Re: Abiword 2.8.1 wont start

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:50 PM, mk <joz_mak@yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Kaleb <djjsak@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Kaleb <djjsak@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Abiword 2.8.1 wont start
>> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
>> Received: Friday, October 30, 2009, 9:13 PM
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>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:24 PM, mk <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
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>> > Hello,
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>> > I compiled and installed abiword 2.8.1 on debian
>> squeeze gnome desktop. The installation went without a hitch
>> but the program wont start.
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>> > I get this error message:
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>> > mak@debian:~$ /usr/local/bin/abiword
>> > /usr/local/bin/abiword: error while loading shared
>> libraries: libabiword-2.8.so: cannot open shared object
>> file: No such file or directory
>> > mak@debian:~$
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>> > I had an abiword 2.6.8 version before but I
>> uninstalled it. Is it possible that it removed files that
>> the new version needs?
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> > jmak
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>> As root (or use sudo as a regular user), try running
>> 'updatedb' in a
>> terminal. Then run 'locate libabiword'.
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>  I did, but still I get the same error as before when trying to start.

Sorry, I should have disunclarified. The point of those commands is
not to get it working again-- it's to see exactly where
libabiword-2.8.so is located. What does 'locate libabiword' return?
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Received on Sat Oct 31 06:51:03 2009