libwebp.so.6 error

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wilberfan
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libwebp.so.6 error

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Running Mythtv on a 32bit Arch Linux install. All of a sudden I'm getting the following error when I try and start the frontend:
error while loading shared libraries: libwebp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libwebp 0.6.0-1 is installed on the system (I even tried reinstalling it), but nothing has changed.

I'm baffled at this point...
wilberfan
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Re: libwebp.so.6 error

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For some reason, the libwebp 0.6.0-1 package installs a libwebp.0.7 file. So, indeed, libwebp.so.6 was NOT found.
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Re: libwebp.so.6 error

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If you run

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ldd /usr/bin/mythfrontend
You can get a list of all libs it is using. When I do that, libwebp is not showing at all. Libwebp must be loaded by something after mythfrontend starts. I do not have any plugins installed. Plugins may be using it or some component that mythtv uses.

On my 64bit ubuntu system I only find these for libwebp

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libwebpmux.so.1
libwebp.so.5.0.4
libwebp.so.5
libwebpmux.so.1.0.2
I know this is not a lot of help, but perhaps it may give you some insight.
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