Description of problem: I recently upgraded Empathy v3.5.4.1-2.fc18 in Fedora 18(rawhide). When i try to run(open) it, system gives me following error message: empathy: error while loading shared libraries: libempathy-gtk-3.5.4.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Empathy v3.5.4.1-2.fc18 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Go to command prompt 2.Enter "Empathy" on hit enter 3. Actual results: empathy: error while loading shared libraries: libempathy-gtk-3.5.4.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Expected results: Empathy should run successfully and open the main empathy window. Additional info:
*** Bug 847514 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Marking as a F18Final blocker bug as per criteria: All applications listed under the Applications menu or category must start successfully -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
I've had this problem as well, and it isn't fixed by Empathy 3.5.5. For some reason, Empathy doesn't find its libraries in /usr/lib*/empathy/, it only searches for them in /usr/lib*/ Adding the right symlinks makes Empathy work, but that's just a workaround, not a solution. (plus, it breaks at the next update if the sonames have been bumped)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 849701 ***
*** Bug 849701 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
empathy-3.5.90 is out, and if that doesn't fix this, I'll dig into this once I get back from vacation.
I think the problem is that empathy ships libempathy & libempathy-gtk as public libraries in %{_libdir}/empathy now and the package removes the rpath. Maybe something like what is already done in the gnome-shell package could be used here too: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/gnome-shell.git/tree/gnome-shell.spec?id=311c497f7c4002a94af6f760832643ecbd748d64#n123
FYI: $ empathy empathy: error while loading shared libraries: libempathy-gtk-3.5.90.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(In reply to comment #7) > I think the problem is that empathy ships libempathy & libempathy-gtk as > public libraries in %{_libdir}/empathy now and the package removes the rpath. You are right. There is no need to delete the rpath in the package since it only points to %{_libdir}/empathy, and "%__arch_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/check-rpaths /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot" is happy with it. Building a new package with the fix now.
Should be fixed in empathy-3.5.90-3.fc18
+1 final blocker due to violation of the following F18 final release criterion [1]: All applications listed under the Applications menu or category must start successfully [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Final_Release_Criteria
Fixed package is already in stable.