[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#514035: Bug#514035: octave3.0: glpk cannot find the octave runtime libraries

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* LUK ShunTim <shuntim.luk at polyu.edu.hk> [2009-02-04 00:13]:

> Package: octave3.0
> Version: 1:3.0.1-6lenny2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When glpk is called, it returnes
> 
> "octave: symbol lookup error:  /usr/lib/octave/3.0.1/oct/i486-pc-linux-gnu/__glpk__.oct: undefined symbol: _glp_lib_fault_hook"
> 
> and octave exits.
> 
> Running "ldd /usr/lib/octave/3.0.1/oct/i486-pc-linux-gnu/__glpk__.oct" shows 
> "linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7f84000)
> libcruft.so => not found
> liboctave.so => not found
> liboctinterp.so => not found
> ..."
> 
> It seems it's looking for them in the usual place /usr/lib and not in /usr/lib/octave-$VERSION. 

This is normal and has nothing to do with the "undefined symbol" problem
you got.  What does the following yields in your system:

    ldd /usr/lib/octave/3.0.1/oct/i486-pc-linux-gnu/__glpk__.oct | grep glpk

and:

    dpkg -l libglpk0
    
-- 
Rafael