libMagicWand.so.5 cannot open shared object file?

emacs shared-library 15.04

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The library libMagickWand.so.5 doesn't exist anymore in Vivid. Install the following library if it is not already installed.

sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-6.q16-2

If that does not produce the desired result, then proceed here:

Either you install the official package of emacs or you must recompile it yourself.

With this command you can see, where do you get emacs via APT.

apt-cache policy emacs

Take the URL that is closest to the top. If the URL DOESN'T looks like this:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

THAN you can search in the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and in /etc/apt/sources.list and remove the affected line.

Alternatively, you can also try to install the libraries from Utopic by hand.

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Nikita Luparev

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Nikita Luparev over 1 year
After update to version Ubuntu 15.04 I have problems when I try to run emacs.
```
emacs: error while loading shared libraries: libMagicWand.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
```
Meanwhile, when I do: locate libMagic
```
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagick++.a
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagick++.la
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagick++.so
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagick++.so.5
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagick++.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickCore.a
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickCore.la
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickCore.so
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickCore.so.5
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickCore.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickWand.a
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickWand.la
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickWand.so
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickWand.so.5
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libMagickWand.so.5.0.0
```
As you can see libMagicWand.so.5 at the bottom. So, clearly I need help.

Thanks in advance.
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  What says: uname –a
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  Have you tried sudo apt-get install --reinstall emacs?
- Nikita Luparev almost 9 years
  
  tried re install, still doesn't work. Same problem
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  and uname -a?
- Nikita Luparev almost 9 years
  
  uname -a gives me: 3.19.0-15-generic #15 - Ubuntu i686 GNU/Linux
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  that are i386 libs
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  libMagicWand.so.5 doesn't exist in Vivid
- A.B. almost 9 years
  
  what says apt-cache policy emacs
- Nikita Luparev almost 9 years
  
  it looks it uses i386 packages. May be this is a problem?
- Thomas Ward almost 9 years
  
  @NikitaLuparev keep in mind that libMagicWand.so.5 and libMagickWand.so.5 are different. Either you should install the official emacs package or recompile it yourself (since libMagicWand.so.5 does not actually exist in Vivid)
Nikita Luparev almost 9 years

If I compile emacs from source you think it will solve the problem?
A.B. almost 9 years

@NikitaLuparev It depends on which libraries are used in the source code.
A.B. almost 9 years

Or you can try a library from Utopic: packages.ubuntu.com/…
Thomas Ward almost 9 years

I'm not certain this is the right answer. It's likely that the package you've indicated (from Utopic) might have been merged with other packages, perhaps the devel headers or otherwise, as imagemagick is the source package providing everything. The Vivid Source Package actually produces a libmagickwand package - libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-6-headers, and libmagickwand-6.q16-dev. It's possible one of these will do what the OP needs. (Although consider magic is not magick and emacs may need revised)
A.B. almost 9 years

@ThomasW. I tried to improve my answer.
Nikita Luparev almost 9 years

I re installed from source. Success, it works. Thank you
elirigobeli almost 4 years

These symbolic links (/ usr / lib64) resolved: libMagickWand.so.5 -> libMagickWand-6.Q16.so.6.0.0 libMagickCore.so.5 -> libMagickCore-6.Q16.so.6.0.0