Solved [Solved] I can't run the Opera browser

[mobilitysd]

Hello! I use FreeBSD10 amd64 and updated ports one week ago. I installed Opera and currently I can [not? -- mod.] launch it, I get the following error message:

Shared object "libfreetype.so.9" not found, required by "opera"

How can I solve this?

 

[Beastie]

Re: I can't run the Opera browser

Yes, since the last 12.16_1 update, it started showing this error. The existing libfreetype library is compatible, so simply create a symlink and it will work. From the top of my memory, ln -s /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.6 libfreetype.so.9 should work.

 

[mobilitysd]

Re: I can't run the Opera browser

Thank you! It works now.

 

[wblock@]

Expect that link to cause problems in the future. The second entry for 20140416 in /usr/ports/UPDATING talks about updates to Freetype and other ports.

 

[laufdi]

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/188843

Adding a line:

libfreetype.so.9 libfreetype.so.6

to /etc/libmap.conf does allow opera to start and work properly.

 

[Beastie]

It looks like it's been fixed today in version 12.16_2.