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bug #37656: failure to launch, missing library hdf5

Submitted by:  Steve Watson <ssw0213>
Submitted on:  Thu 01 Nov 2012 01:56:09 AM UTC  
 
Category: LibrariesSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Installation Failure
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 3.4.3Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Thu 01 Nov 2012 06:36:01 PM UTC, comment #2:

Done. Thanks Jordi.

Steve Watson <ssw0213>
Thu 01 Nov 2012 03:28:30 AM UTC, comment #1:

This isn't a bug in Octave. It's a bug in RHEL's packaging since it neglected to properly account for a library while doing the rpm. Report this to RHEL.

Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <jordigh>
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Thu 01 Nov 2012 01:56:09 AM UTC, original submission:

System: RedHat RHEL Client, Release 6.3
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64, Gnome 2.28.2

Installed octave as root using the epel repository

then tried to run it as user:

Solution: ran strace on octave to see the directories being looked at, used find to get the location of libhd5, and added a symlink as follows:

and finally, as user:

This is a workaround; an upstream solution would be nice.

Steve Watson <ssw0213>

 

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