.so file

[stasJohn]

Where do I find so.# files?

For example, I need libssl.so.6, but my rpm utility is all messed up.

Where can I get that file.

Thanks

 

[sleipnir214]

Perhaps a better long-term solution would be to restore RPM functionality. With that in mind, what does, "all messed up" mean as you use in your sentence?



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[stasJohn]

see my other thread:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1380758&page=1

Okay, so I'm a newb and did something really really stupid.

I'm trying to set up ssl on apache. The instructions I was following suggested

build openssl from source
build mod_ssl from source
rebuild apache with mod_ssl support

First, I realized that there was an rpm version of openssl already on the computer. So I went ahead and did a rpm -e --nodeps openssl. I assumed anything that relied on the already installed version would just find the new version once I built it.

Next, I built openssl (0.9.8e) from source. That went fine.

Then I started noticing that things, ftp for example, were no longer working.

vsftpd: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So, yeah, how do I get that file back?

Thanks in advance

 

[sleipnir214]

Do you not have the RPM of openssl to reinstall?



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[stasJohn]

I do, but when I run rpm -ivh openssl-0.9.8a-5.2.i386.rpm I get

rpm: error while loading shared libraries: libbssl.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 

[sleipnir214]

Do you not have libssl.so.6 in your openssl build directory?



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[stasJohn]

I ran "make" and assume that the build directory is the same directory that I ran make out of.

libssl.so.6 was not in there

 

[sleipnir214]

Do you have a libssl.so.anything on your system?



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[stasJohn]

no, I searched but only came up with libssl.so (no number at the end)

 

[sleipnir214]

The reason I'm asking is that on my system libssl.so.6 is a symbolic link to libssl.so.0.9.8b. Perhaps you're only missing the symbolic link.



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[stasJohn]

should the symbolic link be in /lib or /usr/lib?

 

[sleipnir214]

On my system both the .so file and the symbolic link are in /lib. My system is a Fedora Core 6 box...your milage may vary.

I'd put the symbolic link in the same directory as the .so file.



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