getlibs: Automatically solves dependencies for 32-bit programs on 64-bit

[Cappy]

On 64-bit systems it downloads and installs libraries needed for 32-bit programs and 64-bit programs.
On 32-bit systems it downloads and installs libraries needed for 32-bit programs.
Newest version: 2.06 released on [March 1st, 2008]

Thank you to the following bug reporters: marararam ViRMiN Cabal elanthis BogusJoe NullHead mooball
Thank you to the following Beta Testers: Kilz BogusJoe NullHead
Special thanks to: RavanH

To install or upgrade:

Download getlibs-all from
http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/


getlibs works on:

• All Ubuntu and Debian systems
• Debian or Ubuntu based distributions (best to use the package name)

Tip: To install a 32-bit debian package for a program (not a library!) use

sudo dpkg -i --force-all package_name.deb

Usage Examples:

getlibs on a program to download all missing libraries:

getlibs /usr/bin/skype

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Use getlibs to install a 32-bit library using the library name:

getlibs -l libogg.so.0 libSDL-1.2.so.0

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Use getlibs to install a 32-bit library using the package name:

getlibs -p libqt4-core libqt4-gui

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Install a 32-bit library file (.deb):

getlibs -i ~/i386_library_1.deb

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Download and install a 32-bit library file (.deb):

getlibs -w http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sdl-image1.2/libsdl-image1.2_1.2.5-3_i386.deb

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Other options:

--apt-file : Uses apt-file to find the packagenames for libraries. The default uses packages.ubuntu.com. This is especially useful for non-ubuntu users.

--build : converts a 32-bit package to a 64-bit package and installs it. This will only install libraries from a 32-bit package into the correct place! This will not install any binaries from that package! This is very beta.

--savebuild : use with --build. Saves new 64-bit package to /home/$USER

--mirror or -m : Use the specified mirror to download from if one is not specified for package

--verbose : Extra output

--ldconfig : Runs ldconfig on directories where new libraries are installed

-64 : Will let apt-get install 64-bit packages for a 64-bit system

-32 : Left only for compatibility with getlibs v1. 32-bit library installation is the default for all systems.

--distro : can set as either Ubuntu or Debian. Ubuntu installs to /usr/lib32 and/or /lib32. Debian installs to /emul/ia32-linux/

--release : can set as hardy gutsy feisty edgy or dapper. Determines what web interface release is used in search.

[fabertawe]

Originally Posted by Cappy What do you guys think? Is this script helpful enough I should improve it?

Hi Cappy,

sounds like a great idea and something that could be very useful for installing 32bit apps. I just wish I had something to try it out with! I'm sure you'll get some good feedback for this

Paul

[Kilz]

A very interesting project. Sounds like something that would make multiarch a reality before the Ubuntu developers do it. For i386 binaries, it installs the 32bit libraries in the correct place? This might stop some new users fubaring their installs by forcing libraries.

[©TriMoon®]

Originally Posted by Cappy What do you guys think? Is this script helpful enough that I should improve it?

Always handy to have support scripts to ease things.
Some tips for change:
1) Dont demand install as root.
2) Rename the script to have .sh extension, only real binaries should have names without extensions.
3) Use sudo and the like to visually ask the user for administrative rights when really needed.

[gbesso]

This is great, Thank you so much!

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by Kilz For i386 binaries, it installs the 32bit libraries in the correct place?

Yes, it does! I commented my code if you would like to take a look.

[Cappy]

I've updated this to version 1.01
New features:
*Built-in support for handling multiple missing libraries
*Cleaned code up, cleaned regex's up
*Added new feature: install libraries using the name
Example:

$ getlibs -64 libogg.so.0 libSDL-1.2.so.0
Matched library libogg.so.0 to libogg0
Matched library libSDL-1.2.so.0 to libsdl1.2debian-all
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libogg0 is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsdl1.2debian-all
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 213kB of archives.
After unpacking 20.5kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

This new feature supports non arch downloading, just like the binary (original/main) function.

[jusmurph]

very nice project!

[RavanH]

Thanks, Cappy, for this GREAT script!

I wanted to test the latest Skype and it was not available through Simple64 yet. Searching the forums, I stumbled upon your promising post. And it worked!

FYI:
After installing getlibs (following your instructions) and downloading the Skype 1.4.0.74 deb package to my home directory, I installed the latest Skype (32bit architecture) on my AMD64 Ubuntu Feisty by opening a terminal emulation screen and entering

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture skype*.deb

Then I entered the command

skype

which returned the error

skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Then I entered

getlibs /usr/bin/skype

which returned

Matched library libQtCore.so.4 to /feisty/libs/libqt4-core
Matched library libQtDBus.so.4 to /feisty/libs/libqt4-core
Matched library libQtGui.so.4 to /feisty/libs/libqt4-gui
Matched library libQtNetwork.so.4 to /feisty/libs/libqt4-core
Matched library libsigc-2.0.so.0 to /feisty/libs/libsigc++-2.0-0c2a
Libraries have been installed.

Then I tried again the command

skype

which this time returned

skype: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So again, I ran

getlibs /usr/bin/skype

which this time returned

Matched library libdbus-1.so.3 to /feisty/libs/libdbus-1-3
Libraries have been installed.

And for sure, this time the command

skype

resulted in Skype starting up!


So again: a big THANKS for this great script. IMHO it should be integrated in Ubuntu's 64bit version ASAP!!!

--ravan

[blindarbalest]

Thank you very much! I had already forked up my libraries trying to get the 32 bit dependencies for Skype installed -- fortunately apt-get installed what I needed to get Ubuntu working again. getlibs worked like a charm, and I'm now chatting happily.