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venky80

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cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Iam trying to run Maxview which opens *.max files i.e. Scansoft paperport files in linux, but it seems it needs libtiff.so.4 which I cant find anywhere
more here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile … _id=129198

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Stefan Husmann

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Oh, I just put a comment into the pkgbuild request forum. Forget it.

So, this error message means that it is not statically linked. You can try the following, without warranty to work: Do a pacman -Sy libtiff and have a look at /usr/lib/*tiff.so* If there is a libtiff.so.4, you shoult be fine.

If not try to find a suitable file do make a symlink to libtiff.so.4, e.g. ln -s libtiff.so.6 libtiff.so.4.

brebs

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

make a symlink

No. Let's do it so it actually works reliably.

Take a copy of /var/abs/extra/lib/libtiff into /var/abs/local, and rename it to e.g. libtiff-so4, since Arch isn't "multislot" like Gentoo, and you might need the .so.3 file in the future. Then change the pkgver to 3.9blah or 4.0blah, and compile it.

Last edited by brebs (2008-03-13 13:44:57)

venky80

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

so do we have a solution?... I am sorry, I am not very well versed with linux, could you tell me what i can do to get libtiff.so.4?

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kumico

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

link against a 3.* version,
install a 4.* version of libtiff or
simply symlink the the exisiting *3.* to *4.* ... #
symlinking usually works, but  if you know the piece of software
require features of the 4.* vresions, you only safe option to to install the newer version

venky80

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Well I cant fint the libtiff.so.4 anyhere.....it is not there is AUR

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Stefan Husmann

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

ln -s libtiff.so.3 libtiff.so.4

brebs

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

ln...

Wrong. Did you listen to a word I said? Welcome to the world of API & ABI changes. If it was really that simple, why do you think they changed the filename, huh?

Try this:

pkgname=libtiff-so4
pkgver=4.0.0alpha
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Library for manipulation of TIFF images"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
depends=(libjpeg zlib)
makedepends=(libgl freeglut libxmu libxi)
options=(NOLIBTOOL)
url="http://www.libtiff.org/"
source=(ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-${pkgver}.tar.gz)

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src/tiff-${pkgver}
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install
}

It creates pkg/usr/lib/libtiff.so.5

Then this:

pkgname=libtiff-so4
pkgver=3.9.0beta
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Library for manipulation of TIFF images"
arch=(i686 x86_64)
depends=(libjpeg zlib)
makedepends=(libgl freeglut libxmu libxi)
options=(NOLIBTOOL)
url="http://www.libtiff.org/"
source=(ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-${pkgver}.tar.gz)

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src/tiff-${pkgver}
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install
}

It creates pkg/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3.9.0

Woah. Where's libtiff.so.4? What a crazy package.

Anyway, symlinking is wrong. Hope that's clear.

Last edited by brebs (2008-03-14 07:24:49)

Stefan Husmann

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Do not be so rude. It is not clear why symlinking is wrong. I do that often without any issues.

Did You listen to the thread? Obviously the opener of this thread has not that deep knowledge, and in most cases symlinking works fine. If in this case it will not work, the symlink and the binary can easily be deleted. So what!

brebs

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

It is not clear why symlinking is wrong.

That is why just blindly stating "ln this to that" is so bad. The Internet is full of such garbage, which gives newbies completely the wrong idea. At the very least, you should say "This is a horrible hack which you can sometimes get away with, but don't rely on it and it's not the proper method"

People need to do a little bit of Googling themselves, for the magical keywords API and ABI.

Last edited by brebs (2008-03-14 08:10:56)

venky80

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

well so now what I still cant get libtiff.so.4?

I cant really follow this thread...it is going over my head...I will try symlinking ..can you tell me how to delete it if it doesn't work?

oh well didnt read the mandravia forum post..it seems it doent work...so guess it will remain a mystery

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brebs

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Sounds like a screwup. You can download libtiff4.

venky80

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

sorry for one more question brebs, how can I convert libtiff4.deb to arch package?
I appreciate the help you are providing.

Last edited by venky80 (2008-03-14 17:35:19)

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brebs

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Re: cannot find libtiff.so.4 for maxview

Install deb2targz.