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Couldn't find any package by regex libstdc++.so.5 libexpat.so.0 in 32-bit ubuntu 12.04
While installing a software , I got stdc++ and lib expat packages not found. wink
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ ./installer.sh
Wink requires that the following packages be installed to run properly. Please install them and try
again.
libstdc++.so.5 libexpat.so.0
Then I tried installing above packages via apt-get, but am getting
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++.so.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libstdc++.so.5
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libstdc++.so.5'
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install libexpat.so.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libexpat.so.0
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libexpat.so.0'
How can I get them in 32-bit ubuntu and make the wink installation move on.
Update : As suggested by , I did @Salem
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install apt-file
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ apt-file update
## libstdc++
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ apt-file search libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.5.0.7
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
Similarly I installed and . libexpat1 libexpat1-dev
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ apt-file search libexpat.so
lib64expat1: /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1
lib64expat1: /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1.5.2
lib64expat1-dev: /usr/lib64/libexpat.so
libexpat1: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1
libexpat1: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2
libexpat1-dev: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install libexpat1
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev
Still wink installer telling me :
prayag@prayag:~/wink$ ./installer.sh
Wink requires that the following packages be installed to run properly. Please install them and try
again.
libexpat.so.0
12.04 apt c++
edited Aug 21 '13 at 14:39 Aug 21 '13 at 14:39 asked Aug 21 '13 at 12:24 Aug 21 '13 at 12:24
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The Wink error is not very clear, because those are files it needs and not packages you need to
install.
Whenever you get some error like "I can't find randomfile.so" you can use to search for a
package that provides it. If you dont have it already you can install it using
.
apt-file
sudo apt-get install
apt-file
Note
As I am using a 64-bit system, you should get different results from mine. So where I get
you should get , and you should replace it in each of the commands bellow
x86_64-
linux-gnu i386-linux-gnu
In your case I get the following:
$ apt-file search libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.5.0.7
So you need to install package to get that file. libstdc++5
Regarding the second one, there is no exact match on my system:
$ apt-file search libexpat.so
libexpat1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1
libexpat1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2
libexpat1-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so
So you can try to install and and see if Wink accepts it. If not you can try to
create a symlink to that file (in a 32-bit system change the path as described above).
libexpat1 libexpat1-dev
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.0
Please note that this can not work at all or make Wink not work as expected, because you will be
using a different version of the library it requires. In the case it does not work you should remove
the created symlink:
$ sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.0
answered Aug 21 '13 at 13:20 Aug 21 '13 at 13:20
Salem
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Hi @Salem, have a look to my updates after following your instructions. Installation of and libexpat1
is not accepted by wink yet. libexpat1-dev Prayag Upd Aug 21 '13 at 14:42


For the last part of your instructions, I fired . I $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libexpat.so /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.0
get ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/lib64/libexpat.so.0': No such file or directory
Prayag Upd Aug 21 '13 at 14:46


The correct command should be sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-
. gnu/libexpat.so.0 SalemAug 21 '13 at 15:23
Great that works. Am removing the link now . sudo rm /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.0 Prayag Upd
Aug 21 '13 at 15:49
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