Re: [ferret_users] Fedora Core 7

[Steve Guimond <guimond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ansley,
  My problem was with the 32-bit Linux version.  Is there not a 32-bit
static available?

Steve

=======================================================
Stephen R. Guimond
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
=======================================================

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Ansley Manke wrote:

> Hii all,
> Roland, thanks for helping everyone on this issue. With the next release
> of Ferret I'll build it with more of the static libraries. It looks as
> if I have several of the X libraries available in static forms which
> will cut down on a lot of this.
>
> Ansley
>
> Roland Schweitzer wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > guimond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Hi Roland,
> >>  Here is the error message/library I am missing:
> >>
> >> ferret: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open
> >> shared object file: No such file or directory
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
> > Well, this seems to be a bit tricky since the library is officially
> > deprecated, but it appears there is a package you can get which will
> > satisfy this reference.
> >
> > [roland@ip-208-109-127-60 ~]$ yum whatprovides libXp.so.6
> > Searching Packages:
> > Setting up repositories
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> >
> >
> > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386            6.8.2-1.EL.18
> > base           Matched from:
> > libXp.so.6
> >
> >
> > You can try the "yum whatprovides" to see if it's installed on  your
> > system.  If it is you might just need to add it to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> >
> > If not, try installing it:
> >
> > yum install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386
> > Roland
> >>
> >> Quoting Roland Schweitzer <Roland.Schweitzer@xxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Stephen R. Guimond wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>  I just had Fedora Core 7 installed on my computer and tried
> >>>> installing Ferret 32-bit Linux but got a shared library error.
> >>> Which shared library or libraries are missing?  If it happens to be
> >>> libstdc++.so.5 then you can install the compat-libstdc++33 package.
> >>>
> >>> There's a note about it here:
> >>> http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/maillists/tmap/ferret_users/fu_2007/msg00447.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If there are other libraries missing send the details to the list
> >>> and we can help you track down the packages you need to install.
> >>>
> >>>>   I tried installing the static version of Ferret and got this
> >>>> message:
> >>>>
> >>>> /usr/local/ferret/bin/ferret: Exec format error. Wrong Architecture.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions?
> >>> The static build that's available is for 64-bit machines.  I'm
> >>> pretty sure we can get you going with the shared library build.  :-)
> >>>
> >>> Roland
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> =======================================================
> >>>> Stephen R. Guimond
> >>>> Graduate Research Assistant
> >>>> Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
> >>>> Tallahassee, FL 32304
> >>>> =======================================================
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>