8.04 ia32libs 2.2ubuntu1 breaks libpcre.so.3

[Anders Kirchenbauer]

Binary package hint: ia32-libs

Update to ia32-libs 2.2ubuntu1 breaks flash-nonfree by preventing use of libpcre.so.3, output from console of epiphany-browser:

/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: failed to initialize plugin-side RPC client connection
*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NP_Initialize() invoke: Connection was NULL

[Joachim Beckers (jbeckers)]

also breaks installing the flashplugin update:

root@madkeunnen:~# apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.115.0ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--11:59:21-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.34.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.34.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,036,127 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]

 2950K .......... .... 100% 568.06 KB/s

11:59:50 (103.69 KB/s) - `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3036127/3036127]

Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@madkeunnen:~#

[3vi1 (launchpad-net-eternaldusk)]

I can confirm the problem with flashplugin-nonfree. I get the same results as Beckers.

[Robbert (robbertkrebbers)]

I can confirm it aswell, get the same results as Beckers/

[Robbert (robbertkrebbers)]

I just tried to downgrade ia32-libs to Gutsy's version, and that solves the problem. But, i don't quite understand why, since libpcre is neither in Gutsy's version of ia32-libs...

[Maarten Fonville (maarten-fonville)]

I can also confirm this bug which next to flash also breaks skype.

[Patrick Eiffe (deathshrimp316)]

I can also confirm this, downgrading to gutsy's version fixes flash, but causes this error to still exist with skype:

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

[Maarten Fonville (maarten-fonville)]

With skype you will indeed get the libXss.so.1 error (see their bugtracker: https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-251)
you can fix that one with getlibs (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790)

[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

I confirm the bug.

[Patrick Eiffe (deathshrimp316)]

Maarten,

The libXss.so error is not present when using 2.2ubuntu1 (it's included), so the solution I have currently working is:

Installing ia32libs 2.2ubuntu1
Extracting the libs out of the i386 libpce3 package for Hardy:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/download.pl?arch=i386&file=pool%2Fmain%2Fp%2Fpcre3%2Flibpcre3_7.3-2ubuntu1_i386.deb&md5sum=c4417c6f75b937a30ab9a2748884390b&arch=i386&type=main
and then simply copying them into /usr/lib32/

This seems to be a temporary fix for the bug. I think it has been introduced because another pre-existing library in ia32 libs is dependent on libpcre that previously wasn't.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Matthias, I can confirm this problem too and part of the solution is to copy libpcre3 i386 into /usr/lib32.

I can also see another regression with vmware-server:

Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

No icons love :)

Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

sorry, one more..

I suspect this is part of the same one with the -png.so loader.

Fabio

[der_vegi (m-may)]

Yes, can also confirm this, extracting libpcre3 i386 to /usr/lib32 works here as well (as well as for Skype).

[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

Me too. Copying the files from libpcre3 i386 to /usr/lib32 makes
flashplugin work!

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[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

Even after copying the 32bit files into the /usr/lib32 folder, you
might not be able to set up flashplugin.
I recommend your reading this article [1] in that case. It really worked for me!

[1]: http://www.hardy.com.bo/node/16 (Ignore the Brazil language, just
look at the commands)

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[telpe (kryll)]

Flashplugin work! Thanks.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Taking

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

ia32-libs (2.2ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Add libpcre3 to make the latest flash plugin work on amd64.
    (LP: #176653)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:49:26 +0000

[Gustavo Carneiro (gjc)]

I am getting this error right now, but slightly different cause:

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.115.0ubuntu3) ...
Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libselinux.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So it seems that this time it's a missing selinux 32bit library, rather than pcre.

[Gustavo Carneiro (gjc)]

After manually installing libselinux, now I get:

/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libpixman-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Gustavo Carneiro (gjc)]

And finally:

/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

After installing libsepol, /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin finally runs well.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

@Gustavo: please see bug 177869

[3vi1 (launchpad-net-eternaldusk)]

I can confirm the "new" version of this bug that Gustavo's seeing. I corrected it in the same way he did and flash works find now.

-J

[siucdude (siucdude)]

Same here, I installed the packages manually and my flash works, this is great.

Thanks

[Wei-Yee Chan (chanweiyee)]

Same here.