Re: [Firebird-devel] FB3 - Linux 64bit snapshot install on Debian Stretch/Testing vs LibTomMath

[Alex P. <pes...@ma...>]

On 01/10/17 13:47, Gabor Boros wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When try to install the actual snapshot on Debian Stretch/Testing got
> the next message:
>
> "Firebird 3.0.2.32664-0.amd64 Installation
>
> Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort
> Please install required library 'libtommath' before firebird, after it
> repeat firebird install"
>
>
> After installed libtommath1 package and try again got this:
>
> "Firebird 3.0.2.32664-0.amd64 Installation
>
> Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort
> Extracting install data
> Created symlink
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/firebird-superserver.service
> → /lib/systemd/system/firebird-superserver.service.
> Please enter new password for SYSDBA user: masterkey
> /opt/firebird/bin/gsec: error while loading shared libraries:
> libtommath.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Fatal error running 'systemctl --quiet start
> firebird-superserver.service' - exiting"
>
>
> The /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu directory contain a libtommath.so.1.0.0
> file and a libtommath.so.1 symlink (to libtommath.so.1.0.0) . After
> create a symlink with name libtommath.so.0 to libtommath.so.1.0.0 can
> install the snapshot build successfully.

Must say that I have no idea why was soname changed when actual API and 
functions of the library remain backward compatible (in other case your 
trick with symlink will not work). But anyway please add a bug to the 
tracker - I will fix install.