Re: [XForms] Error loading shared libs

[Bill Unruh]

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On Sun, 16 Jun 2019, Peter Wiehe wrote:

> Hi, list,
>
> I can't get the xforms library to operate. I enter in the shell:
>
> gcc -o gui gui.c -L/usr/local/lib -lforms -lX11

That tells gcc where to find the devel lists of the library. It does not tell
the program whwere to find the runtime library. If libforms.so.xxxx is in
/usr/local/lib, mahe sure that path is in your LIBPATH.


> But when I run "./gui" I get the error:
>
> ./gui: error while loading shared libraries: libforms.so.2: cannot open 
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> But the library file exists. What am I doing wrong?
>
> (I use Manjaro Linux and installed the "latest stable" XForms using 
> "./configure", "make", "sudo make install".)
>
> Regards
>
> Peter