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ning

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Registered: 2008-11-15

Posts: 27

libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

I reboot my system after running "sudo pacman -S gnome".
but seems something wrong...
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/bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5 :cannot open shared object file :No such file or directory.
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
/bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5 :cannot open shared object file : No such file or directory.

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is anyone ever deal with this problem?

bangkok_manouel

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From: indicates a starting point

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 1,556

Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

is your entire system up to date?

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,503

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Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

I'm guessing you just installed, updated and then installed gnome correct?

This is the second time I have seen this in a few days.  The "solution" is to initially do a "pacman -Sy bash ncurses readline" before the full update. 

But I would like to know what installer you are using to get this problem so I can try replicating this and figure out what is happening.  There should not be a ncurses package floating around without that library in it...

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ning

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Registered: 2008-11-15

Posts: 27

Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

yes, I am just installed update and ...and how is installed gnome correct?

what does that installer meaning? archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.iso ?

szymon_g

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 36

Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

you should install ncurses

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@uair : dont ask me how to install ncurses on already broken system. i dont know how this sort of error could go through testing

Last edited by szymon_g (2008-12-06 15:11:00)

Profjim

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From: NYC

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 658

Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

What about:
* boot from the install cd and get a root shell
* mount /dev/sdXX /mnt # mount your Arch / and /var underneath /mnt
* mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
* mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
* mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
* chroot /mnt
* pacman -Sy bash ncurses readline
* reboot

Kobussie

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From: NL - Groningen

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 43

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Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

Thanks Profjim!

I had the same problem with libncurses.so.5 today. Your solution worked for me.

Kobussie

cognacc

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-09-28

Posts: 14

Re: libncurses.so.5 crash my system!

I did as profjim did.

It didnt work for me, when doing the chroot i't said the bash missed libncurses.so.5.

But while using his mount method i just copied the libraries from the cd to the
system mount under /mnt

Now however while upgrading it complains about libncurses.so.5
not being a symlink (i just used cp).

Now I deleted /lib/libncurses.so.5
and updated again, no complaints for now.

seems to work.