It's not just Windows users. I have Pharo 6.0 #605.40
running under Linux Ubuntu version 17.10 and the cairo
library is definitely installed.
Just starting Pharo is a little concerning:
ok@Herbrand:~/Smalltalk$ pharo
ioLoadModule(/home/ok/Pharo.d/pharo-vm/lib/pharo/5.0-201707201942/FT2Plugin.so):
libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ioLoadModule(/home/ok/Pharo.d/pharo-vm/lib/pharo/5.0-201707201942/FT2Plugin.so):
libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ioLoadModule(/home/ok/Pharo.d/pharo-vm/lib/pharo/5.0-201707201942/FT2Plugin.so):
libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ioLoadModule(/home/ok/Pharo.d/pharo-vm/lib/pharo/5.0-201707201942/FT2Plugin.so):
libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Yet these files exist.
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.a
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.la
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.14.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.la
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.14.0
When I try any Roassal examples, I get
Error: cannot locate cairo library. Please check if it is installed ...
CairoLibrary(Object) error:
CairoLibrary unix32ModuleName
Unix32Platform ffiModuleName
CairoLibrayr(FFILibrary) moduleName
FFICalloutMethodBuilder moduleName
The 32 is the clue. Apparently I'm running a 32-bit Pharo
with 64-bit libraries installed. Could this be the problem
on Windows?
On 21 May 2018 at 07:46, Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Peter Uhn��k <i.uhnak@gmail.com> wrote:Hi,some Windows users are repeatedly running into Pharo failing to load Cairo library on Windows (see stack screenshot at the bottom).The problem is that I have no idea how to even start debugging this.Is there some documentation on how Pharo loads libraries via FFI on Windows that I can start digging into?Note that the library is definitely present, as this happens only occasionally -- it can be fixed by restarting PC. But I cannot reasonably ask users to restart just because Pharo decided it doesn't feel like loading a library.Any pointers / docs / ideas appreciated.You can see the actual code from?Thanks,Peter<image.png>--
Guille Polito
Research Engineer
Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille
CRIStAL - UMR 9189
French National Center for Scientific Research - http://www.cnrs.fr
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