Re: Abiword 2.8.1 wont start

I got this.

debian:/home/mak# locate libabiword
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/libabiword.pc
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/libabiword.pc.in
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/libabiword-2.8.la
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/libabiword_2_8_la-abi_ver.lo
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/libabiword_2_8_la-abi_ver.o
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/libabiword_2_8_la-libabiword.lo
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/libabiword_2_8_la-libabiword.o
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.deps/libabiword_2_8_la-abi_ver.Plo
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.deps/libabiword_2_8_la-libabiword.Plo
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword-2.8.a
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword-2.8.la
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword-2.8.lai
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword-2.8.so
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword_2_8_la-abi_ver.o
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/.libs/libabiword_2_8_la-libabiword.o
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/wp/main/gtk/libabiword.cpp
/home/mak/Desktop/downloads/abiword-2.8.1/src/wp/main/gtk/libabiword.h
/usr/local/include/abiword-2.8/libabiword.h
/usr/local/lib/libabiword-2.8.a
/usr/local/lib/libabiword-2.8.la
/usr/local/lib/libabiword-2.8.so
debian:/home/mak#

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Kaleb <djjsak@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Kaleb <djjsak@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Abiword 2.8.1 wont start
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Received: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:50 AM
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:50 PM, mk <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Kaleb <djjsak@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:24 PM, mk <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I compiled and installed abiword 2.8.1 on
> debian
> >> squeeze gnome desktop. The installation went
> without a hitch
> >> but the program wont start.
> >> >
> >> > I get this error message:
> >> >
> >> > 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:~$
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >>
> >> As root (or use sudo as a regular user), try
> running
> >> 'updatedb' in a
> >> terminal. Then run 'locate libabiword'.
> >
> >  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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