2004.11.14 15:13 "Re: [Tiff] installation issue", by Andrey Kiselev

I followed the instruction to install the libtiff but when I execute it, I receive the following error:

"tiff2pdf: error while loading shared libraries: libtiff.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

You should run the following commands from the libtiff's root:

 $ ./configure
 $ make
 # make install

(you should be root to run the install target).

By default the library will be installed in the /usr/local/lib directory and tools go into the /usr/local/bin. You can check whether all binaries at their places:

 $ ls /usr/local/lib|grep libtiff

and the output should be

 libtiff.a
 libtiff.la
 libtiff.so
 libtiff.so.3
 libtiff.so.3.7.0

 $ ls /usr/local/bin|grep tiff

output will be

 bmp2tiff
 fax2tiff
 gif2tiff
 ppm2tiff
 ras2tiff
 raw2tiff
 tiff2bw
 tiff2pdf
 tiff2ps
 tiff2rgba
 tiffcmp
 tiffcp
 tiffdither
 tiffdump
 tiffgt
 tiffinfo
 tiffmedian
 tiffset
 tiffsplit

Now be sure that your /etc/ld.so.conf file contains /usr/local/lib path (that file contains directories where the dynamic linker searches for libraries) and run the "ldconfig" command as root.

It is likely that you are already complete the first step and all that you need is just do the "ld" magic.

Andrey

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