Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:52:31 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using Acrobat4 plugin with Linux Netscape Message-ID: <20000210215230.B935@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <200002102011.PAA11591@dufus.video-collage.com> References: <200002102011.PAA11591@dufus.video-collage.com>
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 03:11:16PM -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've installed the Linux version of Netscape on this 4.0 machine to be
> able to use linux plugins. The first one I tried is Acroread4 -- I made
> the symlink
> nppdf.so -> ../../../Acrobat4/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so
>
> in /usr/local/lib/netscape-linux/plugins . Now Netscape complains:
>
> ERROR: libc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Cant load plugin /usr/local/lib/netscape-linux/plugins/nppdf.so. Ignored.
>
> The linux_base port is installed and happy (the Communicator itself
> runs). The libc.so.5 is there:
>
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5: symbolic link to libc.so.5.3.12
>
> what am I missing? Adding ``/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/'' to the
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH causes Netscape to die at startup with bus error.
> Thanks!
>
Try removing LD_LIBRARY_PATH completely. Several of us found it broke
Linux apps (core dumps on start up) after installing linux_base (to
get Staroffice working).
I'm running Netscape Communicator 4.61 for Linux and the Acroread-4
plug-in works fine (now I've deleted LD_LIBRARY_PATH).
HTH
> -mi
>
>
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