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Old 05-16-2024, 06:44 PM   #1
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Leap 15.6rc breakage: libncurses.so.5

Recent updates have broken things in 15.6rc that used to work. For example:
Code:
$ htop -d20
htop: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$
I checked in YaST and libncurses6 was installed. libncurses5 was not. Installing "5" has had no effect. Manually running ldconfig hasn't helped either. What I see when running "ldconfig -p" is:
Code:
# ldconfig -p | grep curses
        libncursesw.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncursesw.so.6
        libncursesw.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncursesw.so.5
        libncurses.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncurses.so.6
        libncurses.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncurses.so.5
        libncurses++w.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
        libncurses++w.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.5
        libncurses++.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
        libncurses++.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.5
Looks like it ought to be recognized but htop (at least) isn't working. (Who knows what else is now broken?)

Ideas?

TIA for any hints, clues, etc.
 
Old 05-16-2024, 11:06 PM   #2
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In 15.6 on a Haswell last upgraded 6 April, htop works, and I get this:
Code:
# rpm -qa | grep curses | sort
libncurses6-6.1-150000.5.20.1.x86_64
libyui-ncurses-pkg16-4.5.3-150500.3.3.1.x86_64
libyui-ncurses16-4.5.3-150500.3.3.1.x86_64
ncurses-utils-6.1-150000.5.20.1.x86_64
# ldconfig -p | grep curses
        libncursesw.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncursesw.so.6
        libncurses.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncurses.so.6
        libncurses++w.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
        libncurses++.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
# rpm -ql libncurses6
/lib64/libncurses.so.6
/lib64/libncurses.so.6.1
/lib64/libncursesw.so.6
/lib64/libncursesw.so.6.1
/lib64/libtic.so.6
/lib64/libtic.so.6.1
/lib64/libticw.so.6
/lib64/libticw.so.6.1
/lib64/libtinfo.so.6
/lib64/libtinfo.so.6.1
/lib64/libtinfow.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libform.so.6
/usr/lib64/libform.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libformw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libformw.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libmenu.so.6
/usr/lib64/libmenu.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libmenuw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libmenuw.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libpanel.so.6
/usr/lib64/libpanel.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libpanelw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libpanelw.so.6.1
#
Smells like you may have an obsolete repo enabled.
 
Old 05-17-2024, 12:48 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by mrmazda View Post
In 15.6 on a Haswell last upgraded 6 April, htop works, and I get this:
Code:
# rpm -qa | grep curses | sort
libncurses6-6.1-150000.5.20.1.x86_64
libyui-ncurses-pkg16-4.5.3-150500.3.3.1.x86_64
libyui-ncurses16-4.5.3-150500.3.3.1.x86_64
ncurses-utils-6.1-150000.5.20.1.x86_64
# ldconfig -p | grep curses
        libncursesw.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncursesw.so.6
        libncurses.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libncurses.so.6
        libncurses++w.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
        libncurses++.so.6 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
# rpm -ql libncurses6
/lib64/libncurses.so.6
/lib64/libncurses.so.6.1
/lib64/libncursesw.so.6
/lib64/libncursesw.so.6.1
/lib64/libtic.so.6
/lib64/libtic.so.6.1
/lib64/libticw.so.6
/lib64/libticw.so.6.1
/lib64/libtinfo.so.6
/lib64/libtinfo.so.6.1
/lib64/libtinfow.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libform.so.6
/usr/lib64/libform.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libformw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libformw.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libmenu.so.6
/usr/lib64/libmenu.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libmenuw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libmenuw.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libpanel.so.6
/usr/lib64/libpanel.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libpanelw.so.6
/usr/lib64/libpanelw.so.6.1
#
Smells like you may have an obsolete repo enabled.
Not sure what that'd be. Here's what YaST is telling me:
Code:
Priority     │Enabled│Autorefresh│Name                                                            │
│100          │       │     x     │packman                                                         │ 
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │Update repository of openSUSE Backports                         │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │Update repository with debuginfo for updates from SUSE Linux Ent│
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │Update repository with updates for openSUSE Leap debuginfo packa│
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15    │
│ 99 (Default)│       │           │openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1                                            │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │repo-non-free (15.6)                                            │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │repo-non-oss (15.6)                                             │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │repo-non-oss-debug (15.6)                                       │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │repo-openh264 (15.6)                                            │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │repo-oss (15.6)                                                 │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │repo-oss-debug (15.6)                                           │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │repo-oss-source (15.6)                                          │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │update-backports (15.6)                                         │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │update-backports-debug (15.6)                                   │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │update-non-oss (15.6)                                           │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │update-non-oss-debug (15.6)                                     │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │update-oss (15.6)                                               │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │update-oss-debug (15.6)                                         │
│ 99 (Default)│   x   │     x     │update-sle (15.6)                                               │
│ 99 (Default)│       │     x     │update-sle-debug (15.6)
Other than packman, everything that's listed there was there by default. (I haven't even added the Nvidia repository.)

I'm also a little confused why I'm seeing this:
Code:
# ldd /usr/bin/htop
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffdda7b7000)
        libcap.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libcap.so.2 (0x00007f68a9b32000)
        libncursesw.so.6 => /lib64/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007f68a9af6000)
        libtinfo.so.6 => /lib64/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007f68a9ac7000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f68a99db000)
        libnl-3.so.200 => /usr/lib64/libnl-3.so.200 (0x00007f68a9600000)
        libnl-genl-3.so.200 => /usr/lib64/libnl-genl-3.so.200 (0x00007f68a9200000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f68a8e00000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f68a99d8000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f68a9bad000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f68a99d5000)
No mention of libncurses.so.5 yet that's what's indicated in the error message I'm getting.

Still looking for an answer...
 
Old 05-18-2024, 02:06 AM   #4
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Not sure what that'd be. Here's what YaST is telling me:
Post:
Code:
zypper lr d
Because we have to see the important thing of your Repo list, the URL.......
 
Old 05-18-2024, 06:30 AM   #5
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@rnturn, post #1
Quote:
error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5
The package name to install is libncurses5
https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/opens...4.1.x86_64.rpm

Ref. https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/opens...po/oss/x86_64/

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Old 05-18-2024, 08:10 AM   #6
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But the point is:
htop is running for me without libncurses5.
Code:
LANG=C htop --version
htop 3.2.2
Also libncurses5 is not installed:
Code:
LANG=C zypper se -s libncurses
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name              | Type    | Version           | Arch   | Repository
--+-------------------+---------+-------------------+--------+-----------------
  | libncurses5       | package | 6.1-150000.5.24.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository
  | libncurses5-32bit | package | 6.1-150000.5.24.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository
i | libncurses6       | package | 6.1-150000.5.24.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository
  | libncurses6-32bit | package | 6.1-150000.5.24.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository
 
Old 05-18-2024, 11:30 AM   #7
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<snip>

Smells like you may have an obsolete repo enabled.
Arg! [forehead slap] It's sillier than that. As part of getting 15.6rc up and running, I recently restored the contents of /usr/local from a backup and it picked up an old copy of htop that had been built from sources ages ago and installed in /usr/local/bin/. I removed it -- and fixed a careless tweak to PATH -- and htop runs fine now. I assume that it'll be safe to go ahead and uninstall the libncurses.so.5 library now.
 
  


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