On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Andreas Abel <andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de> wrote:

Hi, I tried the 64bit binary packages from

  haskell.org/ghc

but I got a complaint that

  libgmp.so.3

is not found on my system (and locate did not reveal it).  I have several of these libgmp.so, but apparently not the right one

locate libgmp.so

It's a side effect of the distro that these packages are built on. They have a libgmp.so.3 that configure finds/uses, but I think most distros no longer install that. Often times they do have a suitable libgmp and a symlink can fix the issue.

What I do when I run into this is something roughly like this:

1. Run ldd on the executable that is complaining  (alternatively, you can use readelf -d), to find out what shared object is not being loaded correctly and get a hint of the expected path. If you can't figure out the path, then assume it will be the same path used by other .so files.

2. Find a close match, such as the ones you found with locate.

3. (Optional) install the necessary package because no close match is there.

4.  Create a symlink in the right place.

Building from source is usually easier :)

Jason

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