Re: kfm error

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Yeah, I got this too. As root, just do:

ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.6a.0.0 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.6

And it will work.

Robert King wrote:

> With KDE, lots of things don't work and it seems to be because kfm is not
> running.  Trying to start kfm from the command line in an xterm gives the
> error -
>
> kfm: error in loading shared libraries
> libjpeg.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Where is this file.  I tried grepping for libjpeg.so.6 in Contents-i386
> and got only references to -
>
> usr/lib/libc5-compat/libjpeg.so.6a                      oldlibs/libjpeg6a
> usr/lib/libc5-compat/libjpeg.so.6a.0.0                  oldlibs/libjpeg6a
> usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62                                   libs/libjpeg62
> usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0                               libs/libjpeg62
> usr/lib/libjpeg.so.6a                                   libs/libjpegg6a
> usr/lib/libjpeg.so.6a.0.0                               libs/libjpegg6a
> usr/lib/libjpeg.so.6b                                   libs/libjpeg62
>
> I have installed all three of the libraries mentioned in this list.
>
> Ideas, people?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert King.
>
> KDE packages ---
>
> solzhenitsyn:~/Linux/deb> dpkg -l 'kde*'
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name            Version        Description
> +++-===============-==============-============================================
> ii  kdeadmin        981228-1.1alph tools for adminstration written for KDE
> ii  kdebase         981228-1.1alph KDE core applications
> ii  kdegames        981228-1.1alph KDE games collection
> ii  kdegraphics     981228-1.1alph KDE collection of graphics programs.
> un  kdelibs0        <none>         (no description available)
> un  kdelibs0-dev    <none>         (no description available)
> ii  kdelibs0g       981228-1.1alph KDE core libraries (runtime files)
> un  kdelibs0g-dev   <none>         (no description available)
> ii  kdemultimedia   981228-1.1alph KDE multimedia package
> ii  kdenetwork      981228-1.1alph KDE clients for several internet services
> un  kdesupport-dev  <none>         (no description available)
> ii  kdesupport0g    981228-1.1alph mime, uuencode and QwSpriteField library - r
> un  kdesupport0g-de <none>         (no description available)
> ii  kdeutils        981228-1.1alph collection of useful kde utilities
>
> libraries:
> solzhenitsyn:~/Linux/deb> dpkg -l 'libjpeg*'
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name            Version        Description
> +++-===============-==============-============================================
> un  libjpeg         <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpeg-altdev  <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpeg-dev     <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpeg-gif     <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpeg-progs   <none>         (no description available)
> ii  libjpeg62       6b-1.1         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime li
> ii  libjpeg6a       6a-12          The Independent JPEG Group's jpeg runtime li
> un  libjpeg6a-dev   <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpeg6b       <none>         (no description available)
> un  libjpegg-dev    <none>         (no description available)
> ii  libjpegg6a      6a-11          The Independent JPEG Group's jpeg runtime li
>
> ----
> Robert King, Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia
> 3875 6677   Robert.King@mailbox.gu.edu.au   http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/robertk/
>
>  "First came stats, pulling habits out of rats ..."
>         - Steve Taylor, "Jung and the Restless"
>
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Jens B. Jorgensen
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