Gentoo 'error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

Posted by admin Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:41:00 GMT

Come on guys, we should be past stupid upstream inconsistencies like this by now.

After reading all of the worthless posts regarding this error on Gentoo , I came up with the following solution:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.2

This error seems to rear its head on other platforms as well. I’m not sure if this solution will work on other platforms.

Just do it and be done.

UPDATE: Someone from the Gentoo team tried to leave a berating comment telling me to “read the _blank_ manual” and find that revdep_rebuild solves this problem. In response I can say that it indeed does NOT solve the problem. This is a really stupid bug in Gentoo and should be fixed. Come on guys! I love the product, but this is just retarded. It isn’t that difficult to fix the problem. Just do it once and for all. The amazing thing is that I still get emails and thanks for this resolution, even in Sabayon. I’m not sure who is responsible for this incompetency on the Gentoo team but there is simply no excuse.

revdep_rebuild!?!?! Only an amateur would think that nobody has tried that first.

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RadRails on Gentoo

Posted by admin Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:48:00 GMT

Traditionally I use jEdit for writing code. However, the CVS and SVN management in Eclipse cannot be beat.

Since I have all but forsaken other programming languages in favor of Ruby on Rails, Eclipse is more useful to me with the RadRails extension.

I run Gentoo on my workstation, and after searching the web could not find any concise documentation on the best practice for installing RadRails on Gentoo. So, as more often than not I decided to do it myself, and document it here.

I want Eclipse 3.2.x and the Gentoo Java Team strongly suggests everyone upgrade to that version as well.

  • Problem #1: Eclipse 3.2.x is, as of this writing, masked in Gentoo’s Portage
  • Solution #1: Append the following string to the end of your /etc/portage/package.keywords file: 
    dev-util/eclipse-sdk
  • Problem #2: Installing Eclipse
  • Solution #2: Emerge as root: 
    # emerge eclipse-sdk

This may take some time. Portage had 30 dependent ebuilds to emerge before it even got to eclipse-sdk. You may want to grab a Yerba Mate and read your favorite RSS feeds.

After Gentoo is finished emerging everything, beside being an hour or so older, you should be able to launch eclipse.

$ eclipse-3.2

Install RadRails:

  • On the Eclipse menu drill into Help->Software Updates->Find and Install...
  • Select Search for new features to install
  • Click Next

Define RDT Remote Site:

  • Click New Remote Site
  • Name: RDT
  • URL: http://updatesite.rubypeople.org/release
  • Click OK

Define RadRails Remote Site:

  • Click New Remote Site
  • Name: RadRails
  • URL: http://radrails.sourceforge.net/update
  • Click OK

Define Subclipse Remote Site:

  • Click New Remote Site
  • Name: Subclipse
  • URL: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.0.x
  • Click OK

Make sure all three new remote sites are checked then click Finish and follow the prompts. Eventually Eclipse will prompt for a reboot. Do it, then when it comes back up you have a shiny new install of RadRails.

Happy Coding!

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