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R8

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Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 143

Firefox doesn't start anymore - libatomic

Hello,

My OS is SliTaz rolling 32 bits.

When I started Firefox a few days ago (after a long time), it has updated to version 64 (I think I was in version 62 until now).

Since then, it has been impossible to start firefox. In a terminal, this is the error message:

cedric@R8:~$ firefox-official

firefox-official: error while loading shared libraries: libatomic.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

cedric@R8:~$

What I tried:

1/Delete + reinstall the packages ==> same issue.

2/I reproduced the problem on another computer.

3/Ceel told me (in another topic) to do this:

3.1./tazpkg search-pkgname libatomic.so.1

Résultat de la recherche du paquet « libatomic.so.1 »

========================================================

gcc49

gcc54

gcc61

gcc63

========================================================

4 paquets

3.2/Then, I installed gcc49 and gcc63 (package manager) ==> same issue.

4/I found some links that explain this problem, e.g. https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1243962

It seems that since version 63 it is necessary to install libatomic.

How to start Firefox?

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Firefox doesn't start anymore - libatomic

With gcc63 installed,copy /usr/libgcc63/libatomic.so.1.2.0 to /usr/lib

Make symlink /usr/lib/libatomic.so.1 to /usr/lib/libatomic.so.1.2.0

Directions:

Open a terminal, login as root.

Type each command,then hit enter key.

[c]cd /usr/lib[/c]

[c]cp /usr/libgcc63/libatomic.so.1.2.0 .[/c]

[c]ln -s libatomic.so.1.2.0 libatomic.so.1[/c]

Verify symlink:

[c]root@slitaz:/usr/lib# ls -la libatomic.so.1[/c]

[c]lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            18 Dec 29 18:10 libatomic.so.1 -> libatomic.so.1.2.0[/c]

Firefox should start now.

R8

Member

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 143

Re: Firefox doesn't start anymore - libatomic

Thank you very much mojo! Your solution solved the problem, it's now OK.

(To copy the file, I used Midnight Commander, it was NOK in a terminal)

R8

Member

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 143

Re: Firefox doesn't start anymore - libatomic

And now the libatomic package is available in the package manager, thank you!