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Starting /MyProject...

/MyProject: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

/MyProject exited with code 127

Cause

Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

IDE: Qt Creator 1.3.1

Project type: Qt4 Console Application

Selected required modules: QtCore

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Boost version: 1.42.0

Additional libraries: jpeg-8a from the Independent JPEG Group

The following source code was used:


#include <boost/gil/gil_all.hpp>

#include <boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg_io.hpp>



int main()

{

  using namespace boost::gil;

  rgb8_image_t img;

  jpeg_read_image("test.jpg",img);

}

The following project file was used:


#-------------------------------------------------

#

# Project created by QtCreator 2010-05-02T08:31:54

#

#-------------------------------------------------

QT       -= gui

TARGET = MyProject

CONFIG   += console

CONFIG   -= app_bundle

INCLUDEPATH += ../../../boost_1_42_0 ../../../jpeg-8a

TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -ljpeg

Solution

(Murat Karaöz contacted me to notify me of the solution. Thanks Murat!)

The solution (from Stack Overflow):


A quick fix is to add the directory that contains libjpeg.so.8 to your /etc/ld.so.conf file, and then run ldconfig

Go back to Richel Bilderbeek's C++ page.

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(C++) libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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