Concerning the libexpat dependency error displayed when installing Photo Image Print System in Mandriva2008.x environments

FAQ ID : LI00014
Created : 2008.07.25
Last modified : 2009.09.04

The following error may be displayed when installing Photo Image Print System in Mandriva2008.x environments.

ekpd-tool: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Applicable driver]
- Photo Image Print System

[Applicable distribution]
- Mandriva2008.0
- Mandriva2008.1

[Work Around]
This problem can be avoided by creating a symbolic link to libexpat.so.0 in some cases.
However, we do not recommend this solution. Apply this measure at your own risk.

1. Search for the installed libexpat library.
   $ find /usr/lib -name libexpat*
   (Output example)
      /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
      /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2

2. Create a symbolic link to the libexpat library (libexpat.so.1 for the above example) and name it as libexpat.so.0.
   # ln -s /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0

3. Reinstall Photo Image Print System.


We have confirmed that creating a symbolic link also solves the problem where the status monitor is failing to start.