Hi, I downloaded the above which came down as a tar.gz. I unpacked it and when I clicked on the Iron icon it wouldn’t boot. I went to the Srware site to the Linux section and saw that a couple of guys had the same prob on 11.2. They had got it to work by renaming the Iron icon to chrome.
I tried the same thing but no go.
I am wondering if 11.3 has a prob with tar.gz as I tried to install X.flux which won’t work, yet it worked on 11.2.
Any help would be appreciated.
cheers,
Eddie.
When you start iron in a terminal it will tell you what is missing. Here it works after
ln -s /lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.5 /lib64/libbz2.so.1.0
Hi, thankyou for your reply. When I copy n paste “ln -s /lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.5 /lib64/libbz2.so.1.0”, it gives me this “ln: creating symbolic link `/lib64/libbz2.so.1.0’: File exists”.
I am probably doing it wrong. I clicked on the Terminal/konsole icon and CnP your command.
Edit: I rebooted and opened a Run box. Typed in iron and Firefox appeared?
Ok. When you start iron in a terminal you will get some output. Something like “iron: error gnampf”. Sometimes/often there’s something missing to run the program. In my case iron was looking for libbz2.so.1.0 but I only had libbz2.so.1.0.5, so I made a symlink (ln -s).
Now, when you run iron in a terminal, e.g. “/home/gnampf/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron”, read the output and see if you can easily fix it by installing missing dependencies. That’s usually my first step and works in most cases. The “rpm provides” checkbox in Yast is your best friend when it comes to finding lib* files.
When you are stuck just post irons output here. I’ll try to help you as far as I can.
Edit: I rebooted and opened a Run box. Typed in iron and Firefox appeared?
Nice, strange behavior. But a runner is not a terminal. A terminal is that black box, the commandline interface. Enter “konsole” on kde, or “gnome-terminal” when you use gnome, in a runner to open a terminal. When iron is not in your PATH, you’ll have to enter the whole path the way I mentioned in my previous post.
Thanks for the quick reply.
These are the files contained within the Iron directory.
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/chrome-wrapper
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/chrome.pak
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/extensions
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/libavcodec.so.52
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/libavformat.so.52
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/libavutil.so.50
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/libffmpegsumo.so
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/locales
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/product_logo_48.png
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/resources
file:///home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/resources.pak
I noticed that when I typed iron into the run box an iron icon appeared , a blue and silver ball, but it just bounced up and down, nothing else happened.( I presume that means its looking for a file).
I noticed that when I typed iron into the run box an iron icon appeared , a blue and silver ball, but it just bounced up and down, nothing else happened.( I presume that means its looking for a file).
Right, I guess it is looking for a file, too.
So, Alt + F2 into a runner. Open a terminal and enter “/home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron”.
Good luck!
I used the Konsole from the menu.
Result:eddie@dened-40eb097fb:~> /home/gnampf/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
bash: /home/gnampf/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: No such file or directory
eddie@dened-40eb097fb:~> /Home/gnampf/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
bash: /Home/gnampf/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: No such file or directory
eddie@dened-40eb097fb:~>
NB: I changed the “h” to a cap H, just to see if it mad a difference.
A big sorry, didn’t read your post properly.
eddie@dened-40eb097fb:~> /home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
/home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Well, that’s how it looks on my computer. Better try “/home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron” because gnampf is my username and yours is eddie 
Missing libpng12.so.0
I checked and its not installed. How do I get it? cheers.
eddie@dened-40eb097fb:~> /home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
/home/eddie/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Great. Now open Yast → software management. Search for libpng… and make sure the “rpm provides” checkbock is activated. Then install the missing package. If the package is already installed click the “file list” tab (??? don’t know its name. I’m on a german suse) and try to create a symlink as explained above. You might have to be root to create this symlink. This may only be the first missing thing in a row of others. Just install one after the other until it works.
I just wonder… we’re using the same OS but suffer from different dependency issues - why that? Strange… Ok, idea. Skype needs libpng12, too. So I didn’t have that problem when I installed iron after Skype.
Good luck again.
Ok! you’ve got me working now. I have looked through ALL the RPM groups and that lib is not installed on this comp. I have searched for it but it ain’t there.
In the search box I ticked RPM provides and requires.
I’m lying, just found it. Sorry!
OKKKKKKK we’re cooking! booted up straight away. Many thanks, that was most enjoyable. Gut naben!
Eddie.
You’re welcome. And remember, whenever you only see a jumping cursor try the commandline ;-). Guten abend to you, too.
Hi
Just use YaST Software management to search for libpng12 else use
zypper from the command line;
sudo zypper in libpng12
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knock knock… Anyone still here?
I am having the same issue, but im missing libbz2.so.1.0
I tried all of the above options.
>
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> /home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
/home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: error while loading shared libraries:** libbz2.so.1.0**: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I went to yast and looked for the file but it was not there,
then another post mentioned sudo zypper. So i tried that
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> sudo zypper in libbz2.so.1.0
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
root’s password:
Sorry, try again.
root’s password:
System management is locked by the application with pid 3679 (/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base).
Close this application before trying again.
So I closed yast and tried again
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> sudo zypper libbz2.so.1.0
Unknown command ‘libbz2.so.1.0’
Type ‘zypper help’ to get a list of global options and commands.
Ok, so I dont know what i did really by using sudo zypper, but it was fun!!!
Anyway, where or what should I do or download to get these missing bits n bytes in order??
The file is found in the package libbz2-1. I cannot comprehend why it would not already be installed. Also I should mention this thread has been dead for two years.
sudo zypper install libbz2-1
On 02/22/2013 10:26 AM, nightwishfan wrote:
> I cannot comprehend why it
> would not already be installed.
since s/he didn’t tell us the operating system or version in use, it
is kinda hard to assume what is installed, or not…
if s/he is using openSUSE 11.3 (as the subject says) then the next
step should be to drop it and get to a supported version (12.2, 12.1
or 11.4 Evergreen)
I am sorry if posting on this thread was an error, I was just searching the best I could for info, and felt here was applicable for the problem I was having.
Should I have started another thread?
I also apologize for not posting my OS.I am a n00b here, and it shows!!
Anyway… I did the above, and the result is:
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> sudo zypper install libbz2-1
root’s password:
Retrieving repository ‘openSUSE-12.2-Update’ metadata …[done]
Building repository ‘openSUSE-12.2-Update’ cache …[done]
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
‘libbz2-1’ is already installed.
No update candidate for ‘libbz2-1-1.0.6-20.1.7.x86_64’. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies…
I was hoping something would have happened. But I tried anyway and again I get this result.
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> /home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
/home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: error while loading shared libraries: libbz2.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
my OS is openSUSE 12.2
HP 2000 laptop
Any more help would be appreciated… Thanks a bunch,
On Fri 22 Feb 2013 06:46:01 PM CST, Flyingreendog wrote:
nightwishfan;2529234 Wrote:
> The file is found in the package libbz2-1. I cannot comprehend why it
> would not already be installed. Also I should mention this thread has
> been dead for two years.
> >
Code:> > sudo zypper install libbz2-1
> >
I am sorry if posting on this thread was an error, I was just searching
the best I could for info, and felt here was applicable for the problem
I was having.
Should I have started another thread?
I also apologize for not posting my OS.I am a n00b here, and it shows!!
Anyway… I did the above, and the result is:
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~> sudo zypper install libbz2-1
root’s password:
Retrieving repository ‘openSUSE-12.2-Update’ metadata
…[done]
Building repository ‘openSUSE-12.2-Update’ cache
…[done]
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
‘libbz2-1’ is already installed.
No update candidate for ‘libbz2-1-1.0.6-20.1.7.x86_64’. The highest
available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies…
I was hoping something would have happened. But I tried anyway and
again I get this result.
flyingreendog@linux-ea85:~>
/home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron
/home/flyingreendog/Downloads/iron-linux-64/iron: error while loading
shared libraries: libbz2.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory
my OS is openSUSE 12.2
HP 2000 laptop
Any more help would be appreciated… Thanks a bunch,
Hi
You need to fix the wrapper script and run that not iron…
cp chrome-wrapper iron-wrapper
Edit as per the diff file SUSE Paste
Then run;
iron-wrapper
It will create a menu entry etc.
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openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.28-2.20-desktop
up 1 day 3:59, 4 users, load average: 0.04, 0.09, 0.17
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Ok! Really it seems simple, yet I have 1 question.
Edit as per the diff file SUSE Paste
<– What does this mean? Do I paste that in terminal?
I didnt understand anything I was looking at. :shame: when i clicked the link