CppMiscErrorLibgvcCannotOpenSharedObjectFile.md

 

 

 

 

 

(C++) libgvc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 

Misc error.

 

 

 

 

 

Full error message

 

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neato: error while loading shared libraries: libgvc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cause

 

Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

IDE: Qt Creator 1.3.1

Project type: Qt4 Console Application

Selected required modules: QtCore

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Boost version: 1.42.0

Additional libraries: jpeg-8a from the Independent JPEG Group

 

The following source code was used:

 

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#include <cstdlib> int main() {   std::system("neato out.dot"); }

 

 

 

 

 

Solution

 

I had messed up the graphviz libraries. After removing them all, and reinstalling them again, everything worked again. I used the following shell commands:

 

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sudo apt-get remove graphviz sudo apt-get remove graphviz-dev sudo apt-get remove graphviz-doc sudo apt-get install graphviz