Find out where [something] looks for files

[sebastian]

How can I find out where a software or process is looking for files?
Like some log for "No such file or directory" errors.

I have this problems now:

root@kiosk-System-Product-Name:~# gst-editor
gst-editor: error while loading shared libraries: libgsteditor.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@kiosk-System-Product-Name:~# ls /usr/local/lib
libavcodec.a libgsteditor.la libgstelementui.so
libavdevice.a libgsteditor.so libgstelementui.so.0
libavfilter.a libgsteditor.so.0 libgstelementui.so.0.0.0
libavformat.a libgsteditor.so.0.0.0 libpostproc.a
libavutil.a libgstelementbrowser.a libswresample.a
libgstdebugui.a libgstelementbrowser.la libswscale.a
libgstdebugui.la libgstelementbrowser.so perl
libgstdebugui.so libgstelementbrowser.so.0 pkgconfig
libgstdebugui.so.0 libgstelementbrowser.so.0.0.0 python2.7
libgstdebugui.so.0.0.0 libgstelementui.a
libgsteditor.a libgstelementui.la
root@kiosk-System-Product-Name:~#

Have tried symlinking it from /usr/lib and /lib, but still no success
its looking for its files somewhere else.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Find out where [something] looks for files

Open a Konsole and issue

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-file

After it is installed, from the same Konsole, issue

sudo apt-file update

which creates the cache that apt-file uses to locate packages which contain files.

When it is done creating and indexing its cache, issue

apt-file search libgsteditor

If it doesn't return anything you haven't got the repository that holds gts-editor in your sources.list.
If it gives you a list of packages choose the one that makes the most sense to you.

BTW, I find it strange that gst-editor didn't install all of its dependencies when you installed it. How did you install it?

[sebastian]

Re: Find out where [something] looks for files

Did pull the whole gst-editor from the google code project, then in the folder, ./configure, make, make install. Then into the lib folder in the pulled project, make, make install

as you see, the libraries are installed.
The problem is just that its looking for the libraries somewhere else.

I need something that logs all the filesystem errors for "File or directory not found" with the full attempted path. Such a utility would be very useful when installing other apps that looks for files in their "wrong" places so I can go in and symlink them.

apt-file does following when doing as you say:

root@kiosk-System-Product-Name:/lib/modules# apt-file search libgsteditor
root@kiosk-System-Product-Name:/lib/modules#

[oshunluvr]

Re: Find out where [something] looks for files

I suspect this program is looking in /usr/lib not usr/local/lib.
Trying copying the mssing files from one to the other and see if it works.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Find out where [something] looks for files

Or, change the locations in the Makefile.