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nigelh

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Registered: 2008-04-07

Posts: 6

gphoto2

Hi, can anyone help me with this problem
I'm trying to run gphoto2, to download pictures from my Canon 350D camera but, after installing gphoto2, I get this message:-

gphoto2: error while loading shared libraries: libgpm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Hope someone can help, please!
thanks
Nigel

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: gphoto2

As root install gpm:

pacman -S gpm

Last edited by skottish (2008-06-27 19:08:34)

nigelh

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Registered: 2008-04-07

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Re: gphoto2

Hi skottish,
thanks for your reply - I've just done that and, sad to say, still getting the same error:-
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[root@HPLaptop nigel]# pacman -S gpm
warning: gpm-1.20.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: gpm-1.20.5-1 

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.33 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading gpm                                 [#####################] 100%
[root@HPLaptop nigel]# exit
exit
[nigel@HPLaptop ~]$ gphoto2
gphoto2: error while loading shared libraries: libgpm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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It seems a very strange problem, to me, as a newbie to Archlinux.
thanks for your help
Nigel

skottish

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Re: gphoto2

Where's my head? Welcome to the forums nigelh.

It looks like the version of ghoto2 that you're trying to launch isn't built against the current gpm. First off, if you don't know ABS yet, it's a good thing to get to know: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS. It may be useful to file a bug report for this also: http://bugs.archlinux.org/

nigelh

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Registered: 2008-04-07

Posts: 6

Re: gphoto2

Hi skottish,
thanks for the welcome and your suggestions - I will continue investigating and, hopefully, get a solution soon!
I'll post any discoveries here.
cheers
Nigel

Allan

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Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: gphoto2

I looks like you are using the [testing] repository.  There is a new version of gpm there which had a soname bump.  It seems gphoto2 needs rebuilt against that.

In the meantime, you can look up "ABS" and "makepkg" in the Arch wiki as skottish suggested.

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: gphoto2

It's fixed now. Rebuilt package is in testing repo.

nigelh

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Registered: 2008-04-07

Posts: 6

Re: gphoto2

Thanks, Allen, Snowman and Skottish,
with a lot of help from my son, I now have it working, going the ABS route as you suggested and using F_Spot as the "front end".
Thanks for rebuilding the package, Snowman - great service!
regards to you all,
nigel

lauchazombie

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Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 25

Re: gphoto2

nigelh can you explain how you fixed this?

synorgy

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Registered: 2005-07-11

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Re: gphoto2

if you have gpm installed (and only if you have gpm installed) you can attempt to set up some soft links between the older version of libgpm. However, doing so is a bit of a hack and if it's been rebuilt - just reinstall.

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lauchazombie

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Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 25

Re: gphoto2

an pacman -Syu today fixed it