Problems When Trying to Run "pptpconfig" (No Such File...)

[Fred G. Claypool, Jr.]

Hi there,

I'm trying to follow the SourceForge instructions for installing a PPTP client on my SuSE Linux 64-bit 9.2 laptop, but I'm running into problems.

(The URL for the SourceForge instructions is http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-suse-92.phtml)

Anyway, I've installed the three programs they mention, and now I'm trying to run pptpconfig for the first time. I'm receving these error messages:

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Warning: dl(): Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php-pcntl/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/php_gtk.so' - libglade.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in /usr/bin/pptpconfig.php on line 31

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: gdkcolor in /usr/bin/pptpconfig.php on line 96

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The php_gtk.so file above exists, as does the pptpconfig.php file. I've found libglade.so.0 in /opt/gnome/lib64 as a softlink which points to libglade.so.0.4.2.

I've tried various things, but I simply cannot solve this problem. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
~Fred

[Fred G. Claypool, Jr.]

Everyone,

I just had a thought... is it possible that even though I have libglade.so.0 in /opt/gnome/lib64, that I still need the 32-bit version of this shared object file?

Thanks,
~Fred

[Stuart Browne · Accepted solution]

Is '/opt/gnome/lib64' listed in '/etc/ld.so.conf' ?

No, you don't need a '32 bit version' of the library. The libraries are supposed to be platform-dependant (which is why there's 32bit and 64bit versions), so the fact that you have the library is good enough.

[Fred G. Claypool, Jr.]

Stuart,

Yes... I just checked, and /opt/gnome/lib64 is included within /etc/ld.so.conf.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for your help,
~Fred

[Rick Garland]

On all of the RPM installs the pptp requires, run them through the 'rpm -qa | grep <1,2,3...> to ensure they are installed.

[Fred G. Claypool, Jr.]

Rick,

Yes, rpm -qa shows them all to be installed:

# rpm -qa | grep -i -e pcntl -e pptpconfig
pptpconfig-20040722-4
php-gtk-pcntl-1.0.1-2
php-pcntl-4.3.9-2

Since opening this forums posting, I have copied the "libglade.so.0" shared object file from a SuSE 8 server at work. After a bit of tinkering, I got pptpconfig to at least let me enter configuration information once I placed libglade.so.0 into the /opt/gnome/lib64 directory.

However, I still haven't gotten this problem completely solved. After pressing the Start button, after about five seconds, pptpconfig dies with the simple message "Terminated".

Any ideas about that one?

Thanks all,
~Fred

[Rick Garland]

I am at a loss.

I am running pptp from the same URL site (sourceforge) on Fedora Core 3 and I have not had any issues.

[citysavage]

I am having the same error message, while installing pptp on SuSE 9.3 32bit. I installed "php4"(PHP Core Files) "php4-devel" "php4-gd" using yast. And it works! I am not sure which packet is vital, but I assume the problem is from missing php class (or include).