desparate - has anyone installed/used "aspell"?

[Notgiven]

I have tried for several days to install and use aspell. I easily installed
on my development computer which is Windows XP.

I am trying to get it to run on a linux box now and am getting to the point
to tell the client, it just can't be done.

It seems I am almost there but can't get it all the way.

For my latest test of the pre-compiled version I found contains three
cirectories:
/bin/
/lib/
/share/

I have those to:
/usr/local/bin/aspell/bin/
/usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/
/usr/local/bin/aspell/share/

In my php code, I reference:
$aspell_prog = '/usr/local/bin/aspell/bin/aspell';

The error I am getting is:
Quote:
Error executing '/usr/local/bin/aspell/bin/aspell -a --lang=en_US
(...)
/usr/local/bin/aspell/bin/aspell: error while loading shared
libraries: libaspell.so.15: cannot open shared object file: no such file or
directory

The file, libaspell.so.15, is in the /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/ directory.

I am using a pre-compiled version because I do not have compile capabilities
on my host.

It might be permissions set incorrectly or something else I do not know
about. I am a relative linux newbie so if you can help, please provide some
instructions.

I can not thank you enough for any help - again I am desparate!

[strawberry]

Yeah, give up. I did - and now I'm a much happier person.

Who needs spelling, anyway?

[Toby Inkster]

Notgiven wrote:

The file, libaspell.so.15, is in the /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/ directory.

This is a very unusual place to install aspell -- you'd probably have more
luck installing aspell through your distribution's packaging system which
would place it in a more normal location.

That said, your problem is that aspell doesn't know where to find its
library file. To fix this, add "/usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/" to
"/etc/ld.so.conf" (the syntax of that file is pretty self-explanatory) and
then run "ldconfig". You'll need to do this as root.

However, even after fixing this problem you may encounter other troubles
caused by installing aspell into such a wierd place. Better to just delete
it and re-install it via your package manager.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

[Notgiven]

"Toby Inkster" <us**********@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
news:59************@ophelia.g5n.co.uk...

Notgiven wrote:

The file, libaspell.so.15, is in the /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/
directory.

This is a very unusual place to install aspell -- you'd probably have more
luck installing aspell through your distribution's packaging system which
would place it in a more normal location.

That said, your problem is that aspell doesn't know where to find its
library file. To fix this, add "/usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/" to
"/etc/ld.so.conf" (the syntax of that file is pretty self-explanatory) and
then run "ldconfig". You'll need to do this as root.

However, even after fixing this problem you may encounter other troubles
caused by installing aspell into such a wierd place. Better to just delete
it and re-install it via your package manager.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

I agree but this host runs redhat enterprise and does NOT allow access to
run rpm. I was able to edit the conf and run ldconfig

$ ldconfig
ldconfig: File /lib/libaspell.so is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /lib/libaspell.so.15 is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /lib/libpspell.so is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /lib/libpspell.so.15 is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: /lib/libpspell.so.15 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig: /lib/libaspell.so.15 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig: File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libaspell.so is too small, not
checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libaspell.so.15 is too small, not
checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libpspell.so is too small, not
checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libpspell.so.15 is too small, not
checked.
ldconfig: /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libpspell.so.15 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig: /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libaspell.so.15 is not a symbolic link

Any ideas?

[Toby Inkster]

Notgiven wrote:

I agree but this host runs redhat enterprise and does NOT allow access to
run rpm.
Given that they seem to allow you root access, this seems quite an
arbitrary restriction. Have you tried asking *them* to install the aspell
RPM for you? After all, you are paying them, and it would only take a
couple of minutes to do what it's taking you days.
File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libaspell.so is too small, not
checked.

For what it's worth, my libaspell/libpspell libraries are these sizes:

[tai@ophelia (pts/1) ~]$ aspell --version
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.5)
[tai@ophelia (pts/1) ~]$ ls -al /usr/lib/lib?spell* /usr/lib/libpspell*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 791 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libaspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libaspell.so -> libaspell.so.15.0.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15 -> libaspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 640032 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1259 May 9 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jun 5 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.so.4 -> libkspell.so.4.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3612 May 9 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.so.4.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 813 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libpspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libpspell.so -> libpspell.so.15.0.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libpspell.so.15 -> libpspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3044 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libpspell.so.15.0.3

Obviously yours will probably be slightly different sizes, but
assuming you're using an x86 processor, yours should be in the same
general area.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

[Notgiven]

"Toby Inkster" <us**********@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6o************@ophelia.g5n.co.uk...

Notgiven wrote:

I agree but this host runs redhat enterprise and does NOT allow access to
run rpm.

Given that they seem to allow you root access, this seems quite an
arbitrary restriction. Have you tried asking *them* to install the aspell
RPM for you? After all, you are paying them, and it would only take a
couple of minutes to do what it's taking you days.

I asked and they will not - they are a huge host and do not take on these
tasks unfortunately.

File /usr/local/bin/aspell/lib/libaspell.so is too small, not
checked.

For what it's worth, my libaspell/libpspell libraries are these sizes:

[tai@ophelia (pts/1) ~]$ aspell --version
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.5)
[tai@ophelia (pts/1) ~]$ ls -al /usr/lib/lib?spell* /usr/lib/libpspell*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 791 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libaspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libaspell.so ->
libaspell.so.15.0.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15 ->
libaspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 640032 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1259 May 9 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jun 5 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.so.4 ->
libkspell.so.4.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3612 May 9 2005 /usr/lib/libkspell.so.4.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 813 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libpspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libpspell.so ->
libpspell.so.15.0.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 31 2005 /usr/lib/libpspell.so.15 ->
libpspell.so.15.0.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3044 Dec 20 2004 /usr/lib/libpspell.so.15.0.3

Obviously yours will probably be slightly different sizes, but
assuming you're using an x86 processor, yours should be in the same
general area.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

Thanks!! My directory and file sizes looks similar.

Wen I run:
$ aspell -a
aspell: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libaspell.so.15: file too
short
$ aspell --version
aspell: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libaspell.so.15: file too
short

/lib/libaspell.so.15 is similar in size to yours.