bug#38565: Cannot run pre-compiled Firefox

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:

> Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Previously I got it working with the following setup:
>>
>> cd $HOME/Downloads/firefox
>> export 
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/run/current-system/profile/lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/nss/:$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/lib/:/gnu/store/69x60a1pn0mf5jv68al8awjfkyp1miwi-gcc-8.3.0-lib/lib/:./browser:."
>> ./firefox-bin
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH forces firefox-bin to use libraries from the given
> directories.  These might not be ABI compatible, so a segfault is one of
> the expected outcomes.

Yes — I’m looking for a way to get it working again.

>> This used to work with only minor limitations.
>
> I’m surprised it worked before, because often it doesn’t.  Do you happen
> to know what libraries and their exact versions this firefox binary
> expects?

$ ldd firefox-bin
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffed00b5000)
        libpthread.so.0 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/libpthread.so.0 
(0x00007f238888d000)
        libdl.so.2 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/libdl.so.2 
(0x00007f2388888000)
        librt.so.1 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/librt.so.1 
(0x00007f238887e000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => not found
        libm.so.6 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/libm.so.6 
(0x00007f238873e000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => not found
        libc.so.6 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/libc.so.6 
(0x00007f2388582000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 => 
/gnu/store/jdfs3xvlnj272475yja6bjrprfsgnkdd-glibc-2.29/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 
(0x00007f2388916000)

The shipped libraries:

$ ldd *so | cut -d ' ' -f 1  | sort -u | grep -e "^[^l]"
        libatk-1.0.so.0
        libblkid.so.1
        libcairo-gobject.so.2
        libcairo.so.2
        libc.so.6
        libdbus-1.so.3
        libdbus-glib-1.so.2
        libdl.so.2
        libffi.so.6
        libfontconfig.so.1
        libfreetype.so.6
        libgcc_s.so.1
        libgdk-3.so.0
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
        libgio-2.0.so.0
        libglib-2.0.so.0
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0
        libgobject-2.0.so.0
        libgthread-2.0.so.0
        libgtk-3.so.0
        liblgpllibs.so
        libmount.so.1
        libmozavutil.so
        libmozgtk.so
        libmozsandbox.so
        libmozsqlite3.so
        libmozwayland.so
        libm.so.6
        libnspr4.so
        libnss3.so
        libnssutil3.so
        libpango-1.0.so.0
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
        libpcre.so.1
        libplc4.so
        libplds4.so
        libpthread.so.0
        libresolv.so.2
        librt.so.1
        libselinux.so.1
        libsmime3.so
        libssl3.so
        libstdc++.so.6
        libX11.so.6
        libX11-xcb.so.1
        libxcb-shm.so.0
        libxcb.so.1
        libXcomposite.so.1
        libXcursor.so.1
        libXdamage.so.1
        libXext.so.6
        libXfixes.so.3
        libXi.so.6
        libXrender.so.1
        libXt.so.6
        libz.so.1
        linux-vdso.so.1

Best wishes,
Arne
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