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Error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5

Troubleshooting


Problem

Upon installation completion, several errors in the form of, error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory, occur when trying start IBM Rational ClearCase on RedHat Linux.

Symptom

After installation of Rational ClearCase in 64-bit RedHat Linux, the following series of errors occur when attempting to start:


/opt/rational/ClearCase/etc/ClearCase start >/var/tmp/ATRIA.run_cmd_output  2>&1


List the contents of ATRIA.run_cmd_output:

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ClearCase daemons:

/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/albd_server: error while loading shared  libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or  directory

Albd server startup error(4:127)

albd_server lockmgr -q 1024 -u  256 -f 256

/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/mount_mvfs: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trouble mounting the viewroot  "/view"(16:127)

/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/mvfslog: error while loading  shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trouble setting MVFS kernel log file to /var/adm/rational/clearcase/log/mvfs_log(2:127)

Mounting public  VOBs...

/opt/rational/clearcase/bin/cleartool: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trouble mounting public VOBs(32:127)

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Document Information

More support for:
Rational ClearCase

Software version:
2003.06.00, 7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5, 7.0.0.6, 7.0.0.7, 7.0.0.8, 7.0.1, 7.0.1.1, 7.0.1.2, 7.0.1.3, 7.0.1.4, 7.0.1.5, 7.0.1.6, 7.0.1.7, 7.1, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2

Operating system(s):
Linux

Document number:
82441

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21234499

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