Problem Running Lazarus on Linux Slackware 12.0
lazarus / 1-Linux

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rp1omnir · 2008-07-07 07:13

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this problem.

I installed Lazarus on my Linux box running Slackware 12.0 and I am
getting the following error.

startlazarus: error while loading shared libraries:
libgdk_pixbuf.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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WibblyTim · 2008-07-08 21:04

You need to install the libgdk_pixbuf library from either the
Slackware discs or the online repositories.

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rp1omnir · 2008-07-09 09:26

Thanks for the suggestion.

I think the problem might be that Lazarus is looking for
libgdk_pixbuf.so.2 and on my system I have in the /usr/lib directory

libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0

Is there any Lazarus configuration file that I can access to change
the version of the pixbuf library that is being used?

I think the problem may be that Lazarus is configured to use a
previous version of this library.

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WibblyTim · 2008-07-10 12:04

I had a look on the Lazarus Wiki and found this

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus

This should give you an idea of what you need to do to get Lazarus
running.

I cannot help you further than this I'm afraid as I use Mandriva 2008
not Slackware.

Good Luck.