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The solution of lacking libudev.so.0
OK the following is the "leet" solution ;)
- Download ghex: sudo apt-get install ghex
- Open up nw executable: ghex nw
- Find and replace string udev.so.0 with udev.so.1: Ctrl-F + udev + CR + <replace 0 with 1> ** === End quickfix === **
The following solution is provided in the same way as Google Chrome is used in their product:
Due to the removal of libudev0
and its associated library libudev.so.0
, node-webkit isn't able to run on newer distributions such as:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Fedora 18, 19
- Arch
- Gentoo
- Derivatives of the above
...and possibly others. Until node-webkit is updated to depend on the currently shipped version libudev.so.1
, the following solutions should provide a stopgap measure for packaging your applications.
1. Create local symlink to libudev.so.1
Same as above install libudev1
if needed. Now create a local symlink to libudev.so.1
. On Ubuntu for example, run from the directory where nw files are extracted:
# ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 ./libudev.so.0
Then create a shell script to run nw:
#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/omi/nw:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./nw $*
As you are only modifying local contents of node-webkit directory, this option should not have an impact on the overall stability of your system.
2. Use a wrapper shell script for your application.
In this way, rename the binary executable file as myapp-bin
, and then create a shell script named myapp
as the following. Users run the myapp
file.
#!/bin/bash
export MYAPP_WRAPPER="`readlink -f "$0"`"
HERE="`dirname "$MYAPP_WRAPPER"`"
# Always use our versions of ffmpeg libs.
# This also makes RPMs find the compatibly-named library symlinks.
if [[ -n "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]]; then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HERE:$HERE/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
else
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HERE:$HERE/lib"
fi
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
exec -a "$0" "$HERE/myapp-bin" "$@"
Creating a symlink for your package in the postinstall script
In the postinstall script of your DEB or RPM package, run the following script to create a local symlink. Use this together with the previous wrapper script.
#!/bin/sh
udevDependent=`which udisks 2> /dev/null` # Ubuntu, Mint
if [ -z "$udevDependent" ]
then
udevDependent=`which systemd 2> /dev/null` # Fedora, SUSE
fi
if [ -z "$udevDependent" ]
then
udevDependent=`which findmnt` # Arch
fi
udevso=`ldd $udevDependent | grep libudev.so | awk '{print $3;}'`
if [ -e "$udevso" ]; then
ln -sf "$udevso" /opt/myapp/libudev.so.0
fi