PurpleRainbow wrote:

> In a terminal window:
>
> XXXX@linux-7gca:~> pidgin
> pidgin: error while loading shared libraries: libglitz.so.1: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> XXXX@linux-7gca:~> whereis libglitz.so.1
> libglitz.so:
> XXXX@linux-7gca:~>
>
> It looks to me like the file is there

The output of the "whereis" command says the contrary :-). If the file were
in your system, the output would say:

***
hpc02@stthpc:~> whereis libglitz.so.1
libglitz.so: /usr/lib/libglitz.so.1
***

So it seems the file should be located on /usr/lib/libglitz.so.1 (or
under /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1 is using a 64 bits system).

> but not accessible but I admit
> that I am quite possibly misinterpreting what I see. I'm trying to
> figure out the problem, not just plug in the right line of code or
> change a setting in Yast without knowing why. I want to know what I'm
> doing. Thanks in advance to anyone who can assist me.

Check if the file is in the above path and if not, look if you have
installed the rpm that provides that file:

***
hpc02@stthpc:~> rpm -qa | grep glitz
glitz-0.5.6-86
***

Greetings,

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Camaleón