Help with symlink

[spiky001]

ok output /lib/libc.so.6 --version command not found also run as root

readlink -f /lib/libc.so.6
returns
/lib/libc-2.13.so

[spiky001]

I,ll pop back tomorrow thks for your help

[matt_symes]

Hi

ok output /lib/libc.so.6 --version command not found also run as root

readlink -f /lib/libc.so.6
returns
/lib/libc-2.13.so

I'm not quite sure why you are getting what you are getting. It's late here so it's quite possible my brain has stopped working for the night though.

matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ /lib/libc.so.6 --version
GNU C Library (Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8) stable release version 2.11.1, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 4.4.3.
Compiled on a Linux >>2.6.24-27-server<< system on 2011-01-21.
Available extensions:
        crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
        GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
        Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
        BIND-8.2.3-T5B
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.debian.org/Bugs/>.
matthew@matthew-laptop:~$ readlink -f /lib/libc.so.6 
/lib/libc-2.11.1.so
matthew@matthew-laptop:~$

Let's have a look at what it is pointing to. What's the output of

ls -l /lib/libc-2.13.so

Kind regards

[spiky001]

spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ /lib/libc.so.6 --version
bash: /lib/libc.so.6: No such file or directory
spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ readlink -f /lib/libc.so.6
/lib/libc-2.13.so

ls -l /lib/libc-2.13.so

spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ ls -l /lib/libc-2.13.so
ls: cannot access /lib/libc-2.13.so: No such file or directory
spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ sudo ls -l /lib/libc-2.13.so
[sudo] password for spiky: 
ls: cannot access /lib/libc-2.13.so: No such file or directory
spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$

cd /lib && ls | less just what we need.

ld-linux.so.2
libatasmart.so.4
libatasmart.so.4.0.3
libatm.so.1
libatm.so.1.0.0
libbrlapi.so.0.5
libbrlapi.so.0.5.5
libbsd.so.0
libbsd.so.0.2.0
libbz2.so.1
libbz2.so.1.0
libbz2.so.1.0.4
libcap.so.2
libcap.so.2.20
libcrypto.so.0.9.8
libc.so.6
libdevmapper-event.so.1.02.1

ls of i386-linux-gnu

ld-2.13.so
ld-linux.so.2
libacl.so.1
libacl.so.1.1.0
libanl-2.13.so
libanl.so.1
libattr.so.1
libattr.so.1.1.0
libblkid.so.1
libblkid.so.1.1.0
libBrokenLocale-2.13.so
libBrokenLocale.so.1
libc-2.13.so
libcidn-2.13.so
libcidn.so.1
libcom_err.so.2
libcom_err.so.2.1
libcrypt-2.13.so
libcrypt.so.1
libc.so.6
libdbus-1.so.3
libdbus-1.so.3.5.4
libdl-2.13.so
libdl.so.2

ls -l /lib/libc.so.6

spiky@spiky-toshiba:/lib$ ls -l libc.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx 2 spiky spiky 12 2011-06-19 16:11 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.13.so
spiky@spiky-toshiba:/lib$

ls -l /

drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  4096 2011-10-09 18:53 lib

I think I,ve covered it all here

[matt_symes]

Hi

I think I,ve covered it all here

spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ readlink -f /lib/libc.so.6 
/lib/libc-2.13.so

and

spiky@spiky-toshiba:~$ ls -l /lib/libc-2.13.so 
ls: cannot access /lib/libc-2.13.so: No such file or directory

Now we are getting somewhere. The symlink (/lib/libc.so.6) is pointing to a file (/lib/libc-2.13.so) that does not exist.

The symlink needs to point to

/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so

Open a terminal and type

sudo rm /lib/libc.so.6

This will remove the link. Then type

sudo ln -s /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so /lib/libc.so.6

You are using Natty. I don't believe the link /lib/libc.so.6 is used on Natty. Deleting the link would break Maverick and Lucid and would have to be repaired from a live CD/USB by recreating the symlink.

Check the link after by typing

/lib/libc.so.6 --version

Kind regards

[spiky001]

Thks for your time and effort now the script runs clean