On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 2:10 AM, filip <fi...@fbvnet.be> wrote: > On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:25:34 -0400 > Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> For background on my problem (and why I very much need to solve it), >> see >> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=166506&p=855700#p855700 >> >> But the essence of the problem appears to be >> >> me@it ~ $ /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin >> bash: /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin: No such file or >> directory [127]me@it ~ $ >> lsalh /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root >> staff 44K Mar 6 2012 /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin > > Try the following: > > file /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin > ldd /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin > > The first command will tell you what kind of file it is, and the second > will list the shared libraries that it is linked to (assuming it > actually is a dynamically linked executable). > > This is a completely non-standard installion, and my guess is that the > dynamic linker doesn't have the path to the libraries. > > Look in /etc/ld.so.conf and /etc/ld.so.conf.d what path names are > configured in the dynamic linker. You probably need to add a new path > with the location the non-standard firefox libraries. Try to find where > the libraries are installed (somewhere under /usr/local/share maybe ?), > and create a new .conf file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d > > After that, run ldconfig -v to rebuild to ld.so cache.
It would be better to prepend "ldd ..." (and the actual firefox command) with "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28:standard_path" rather than add "/usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28" to the system path. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxzjb2x00oggb6sgkw4f2ntyfrhncdk4kmf1b94byy...@mail.gmail.com
