[GNC] No such file or directory error finding libgnc-expressions-guile.so

Alan Hopkins hoppo52 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 25 17:36:27 EST 2024


I am using GnuCash on Fed38 too. I seem to remember when I installed it via
the Software Centre it didn't install properly (ie some dependencies were
missing) so I uninstalled, updated all and reinstalled via CLI and it runs
like a dream. Maybe do what I did? Hope that is of some help....
Cheers
Hop

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, 4:49 am John Haiducek, <jhaiduce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I upgraded a bunch of packages using the PackageKit GUI and offline update,
> and gnucash was one of them. Software Center indicated that the system was
> fully updated afterward.
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> > Correct, it would say something like that.
> > Now, it could be that there is a sub-library missing.  I.e. this library
> > looks for libfoo.so (which it finds), but libfoo.so depends on libbar.so,
> > and THAT is missing.  ldd would not show that.
> >
> > So, question for you:  did you do a full system update, or did you JUST
> > update the gnucash packages?  I only ask because I am running F38 and I
> > have GnuCash 5.5 running just fine.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > On Thu, January 25, 2024 11:33 am, John Haiducek wrote:
> > > Here's the output from ldd. IIRC, missing dependencies would show up
> here
> > > as something like "=> Not found". It looks like everything here points
> to
> > > a
> > > specific file.
> > >
> > > $ ldd /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-expressions-guile.so
> > > linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffe3cf5a000)
> > > libgnc-expressions.so => /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-expressions.so
> > > (0x00007ff5df86a000)
> > > libguile-3.0.so.1 => /lib64/libguile-3.0.so.1 (0x00007ff5df6e3000)
> > > libgnc-engine.so => /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-engine.so
> > > (0x00007ff5df200000)
> > > libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff5df59a000)
> > > libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff5df022000)
> > > libgnucash-guile.so => /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnucash-guile.so
> > > (0x00007ff5def0a000)
> > > libgnc-app-utils.so => /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-app-utils.so
> > > (0x00007ff5df504000)
> > > libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff5deeaa000)
> > > libgnc-core-utils.so => /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-core-utils.so
> > > (0x00007ff5dee6e000)
> > > libgc.so.1 => /lib64/libgc.so.1 (0x00007ff5ded2c000)
> > > libffi.so.8 => /lib64/libffi.so.8 (0x00007ff5df4f8000)
> > > libunistring.so.2 => /lib64/libunistring.so.2 (0x00007ff5deb7e000)
> > > libgmp.so.10 => /lib64/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007ff5dead9000)
> > > libcrypt.so.2 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.2 (0x00007ff5deaa0000)
> > > libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007ff5de9bf000)
> > > /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff5df88a000)
> > > libicui18n.so.72 => /lib64/libicui18n.so.72 (0x00007ff5de600000)
> > > libicuuc.so.72 => /lib64/libicuuc.so.72 (0x00007ff5de200000)
> > > libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff5df4ed000)
> > > libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007ff5dde00000)
> > > libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007ff5de99b000)
> > > libpcre2-8.so.0 => /lib64/libpcre2-8.so.0 (0x00007ff5de566000)
> > > libgio-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff5ddc2d000)
> > > libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de979000)
> > > libboost_locale.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_locale.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de4c4000)
> > > libicudata.so.72 => /lib64/libicudata.so.72 (0x00007ff5dbe00000)
> > > libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007ff5de95f000)
> > > libmount.so.1 => /lib64/libmount.so.1 (0x00007ff5de47e000)
> > > libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007ff5de451000)
> > > libboost_atomic.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_atomic.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de955000)
> > > libboost_system.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_system.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de950000)
> > > libboost_thread.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_thread.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de431000)
> > > libboost_chrono.so.1.78.0 => /lib64/libboost_chrono.so.1.78.0
> > > (0x00007ff5de945000)
> > > libblkid.so.1 => /lib64/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007ff5de1c8000)
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Run:
> > >>   ldd /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-expressions-guile.so
> > >>
> > >> And see if perhaps it is missing a dependency?
> > >>
> > >> -derek
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, January 25, 2024 11:07 am, John Haiducek wrote:
> > >> > The file and its parent directory are both world-readable
> > >> >
> > >> > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:46 AM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> This is probably a silly question, but does the .so file have
> > >> >> permissions
> > >> >> that let it be read by your account? And/or what about the
> > >> >> containing directory?
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM John Haiducek <jhaiduce at gmail.com>
> > >> >> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>> After upgrading to gnucash 5.5 on Fedora 38 (using the rpm package
> > >> for
> > >> >>> gnucash from the Fedora repos), I get the following error trying
> to
> > >> >>> start
> > >> >>> gnucash:
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> $ gnucash
> > >> >>> Backtrace:
> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> > >> >>>   3536:20 19 (_)
> > >> >>>    2835:4 18 (save-module-excursion #<procedure 7fb1618d6930 at
> > >> ice-…>)
> > >> >>>   3556:26 17 (_)
> > >> >>> In unknown file:
> > >> >>>           16 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/report/html-utilities"
> > >> #<…>)
> > >> >>> In html-utilities.scm:
> > >> >>>      32:0 15 (_)
> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> > >> >>>   3927:20 14 (process-use-modules _)
> > >> >>>    222:17 13 (map1 (((gnucash report report-core))))
> > >> >>>   3928:31 12 (_ ((gnucash report report-core)))
> > >> >>>   3326:17 11 (resolve-interface (gnucash report report-core)
> > >> #:select
> > >> >>> …)
> > >> >>> In ice-9/threads.scm:
> > >> >>>     390:8 10 (_ _)
> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> > >> >>>   3252:13  9 (_)
> > >> >>> In ice-9/threads.scm:
> > >> >>>     390:8  8 (_ _)
> > >> >>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> > >> >>>   3536:20  7 (_)
> > >> >>>    2835:4  6 (save-module-excursion #<procedure 7fb1618d6810 at
> > >> ice-…>)
> > >> >>>   3556:26  5 (_)
> > >> >>> In unknown file:
> > >> >>>            4 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/report/report-core"
> > >> #<pro…>)
> > >> >>> In report-core.scm:
> > >> >>>      26:2  3 (_)
> > >> >>> In unknown file:
> > >> >>>            2 (load-extension "libgnc-expressions-guile"
> > >> "scm_init_sw…")
> > >> >>> In system/foreign-library.scm:
> > >> >>>    190:25  1 (load-foreign-library _ #:extensions _ # _
> > >> #:search-path
> > >> >>> …)
> > >> >>> In unknown file:
> > >> >>>            0 (dlopen "libgnc-expressions-guile.so" 1)
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> ERROR: In procedure dlopen:
> > >> >>> In procedure dlopen: file "libgnc-expressions-guile.so", message
> > >> >>> "libgnc-expressions-guile.so: cannot open shared object file: No
> > >> such
> > >> >>> file
> > >> >>> or directory"
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I can confirm that /usr/lib64/gnucash/libgnc-expressions-guile.so
> > >> >>> exists.
> > >> >>> Obviously this looks like a bug, but I'm not sure if it's a
> gnucash
> > >> bug
> > >> >>> or
> > >> >>> a packaging problem on the Fedora side. Can anyone help me figure
> > >> out
> > >> >>> which
> > >> >>> it is? Any possible workarounds to try?
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> > >> >> Micah 6:8
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