Re: [ferret_users] ferret: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Ferret looks for shared object you have to create Symbolic Link like this here is example

# Search for object available

[akshay@aix ]$ ldconfig -v | grep libreadline*
libreadline.so.7 -> libreadline.so.7.0

# Locate where it is

[root@aix ]$ locate libreadline.so.
/lib64/libreadline.so.5
/lib64/libreadline.so.6
/lib64/libreadline.so.7
/lib64/libreadline.so.7.0

# Create Symbolic Link

[root@aix ]$ ln -s /lib64/libreadline.so.6 /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6

You might have higher version of shared object, doesn't matter symbolic link is important

Thank you,

Regards,
Akshay Hegde,
Moderator,
The Unix and Linux Forum Users.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:08 AM, dessyberlianty <dessyberlianty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear Ferret Users,

At first, please accept my sincere apologies for a long subject of this email.
I have problem installing Ferret into HPC with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Linux version 2.6.32.12-0.7.
After setting source ferret_paths, when conduct a ferret command, the result are as followings:

   mpiserv:~/Downloads/ # source /usr/local/ferret/ferret_paths.sh
   mpiserv:~/Downloads/ # ferret
   ferret: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.6:
   cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
   mpiserv:~/Downloads/ #

Then I try to install libreadline.so.6, but it need other dependencies, and it takes times since I don't have much experience in SUSE linux.
The dependencies are: glibc, basesystem, and others.
I am not sure whether I can ask any help to these forum.
I really appreciate for any suggestion and help.
Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

dessy

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