On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 11:02:07 -0700 stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 08:09:54 -0500
> Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have been trying to get Ricin from https://ricin.im/ going, but I
> > get the following when I try to run the binary:
> > 
> > 
> > ./ricin-0.2.1.app 
> > /tmp/.mount_Lz83Ps
> > /tmp/.mount_Lz83Ps/usr/bin/ricin.wrapper
> > /tmp/.mount_Lz83Ps/ricin.desktop
> > zenity, kdialog, Xdialog missing. Skipping ./bin//ricin.wrapper.
> > /tmp/.mount_Lz83Ps/usr/bin/ricin: error while loading shared
> > libraries: libpcre.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file
> > or directory
> > 
> > 
> > So, it appears to be looking for libpcre.so.3. However, this is not
> > available anywhere in Fedora. 
> 
> I don't think it is available *anywhere*.  If you look here,
> http://www.pcre.org/
> they tell us that there are *two* versions, the original and pcre2.  It
> sounds like ricin has an error in its dependencies.
> 
> Since the original is up to version 8, it might be wanting a very old
> version of the library.  Seems unlikely.
> 
> > However, I do not know if just linking one to the other will do it,
> > or if I should be looking at some other option.
> 
> I think this is the best workaround for the dependency error.
>   
> > Any suggestions? These .so files with different numbers always get me.
> 
> The .so number is supposed to change when the API to the library
> changes.  But I think that isn't always adhered to.

Thanks, very much! I will try renaming and seeing what happens!

Best wishes,
Ranjan

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