libvte2_90.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or dir

ltorvalds024 · 2016-06-14 13:35:55

I have installed a software called Timeshift, when I run it from terminal I get this error

timeshift: error while loading shared libraries: libvte2_90.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

in order to get libvte2_90.so.9 which package should I install?

metak · 2016-06-14 13:43:48

That should be 'vte' package.
Edit: debian packaging files in tarball offer a choice between vte/vte3 (libvte-2.91-dev | libvte-2.90-dev).

Last edited by metak (2016-06-14 13:48:32)

ltorvalds024 · 2016-06-14 13:47:13

metak wrote:

That should be 'vte' package.

no it isn't because I have that package installed already!

mis · 2016-06-14 13:51:53

The problem seems to be that the library has a different name in arch packages

$ pacman -Fsx libvte

extra/vte 0.28.2-7
    usr/lib/libvte.so
    usr/lib/libvte.so.9
    usr/lib/libvte.so.9.2800.2
extra/vte3 0.44.2-1
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so.0
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so.0.4400.2
community/libvterm 0.1.git1.c4317a6-2
    usr/lib/libvterm.so
    usr/lib/libvterm.so.0
    usr/lib/libvterm.so.0.0.0
community/openvswitch 2.5.0-2
    usr/lib/libvtep.a
community/vte3-ng 0.44.1.b-1
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so.0
    usr/lib/libvte-2.91.so.0.4400.1

Scimmia · 2016-06-14 13:57:40

The first problem is that you need an old version. You'll likely have to to make a PKGBUILD for it yourself if you can't rebuild against the new version.

Last edited by Scimmia (2016-06-14 14:01:19)

metak · 2016-06-14 13:59:52

ltorvalds024 wrote:

metak wrote:
That should be 'vte' package.
no it isn't because I have that package installed already!

I also have 'vte3-ng' installed and I just tried building timeshift package from AUR and it builds and runs just fine. Try rebuilding the package?

mis · 2016-06-14 14:16:06

Scimmia wrote:

The first problem is that you need an old version.

hm ok, now I'm not sure if

libvte2_90.so.9

is an older version or the same as

libvte.so.9

or

libvte.so.9.2800.2

in the vte package just named different

metak wrote:

I also have 'vte3-ng' installed and I just tried building timeshift package from AUR and it builds and runs just fine.

The timeshift package from AUR runs without any vte package installed.

@ltorvalds: Is it the same application? How did you install it?

Scimmia · 2016-06-14 14:17:51

mis wrote:

Scimmia wrote:
The first problem is that you need an old version.
hm ok, now I'm not sure if
libvte2_90.so.9 
is an older version or the same as
libvte.so.9
or
libvte.so.9.2800.2
in the vte package just named different

It's an older version of vte3.

ltorvalds024 · 2016-06-15 11:57:16

mis wrote:

Scimmia wrote:
The first problem is that you need an old version.
hm ok, now I'm not sure if
libvte2_90.so.9 
is an older version or the same as
libvte.so.9
or
libvte.so.9.2800.2
in the vte package just named different
metak wrote:
I also have 'vte3-ng' installed and I just tried building timeshift package from AUR and it builds and runs just fine.
The timeshift package from AUR runs without any vte package installed.
@ltorvalds: Is it the same application? How did you install it?

this did not work:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.9.2800.2 /usr/lib/libvte2_90.so.9

R00KIE · 2016-06-15 12:52:49

ltorvalds024 wrote:

this did not work:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.9.2800.2 /usr/lib/libvte2_90.so.9

That is usually a bad idea, don't mess with the filesystem if you are not sure of what you are doing. Also you haven't answered mis' question on how you installed timeshift or if it is the same application.

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