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enigmatic_jihad

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Registered: 2020-04-14

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[SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

I just do some customization on my i3 system and install some packages. Before that, I tried to install gconf with

yay -S gconf

. But it failed with some build error. Then I install oomox with

yay -S themix-full-git

. When I tried to run oomox with the command

oomox-gui

it's giving me an error with

ImportError: libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

. Then I noticed that my blueman-applet is not running. So I ran

blueman-applet

, it returns me the same error. And now I can't open anything. Thunar, Sublime, leafpad, Brave browser everything returning me the same error.
I think I just broke my system. Please help me with this.

Last edited by enigmatic_jihad (2020-04-14 07:02:52)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Please paste your full pacman.log (use a paste service).

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enigmatic_jihad

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Please paste your full pacman.log (use a paste service).

Here is the full pacman.log

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Seems you're habitually running pacman -Sy. DON'T DO THAT. I don't see where you've updated the entire system at all, which is the cause of your problem. Update everything, then never, ever run -Sy again.

r3b311i0n

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

I got the same error today when trying to use pip from a python venv. I think it's due to the libffi update yesterday. Try rebuilding and clean installing those affected packages.

enigmatic_jihad

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Registered: 2020-04-14

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Seems you're habitually running pacman -Sy. DON'T DO THAT. I don't see where you've updated the entire system at all, which is the cause of your problem. Update everything, then never, ever run -Sy again.

Thanks. I never thought it would be that easy. Upgrading the whole system fixes the issue.

jchidley

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Registered: 2020-04-18

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

I had this same problem with Yosys (which depends on libffi).  I have used this work around:

"ln -sf /usr/lib/libffi.so.7 /usr/lib/libffi.so.6"

from  https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66230

MOD EDIT: Don't do this. It will cause far more problems than it "fixes".

Last edited by fukawi2 (2020-04-18 22:42:34)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

That's a stupid workaround. Read up on what soname bumps are and why they happen.

Yosys in the repos was updated 10 days ago for this very library change:
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/comm … c2ca77ad6e

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

I had this same problem with Yosys (which depends on libffi).  I have used this work around:

"ln -sf /usr/lib/libffi.so.7 /usr/lib/libffi.so.6"

from  https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66230

And it's no longer there. That is NOT a solution, it shows a serious lack of understanding of dynamic linking. DO NOT DO THIS.

staykovm

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Registered: 2020-04-22

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Hi, I am also experiencing this in python3, works in python2 (i upgrade with pacman -Syu). Can anyone suggest what to do?

~ $ python
Python 3.8.2 (default, Apr  8 2020, 14:31:25) 
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/marin/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from . import _gi
ImportError: libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>> 

Thanks!

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No Such file ...

Rebuild your local modules.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … _hijacking

Closing.

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