libnessus.so.1 missing

[George Theall]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:59:30AM -0500, Terje Tollisen wrote:

> When I try to run ./nessus-mkcert from /usr/local/sbin I get this error:
> ---------------------------------
> nessusd: error while loading shared libraries: libnessus.so.1: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
...
> Question 1.  Why does not uninstall-nessus remove evreything? I
> deleted things like /etc/nessus and it’s files by hand afterwards.  I
> also needed to remove some libraries. 

If I remember correctly, uninstall-nessus gives you the option of
removing everything.  If you don't opt for that, though, it will leave
your configuration files and some other things.  It should, though,
remove library files regardless. 

I'm curious...  the first time you installed Nessus, did you use a
precompiled package? If yes, did you use the package manager to remove
it? If you didn't, it might explain why you're having trouble. 
Otherwise, how did you came to have the directory /etc/nessus when, at
least the second time, you compiled by hand and installed using a prefix
of /usr/local?

> I’ve run the four ./configure, make, make install, seemingly
> successfully.  I’ve haven’t read through all the stuff being written out
> yet, as I wouldn’t understand much of it, but no obvious error messages
> was found. 

It might be worth your time to look through that output.

> Question 2.  Just to be sure: does /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin
> need to be in roots path, or the path of the regular user (that does
> ./configure and make)?

I don't think it matters as long as configure and make can find the 
things they need (eg, compiler, bison/yacc).


> When I try to run ./nessus-mkcert from /usr/local/sbin I get this error:
> ---------------------------------
> nessusd: error while loading shared libraries: libnessus.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
...
> I’ve checked, and can’t seem to find the file.  These are the files I
> could find. 
> 
> itds1:/usr/local/sbin # ls -l /usr/local/lib
> insgesamt 3208

I don't understand the output.  Is /usr/local/lib a directory? If so, does
it hold any files, especially those matching "/usr/local/lib/libnessus*", 
after you've run the installs?


George
-- 
theall at tifaware.com
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