[OTR-users] gaim not loading static plugin, etc.

[Emilio Recio]

Since i didn't find anything of interest on the mailing lists. I ran 
"gaim -d" and it didn't find the gaim-otr plugin at all. The odd part is 
that when I did a "make uninstall" to recompile the plugin, there was 
only one file. It seems like the static library (gaim-otr.la), but not 
the shared library.

So... I recompiled the plugin with (enable-shared):
./configure --disable-nls --prefix=/usr/local/ --enable-shared

So... I got this:
plugins: /usr/local/lib/gaim/gaim-otr.so is unloadable: libotr.so.2: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So... I did a search (libotr.so.2):
$ locate libotr.so.2
/usr/local/src/libotr-3.0.0/src/.libs/libotr.so.2.0.0
/usr/local/src/libotr-3.0.0/src/.libs/libotr.so.2
/usr/local/lib/libotr.so.2.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libotr.so.2

So... I ldd'd it:
$ ldd /usr/local/lib/gaim/gaim-otr.so
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00de6000)
         libgcrypt.so.11 => /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so.11 (0x00c8e000)
         libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00f0c000)
         libotr.so.2 => not found
         libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00541000)
         libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x006a2000)
         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x003b3000)

So... I added it (/usr/local/lib) to /etc/ld.so.conf, reran ldconfig.

Thanks for the "gaim -d" tip... but... why is --enable-shared required? 
Shouldn't gaim automagically load the statically linked gaim-otr.la?

Kat Hanna wrote:
> The easiest way by far is to use google with your search terms plus
> "site:lists.cypherpunks.ca".
> 
> As for your problem, try starting gaim with "gaim -d"; it should see the
> plugin and tell you why it doesn't load.