After upgrading to libpng-1.6 the compilation step for firefox-20.0.1 completes without problems. However, when building the installer, the process fails with: ... /sources/mozilla-release/firefox-build-dir/dist/bin/xpcshell: error while loading shared libraries: libpng15.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [prepare-package] Error 127 make[2]: Leaving directory `/sources/mozilla-release/firefox-build- dir/browser/installer' make[1]: *** [make-package] Error 2 ...
Creating a symlink with: ln -svf /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.2.0 libpng15.so.15 fixes the problem. If the symlink is deleted after installing firefox, firefox won't start: ... XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-20.0.1/libxpcom.so: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. ... Anyone else experiencing this? -Ragnar -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
