"montgomery f. tidwell" wrote:

> ioLoadModule(/usr/local/lib/squeak/2.8/SqueakFFIPrims.so): libffi.so.1:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> ioLoadModule(/usr/local/lib/squeak/2.8/SqueakFFIPrims.so): libffi.so.1:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> i checked and SqueakFFIPrims.so is in the path mentioned above. what am
> i missing??

Looks like you're missing libffi.so.1 (which is in the libffi distro).

You need to install it and then run (as root) /sbin/ldconfig so that it
adds it to the cache.

Then you should be able to go:
ldd /usr/local/lib/squeak/2.8/SqueakFFIPrims.so

and see the library listed.

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Ned Konz
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