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10/13/2011 21:27 #55290

Texmaker error in Fedora 15
Category: linux
Escapist solution to ensuing mess:
The wrestling match with Texmaker on Fedora 15 got way too confusing. I found that Texmaker has a fork called Texstudio and I have installed it instead. The x86_64 version of Texstudio for Fedora 15 is available here:

My most useful LaTeX editor doesn't start in Fedora 15. I am getting this error message:

texmaker: error while loading shared libraries: libQtWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory



But I do have libQtWebKit.so.4!

whereis libQtWebKit.so.4
libQtWebKit.so: /usr/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4



After some googling, I think the problem lies here:


whereis libQtGui.so.4
libQtGui.so:
/usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
/usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4



To try and find out which one of these is "owned" or "required" by other packages, I used the syntax from this VERY helpful document:

rpm -qf /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4


gives

qt-x11-4.7.4-2.fc15.i686



rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4


gives

qt-x11-4.7.4-2.fc15.x86_64



Just for kicks, I also queried rpm for everything containing qt


rpm -qa | grep -i qt




qt-x11-4.7.4-2.fc15.x86_64
PyQt4-4.8.3-2.fc15.x86_64
poppler-qt-0.16.7-1.fc15.x86_64
qt-webkit-4.7.4-2.fc15.i686
qt-x11-4.7.4-2.fc15.i686
qt-4.7.4-2.fc15.x86_64
qt-4.7.4-2.fc15.i686



Hmm... so my system is x86_64. Do I need these i686 packages? Are these not being recognized by texmaker, perhaps? Should I be deleting these i686 packages (and their dependencies) and replacing them with the x86_64 versions?

See solution at the top. It's not worth my time to be wrestling with this level of hideous confusion.

paul - 10/14/11 11:03
It shouldn't matter that the 686 and x86_64 version of the libraries are installed. Anything that is compiled only for i686 will require those libraries. For a long time that included at least Skype, citrix client and second life. This would happen on any OS if you were trying to run 32 bit programs on a 64 bit OS.

That being said texmaker works perfectly fine for my system which means it can on yours.
tinypliny - 10/14/11 09:43
And, some of the earlier dependencies (eg. latex environment) were already installed in the laptop. Maybe that was the reason for the conflict. I have a sneaking suspicion this is not the end of the i686/x86_64 incompatibility drama. My brother seems to have installed whatever version was nearest his mouse. I will clean it up next month with you but right now I have no time.
tinypliny - 10/14/11 09:40
Okay, I bypassed luck by installed texstudio, a fork of texmaker. In this case, thank goodness, the linux community is torn by forks and strife.
paul - 10/14/11 01:59
You have the worst luck. I just ran sudo yum install texmaker and it worked. Sounds like you only have the 686 libraries installed and are running the x86_64 version of the app.

sudo yum install texmaker

Installed:
texmaker.x86_64 1:3.1-1.fc15

Dependency Installed:
Xaw3d.x86_64 0:1.5E-20.fc15
kpathsea.x86_64 0:2007-62.fc15
netpbm.x86_64 0:10.47.26-2.fc15
netpbm-progs.x86_64 0:10.47.26-2.fc15
phonon.x86_64 0:4.5.0-2.fc15
phonon-backend-vlc.x86_64 0:0.4.1-2.fc15
poppler-qt.x86_64 0:0.16.7-1.fc15
qt-webkit.x86_64 1:4.7.4-2.fc15
t1lib.x86_64 0:5.1.2-7.fc15
tetex-dvipost.x86_64 0:1.1-12.fc15
tex-preview.noarch 0:11.86-6.fc15
texlive.x86_64 0:2007-62.fc15
texlive-dvips.x86_64 0:2007-62.fc15
texlive-latex.x86_64 0:2007-62.fc15
texlive-texmf.noarch 0:2007-37.fc15
texlive-texmf-dvips.noarch 0:2007-37.fc15
texlive-texmf-fonts.noarch 0:2007-37.fc15
texlive-texmf-latex.noarch 0:2007-37.fc15
texlive-utils.x86_64 0:2007-62.fc15
xdvik.x86_64 0:22.84.14-9.fc15

10/13/2011 14:13 #55287

Fedora-tor!
Category: linux
image
Fedora
the
Beefy Miracleator!

Totally inspired: But without the consummate V's.

10/12/2011 21:55 #55285

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Category: music


favourites$absolutelyawesome <- which(YoYoMa == 'Amazing' & Ennio Morricone == 'Genius')

metalpeter - 10/13/11 17:32
Good Song but I'm more a fan of the Metallica Version but that is just me...... That being said this would be perfect in a Movie I can Picture a Warrior looking over a valley before they have to run across trees or go to battle and slay the rival clan.....

10/12/2011 19:24 #55284

Back on Fedora. Installing mp3/ape codecs.
Category: linux
My super-generous brother swapped out my crappy problematic System76 PanP7 this past weekend. As a result, I now have a brawny top-of-the-line quad core i7 8GB RAM Toshiba Satellite P750 with Dolby advanced audio and Harman/Kardon speakers. I have no idea why anyone would go through with this completely imbalanced swap but he did. It defies all logic. I guess I will always remain the little kid in the family who makes rotten decisions and constantly needs rescue.

And so I am back on Fedora 15 lovelock. Because that is my brother's preferred linux distro. Apparently he has now brute-forced F15 on the System76. I hope it works out for him. Since he has an internet connection that matches the century we live in (as opposed to the paleolithic lowly dial-up equivalent DSL that I have), the laptop didn't have any mp3 or ape codecs (because he streams all his media from the cloud).

Thankfully there is an easy way to make it old-world compatible.

In the terminal, type:

sudo c

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree gstreamer-ffmpeg


10/11/2011 15:32 #55277

Chris Rock!
Category: the odes
I said Hi to Chris Rock early yesterday morning in the Highline Park. I was so surprised that I didn't really say anything much. I just said

Hiiiii!

like a stupid teenager.

After all the musings about what I would say if I ever ran across a hollywood star I really like, I just managed an extended single syllable.

He did say hello back, but what a ridiculously generic thing to say!

lilho - 10/11/11 23:24
super cool!
mike - 10/11/11 21:50
soooo jealous! You are a celebrity sighter now!
metalpeter - 10/11/11 17:53
To bad you couldn't think of one of his bits and do a play off on it like "Hey Chris How much for like and autograph do I get for 5 cents".... If you didn't know their is some bit where he is a guy who is trying to buy part of a rib.....

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