Scilab - ghc-bin library link

[anjandev]

System

• xuname:
  • Void 5.8.5_1 x86_64 GenuineIntel notuptodate rDFFF
• package:
  • ghc-bin-8.8.3_1

Expected behavior

Downloading the binary of scilab opens normally. To obtain the binary, see:

https://www.scilab.org/download/6.1.0

However I get an error like:

scilab-cli-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5:

So I ran xlocate libtinfo.so.5 and I got

ghc-bin-8.8.3_1 /usr/lib/ghc-8.8.3/rts/libtinfo.so.5 ->
/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6

So I assumed installing ghc-bin-8.8.3_1 would fix my bug but it didnt.

Actual behavior

Still got the error:

scilab-cli-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5:

after installing ghc-bin-8.8.3_1

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Download the scilab binary and try to ./bin/scilab
2. Get library error
3. Try to install ghc-bin-8.8.3_1 to fix
4. Get library error again

[anjandev]

I managed to fix this by running:

doas ln -s /usr/lib/ghc-8.8.3/rts/libtinfo.so.5 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

Should the ghc-bin package make a link from /usr/lib/ghc-8.8.3/rts/libtinfo.so.5 to /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5 automatically?

[Preferencesoft]

In fact, you need to install the ncurses-libtinfo library:

xbps-install ncurses-libtinfo-libs

And then you create a symbolic link:

ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

On my side Scilab works

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