Octave 3.0 does not start in Ubuntu Hardy Heron

[Ayesha Kalra]

Hi all

I upgraded to Hardy Heron a few days back. I cannot get Octave to start on it now. This is the error message I am getting:

octave: error while loading shared libraries: libumfpack.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


Any help here will be useful.

Thanks
Ayesha

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[Ayesha Kalra]

I think this is the problem,

libumfpack.so.1 has been replaced by libumfpack.so.3.1.0 (I see libumfpack.so.3.1.0 in my /usr/lib ). But how do I tell Octave to look for libumfpack.so.3.1.0 instead of libumfpack.so.1

Ayesha

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Ayesha Kalra <ayesha.kalra@...> wrote:

Hi all

I upgraded to Hardy Heron a few days back. I cannot get Octave to start on it now. This is the error message I am getting:

octave: error while loading shared libraries: libumfpack.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


Any help here will be useful.

Thanks
Ayesha

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[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2]

On 24/06/2008, Ayesha Kalra <ayesha.kalra@...> wrote:
> I think this is the problem,
>
> libumfpack.so.1 has been replaced by libumfpack.so.3.1.0 (I see
> libumfpack.so.3.1.0 in my /usr/lib ). But how do I tell Octave to look for
> libumfpack.so.3.1.0 instead of libumfpack.so.1

Out of curiousity, are you using the Debian octave3.0 package or are
you compiling from source?

- Jordi G. H.
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[Ayesha Kalra]

I am using the Synaptic Package Manger of Ubuntu. This ensures that I get timely information about updates. I am not compiling from source.

Ayesha

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@...> wrote:

On 24/06/2008, Ayesha Kalra <ayesha.kalra@...> wrote:
> I think this is the problem,
>
> libumfpack.so.1 has been replaced by libumfpack.so.3.1.0 (I see
> libumfpack.so.3.1.0 in my /usr/lib ). But how do I tell Octave to look for
> libumfpack.so.3.1.0 instead of libumfpack.so.1

Out of curiousity, are you using the Debian octave3.0 package or are
you compiling from source?

- Jordi G. H.

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[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2]

2008/6/25 Ayesha Kalra <ayesha.kalra@...>:

> Ayesha
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
> <jordigh@...> wrote:
>>
>> On 24/06/2008, Ayesha Kalra <ayesha.kalra@...> wrote:
>> > I think this is the problem,
>> >
>> > libumfpack.so.1 has been replaced by libumfpack.so.3.1.0 (I see
>> > libumfpack.so.3.1.0 in my /usr/lib ). But how do I tell Octave to look
>> > for
>> > libumfpack.so.3.1.0 instead of libumfpack.so.1
>>
>> Out of curiousity, are you using the Debian octave3.0 package or are
>> you compiling from source?
>
> I am using the Synaptic Package Manger of Ubuntu. This ensures that I get
> timely information about updates. I am not compiling from source.
>

Then it looks like you've run into a packaging bug. That's what
happens when you use packages from Debian unstable like Ubuntu does. I
haven't heard it reported against the Debian packages, so maybe you
should report it. What's the version of libsuitesparse on your system?

A quick hack to fix it is to create a symlink:

     sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libumfpack.so.3.1.0 /usr/lib/libumfpack.so.1

I'd offer to fix the packaging bug myself, but I doubt I'd get around
to doing it, easy as it looks to fix.

Nevertheless, HTH,
- Jordi G. H.

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[Thomas Weber-8]

Am Mittwoch, den 25.06.2008, 22:14 -0400 schrieb Ayesha Kalra:
> I am using the Synaptic Package Manger of Ubuntu. This ensures that I
> get timely information about updates. I am not compiling from source.

Open a bug in Launchpad.

        Thomas

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[Dorian-13]

I got the  same problem when upgrading to Hardy. All old libraries are left there .
And there is no automatic way to delete them.

2008/6/26 Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail@...>:

Am Mittwoch, den 25.06.2008, 22:14 -0400 schrieb Ayesha Kalra:

> I am using the Synaptic Package Manger of Ubuntu. This ensures that I
> get timely information about updates. I am not compiling from source.

Open a bug in Launchpad.

       Thomas

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[Thomas Weber-8]

Am Donnerstag, den 26.06.2008, 12:24 +0200 schrieb Dorian:
> I got the  same problem when upgrading to Hardy. All old libraries are
> left there .
> And there is no automatic way to delete them.

Adding a "me too" does not help in resolving such an issue. Opening a
bug in the distribution's bug tracker does[1]. And yes, this is a
packaging issue.

[1] Bonus points if you give an URL to the bug report here afterwards.

        Thomas


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