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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark 0.99.6 symbol lookup error Fails to run.

From: ccbobl <ccbobl@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:58:55 +0000 (UTC)

Jemiolo, John <John.Jemiolo@...> writes:

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> Just installed platform independent 0.99.6 from Sourceforge, on my SUSE 10.1 
Linux box.  It appeared to config/build/instal ok, but I get the following error
when I try to run it.
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> “ Wireshark: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libwireshark.so.0 : undefined
symbol: mpa_samples “
> Anyone seen this? 
> Thanks
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> JJ
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That symbol is in libwiretap, I suspect you are pointing to an older version of
libwiretap, make sure you are using the one provided with wireshark.
The installation puts libwiretap in /usr/local/lib, I would guess you have an
older libwiretap in /usr/lib that wireshark is looking at first due to directory
order in environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH.