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ABHIRAMSHIBU

Member

Registered: 2016-08-21

Posts: 14

[Solved] libx264.so.159 error.

I have done full system upgrade

abhiram@Destroyer /etc/pacman.d % sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date     0.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%
 community is up to date 0.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

When I try running code I get

abhiram@Destroyer /etc/pacman.d % code
electron7: error while loading shared libraries: libx264.so.159: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

When I try running ffmpeg, I get same

abhiram@Destroyer /etc/pacman.d % ffmpeg
ffmpeg: error while loading shared libraries: libx264.so.159: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I do think there is something wrong with pacman, my pacman config is

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

I don't know why code, ffmpeg etc are not getting updates any more..

Last edited by ABHIRAMSHIBU (2020-09-02 09:28:43)

arojas

Developer

From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,305

Re: [Solved] libx264.so.159 error.

You are using an unsupported ffmpeg package so is your job to update it when some dependency version changes

ABHIRAMSHIBU

Member

Registered: 2016-08-21

Posts: 14

Re: [Solved] libx264.so.159 error.

You are using an unsupported ffmpeg package so is your job to update it when some dependency version changes

Yes, you are correct about ffmpeg, I have forgotten that it was an aur package which I had installed, sorry about that.

That fixed everything, even code.. Thanks a lot :-)