On February 3, 2007, Leo Peschier wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a little note. > I installed MPlayer-1.0pre7try2 following svn-20070202. Mplayer > didn't start because it could not find libpostproc.so.0 > Both libpostproc.so.0.0.1 and the link libpostproc.so were installed. > The install.log doesn't mention anything about libpostproc.so.0, so > it appears an additional link is required for mplayer to start: > ln -sf libpostproc.so.0.0.1 /usr/lib/libpostproc.so.0 > which solved my problem. > > Leo.
Leo, It must have been a while since you ran ldconfig. Just to review... libxxx.so: is a generic libname (some call it a link name) and usually points to the real name. libxxx.so.0: is the soname. The soname is the version of the lib and points to the real name. libxxx.so.0.0.1: is the real name. The real name contains the soname + release and modification. This is the actual lib. All these different names are used to make linking easier. I might not remember the real name of a lib, but i can remember the link name. If the library is built properly ( -Wl,soname,libxxx.so.0), ldconfig will create the soname for you. run ldconfig it might fix other problems for you. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
