PC-BSD running 9.0
> snapshot on my x86_64 machine. I'm quite satisfied with migration, but
> there are still some gaps to be filled...
>
> One of those is that I would like to use VueScan, but there is no
> FreeBSD version.
>
> I've setup Linux compatibility, but the application is missing libusb:
>
> ./vuescan: error while loading shared libraries: libusb-0.1.so.4:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
>
> I've seen in the archives, that there was some work (in '08) to
> provide this library, but wonder what is the current status with it
> and/or any hint what to do in order to try to make VueScan running on
> FreeBSD?
>
Try making a symbolic link to /usr/lib{,32}/libusb.so.x (depending on
which version you have installed) and see if it helps. Seems to me that
your FreeBSD should be able use the native version in that case.
--
Gary Jennejohn
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