[ubuntu-uk] Missing libraries

[Simon Redmond]

On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 19:30 +0200, martijn at vandestreek.net wrote:
> On 26 July 2011 14:32, Andrés Muñiz Piniella <andresmp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Hi,
>          
>         We are trying to install a software (coventorware) that
>         normally is supported if installed in redhat 4 but "should
>         work" on other linux distros like ubuntu.
>          
>         We managed to install everthing but there is one library that
>         is missing: libgomp.so.1.  And we think it's called
>         libgomp(something) in ubuntu (already installed).  it seems
>         they are spelt slightly differently. How would I get the
>         coventorware installer to find libgomp?
> 
> 
> This could be two different problems:
> 
> 
> 1. You're really missing the library. Try installing "apt-file", then
> do "apt-file update" and "apt-file search libgomp123.so" (replace with
> the file name you need) to see which package it's in
> 
> 
> or
> 
> 
> 2. The software you're trying to run is compiled for 32-bit Linux, and
> you're running 64-bit LInux. If you install libraries using "apt-get
> install" you get the 64-bit versions, which can't be used by 32-bit
> compiled programs. You either need to get a version of your software
> that's compiled for 64-bit Linux, get the 32-bit libraries on your
> system somehow, or install 32-bit Ubuntu and try with that.
> 
> 
> Martijn
>  

I might be wrong, but this sounds like it could be solved by a symbolic
link???

Simon