libaspell.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[bobev18]

It seems the ffi cannot pick up the proper location for the libaspell.so

Here is the version of aspell I have:

$ aspell -v
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.7-20110707)

Here are the .so files found

$ locate aspell.so
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.2.0
/usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_aspell.so

Here is the stacktrace of running skeptic

$ skeptic --no-semicolons --line-length 90 --max-nesting-depth 2 --methods-per-class 12 --lines-per-method 6 zad3a.2013.rb 
/home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-1.9.3/lib/ffi/library.rb:133:in `block in ffi_lib': Could not open library 'aspell': /usr/lib/aspell: cannot read file data: Is a directory. (LoadError)
Could not open library 'libaspell.so': libaspell.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-1.9.3/lib/ffi/library.rb:100:in `map'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-1.9.3/lib/ffi/library.rb:100:in `ffi_lib'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-aspell-0.0.3/lib/ffi/aspell.rb:25:in `<module:Aspell>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-aspell-0.0.3/lib/ffi/aspell.rb:23:in `<module:FFI>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/ffi-aspell-0.0.3/lib/ffi/aspell.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/skeptic-0.0.7/lib/skeptic/rules/english_words_for_names.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/skeptic-0.0.7/lib/skeptic.rb:14:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/gems/skeptic-0.0.7/bin/skeptic:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/bin/skeptic:23:in `load'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/bin/skeptic:23:in `<main>'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
    from /home/bob/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0-preview1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

Let me know if other details are needed.

[alehander92]

Well, for some reason you are really missing a libaspell.so file.
A workaround for that is to copy your /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15 file as /usr/lib/libaspell.so.

[bobev18]

done - works OK.