SFML runtime problem

[Jsel]

I have no errors with compiling my program like this:

g++ -o client test2.o -lsfml-network -lsfml-system

but when I run "client", I get the error:

"./client: error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-network.so.1.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

I even tried compiling my program with -L/usr/local/lib but that still does not work do anything. Thanks for any help.

[jsmith]

Ensure that the directory containing the .so is in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

[failbit]

Is it possible to use -L? In Windows that adds a library search path temporarily.

Ex:
g++ main.cpp -LC:\SFML-1.6\Lib -lsfml-system -lsfml-window

[jsmith]

The problem is a runtime problem. The loader can't find libsfml-network.so.1.6. The loader looks in certain pre-defined directories and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to find the library. It's not in any of those, so the solution is to find the library and add it's path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

[strongdrink]

woah woah does the program compile at alll? does that error display when you RUN the program? :S

ok so here are 5 possible steps (stop whenever it starts working :P)

1. run

sudo ldconfig

2. re-install SFML
3. install SFML from source (sometimes the repo has a bad copy)
4. run

sudo ldconfig again

5. Insall SFML2 ... it is still in developement but its coming along

All the best! Good luck!