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Re: LIBRARY_PATH and foreign binaries: error while loading shared librar
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
Re: LIBRARY_PATH and foreign binaries: error while loading shared libraries |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:39:04 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.0; emacs 25.3.1 |
Hi Pierre,
>> /path/to/foreign/binary
> /path/to/foreign/binary: No such file or directory
>
> This is because the path to the linker is wrong:
>
>> file /path/to/foreign/binary
> /path/to/foreign/binary: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV),
> dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux
> 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=edf4cff78e6710ff4f7ac14cb99b38aefed2659e, stripped
>
> I can fix it with
>
>> patchelf --set-interpreter "$(realpath "$(which sh)")"
>> /path/to/foreign/binary
>
> (Is this the commended way?)
It is one way that ensures that the correct linker is used. Another way
is to install the glibc’s dynamic linker in the expected location at
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2.
> The "missing" libraries are indeed in my ~/.guix-profile/lib. This
> folder is properly referenced in the environment:
>
>> env | grep LIBRARY_PATH
> LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ambrevar/.guix-profile/lib
> My understanding is that the LIBRARY_PATH is only used for compiling,
Correct. It is respected by the linker.
> not at runtime. But then how come some libraries are found and not
> others?
That’s probably because the libraries it found end up there because of
patching the interpreter.
> If I export LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the value of LIBRARY_PATH, then it works:
>
>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH
>> /path/to/foreign/binary
>
> Is there a better way?
The best way is to build the software from source. Short of that you
can load individual libraries with LD_PRELOAD. The most coarse-grain
solution is to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
--
Ricardo