libgnc-qof.so.1: cannot open shared object file

[Mike Evans]

On Friday November 19 2010 14:49:21 Anthony Dardis wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> > "Anthony Dardis" <adardis at gmail.com> writes:
> > >> No need to rebuild. Try this:
> > >> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/gnucash
> > >> 
> > >> If that still doesn't work, please post the output of
> > >> ldd /usr/local/bin/gnucash
> > >> 
> > >> Regards,
> > >> John Ralls
> > > 
> > > Excellent! This worked:
> > > 
> > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/gnucash
> > > 
> > > Thanks again.
> > 
> > If that works, run:
> >  find /usr -name libgnc-qof\*
> > 
> > I bet you'll find another copy somewhere, probably in /usr.
> > 
> > This is why I ALWAYS suggest you use a prefix:
> >  ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash
> > 
> > -derek
> 
> (a) find found:
> 
> /usr/local/lib/libgnc-qof.so.1.0.4
> /usr/local/lib/libgnc-qof.so
> /usr/local/lib/libgnc-qof.so.1
> /usr/local/lib/libgnc-qof.la
> 
> (b) when I followed John's suggestion, GnuCash first displayed a dialogue
> offering to set some paths for the installation; when I said yes, it then
> found the copy of the GnuCash file that I had for the removed copy of
> 2.2.9. After that, GnuCash runs fine, both from the command line, just
> gnucash, and from the Gnome menu.
> 
> (c) I have sqlite3 installed, and GnuCash will save in that format.
> However, when I click Save as after entering the new name, I get this
> message:
> 
> The file sqlite3:///home/tony/abd/GnuCash/jh.gnucash already exists. Are
> you sure you want to overwrite it?
> 
> when I say yes, it saves the file under that name. (Of course, I'm
> supplying new names.) I didn't see anything in Bugzilla about this.

There is a Bug 634392 which has been resolved in the latest SVN, so you'll 
have to update to the latest sources again.
Mike E

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