On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 08:15 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > > --- 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? Good suggestion. You can try to install "ncurses-libs" rpm, hope it can install all dependence rpms and fix your problem. [ray@localhost ~]$ rpm -qf /lib/libtinfo.so.5 ncurses-libs-5.6-20.20080927.fc10.i386 Thanks, Ray > > >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 > > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
