app doesn't find lib file options

[tom poe]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> tom poe wrote:
>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> tom poe wrote:
>>>> I'm running FC5 and trying to get app called, democracyplayer to launch.
>>>> [tom at localhost bin]$ ./democracyplayer
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> - - -snip - - -
>>>>     import MozillaBrowser
>>>> ImportError: libgtkembedmoz.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
>>>> file or directory
>>>> [tom at localhost bin]$ locate libgtkembedmoz.so
>>>> /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.6/libgtkembedmoz.so
>>>> /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.13/libgtkembedmoz.so
>>>> [tom at localhost bin]$
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to launch this app?  Any help appreciated.
>>> Read their release notes?  :-)
>>>
>>> https://develop.participatoryculture.org/projects/democracy/wiki/LinuxNotes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Ed:  The command on that page changed since I first ran it.  Here's
>> today's command:
>> [root at localhost bin]# echo
>> "/usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.13">/etc/ld.so.conf.d/mozilla-i386.conf ; ldconfig
>> bash: ldconfig: command not found
> 
> You probably changed to root via "su" instead of "su -".  In that case you
> would not have gotten root's environment which is why ldconfig is not being
> found.
> 
> So, either "su -" and execute "ldconfig" or if you do "su" then type
> /sbin/ldconfig.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
Ed:  Yahoo!  I had never come across the "su -" option.  But that's 
because I'm computer-challenged.  :)

I logged in as "su -" and ran the command as it stands on the page, 
today, and the app launched.  Thanks, much!!!
Tom
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