amd64, laptop, opening error msg = ...invalid ELF header

[Derek Atkins]

Uhh..  You need to make sure you enable shared libraries.
Gnucash doesn't work as static libs.

-derek

Bill Suit <bsuit at bellsouth.net> writes:

> I've just compiled gnucash-1.8.9 on my emachines M6805, using 32bit
> emulation(I think :>) ). I'm running gentoo and used a USE build flag of
> USE="x86, which is why I think I built with emulation.
>
> Anyway, issuing the command 'gnucash', either as user Bill or root, gets
> the following:
>  
> # gnucash
> ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link:
> ERROR: file: "libgw-gnc", message: "/usr/lib/libgw-gnc.a: invalid ELF
> header"
>
> First I rebuilt gnucash. Did not help. Then I rebuilt
> 'g-wrap'(version=1.3.4-r1). Did not help.
>
> Searched google and the gnucash-user archives and didn't find anything
> useable, except (this might help you help me):
>
> # file /usr/lib/libgw-gnc.a
> /usr/lib/libgw-gnc.a: current ar archive
>
> Now what? TIA, Bill
>
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