--- On Sun, 3/15/09, Ray Chen <chenrano2002@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Ray Chen <chenrano2002@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5
> To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 9:18 AM
> On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 22:00 -0500, Christopher D. Stover
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I tried doing a yum update that didn't go so well.
> I'm now attempting to
> > run yum from recovery via a fedora live cd but I'm
> getting the following:
> > "/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries:
> libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory".
> Anyone have any ideas of
> > what I can do to fix this? Thanks!
>
> it shows that system can't find the shared libraries
> "libtinfo.so.5".maybe your system has been
> damaged, specially for
> the /lib directory. you'd better boot the livecd from
> CDROM and
> reinstall the system.
That would be as a last resort.
Why doesn't he do a
# yum what provides libtinfo.so.5
Then look for the corresponding rpm and reinstall it either from a mirror or from koji. If the system cannot be brought up within a few days, then surely I would do the same, reinstall the system what else can cure the illness?
>
> >From my Fedora10, the libtinfo is here:
> [ray@localhost /]$ ll /usr/lib/libtinfo.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-11-28 17:57
> /usr/lib/libtinfo.so
> -> ../../lib/libtinfo.so.5
> [ray@localhost /]$ ll /lib/libtinfo.so.5
> libtinfo.so.5 libtinfo.so.5.6
> [ray@localhost /]$ ll /lib/libtinfo.so.5*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2008-11-28 17:56
> /lib/libtinfo.so.5 ->
> libtinfo.so.5.6
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 98036 2008-10-02 21:02
> /lib/libtinfo.so.5.6
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
>
>
> --
Regards,
Antonio
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