[PC-BSD] Help installing the HipChat Linux client

[CanOfBees]

Hi all,

(Mods, I wasn't sure where to start this - if there's a better spot please move the thread. Thanks!)

I'm trying to get the HipChat Linux client working on PC-BSD (I've started a thread in the PC-BSD forums, but I'm hoping someone here may be able to help, too). I'm running into some problems with it and I haven't been able to make any progress with it.

1. I've downloaded the most recent 32 bit Linux client and expanded the tar per their instructions on the download page [1].

2. > ./bin/hipchat 
   zsh: ./bin/hipchat: bad interpreter: /bin/bash: no such file or directory

3. I edit bin/hipchat's

   #!/bin/bash

   to

   #!/usr/local/bin/bash

   .
4. (now the real fun starts)
5. After editing the file, I try to run it again:
   

   > ./bin/hipchat 
   ./bin/hipchat: error while loading shared libraries: libltdl.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

6. I can't figure out how to get a 32 bit libltdl.so.7 at all, so I install 32 bit FreeBSD 9.2 in VirtualBox, build /usr/ports/devel/libltdl, and then scp the resulting binary over to my PC-BSD install.
7. I copy it into ~/src/HipChat/lib/ and ...

8. > ./bin/hipchat 
   ./bin/hipchat: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/home/bridger/src/HipChat/bin/..//lib/libltdl.so.7: ELF file OS ABI invalid

9. After doing some reading, I try to brandelf libltdl, but that doesn't quite work, either:
   

   > sudo brandelf -t Linux lib/libltdl.so.7
   Password:
   > ./bin/hipchat 
   ./bin/hipchat: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/home/bridger/src/HipChat/bin/..//lib/libltdl.so.7: ELF file OS ABI invalid

Any thoughts as to next steps?
Thanks!



[1] https://www.hipchat.com/downloads

 

[Beeblebrox]

I can't figure out how to get a 32 bit libltdl.so.7 at all, so I install 32 bit FreeBSD 9.2 in VirtualBox, build /usr/ports/devel/libltdl, and then scp the resulting binary over to my PC-BSD install.

A 32bit binary package will run on a 64bit system only when the relevant libraries have been properly shared and linked. That's why your 32-bit binary is not working. An example you can look through is emulators/wine vs. emulators/i386-wine. They are basically the same port, the only difference being that the library linkage for the latter has been corrected for 64bit systems.

 

[SirDice]

In this case it's most likely looking for a /compat/linux/lib/libltdl.so.7, not a FreeBSD native libltdl.

 

[Beeblebrox]

In this case it's most likely looking for a /compat/linux/lib/libltdl.so.7

Ah.. I missed the "Linux" bit in the post.
In that case, OP is better off looking into how rpm packages (Redhat Linux) are installed to the /compat/linux layer. Unfortunately, the Linux compat layer is considerably lagging in updates, so @CanOfBees will have to look for older rpm's.

 

[kpa]

You can not use FreeBSD native libraries with Linux binaries and vice versa. Also you'll have a hard time installing anything that requires a C/C++ compiler that can produce Linux binaries during the installation. All of the Linux ports in FreeBSD work on the assumption that the compilation has already been done on a real Linux system and the ports just install pre-compiled binaries.

 

[CanOfBees]

In this case it's most likely looking for a /compat/linux/lib/libltdl.so.7, not a FreeBSD native libltdl.

@SirDice - thank you for clarifying that.

Ah.. I missed the "Linux" bit in the post.
In that case, OP is better of looking into how rpm packages (redhat linux) are installed and into the /compat/linux layer. Unfortunately, the linux compat layer is considerably lagging in update, so @CanOfBees will have to look for older rpm's.

@Beeblebrox - thanks so much! I'll take a look for older rpm's for HipChat and libltdl.so.7.

You can not use FreeBSD native libraries with Linux binaries and vice versa. Also you'll have a hard time installing anything that requires a C/C++ compiler that can produce Linux binaries during the installation. All of the Linux ports in FreeBSD work on the assumption that the compilation has already been done on a real Linux system and the ports just install pre-compiled binaries.

@kpa - thanks! That's good to know.

 

[abbec]

Remember also that you can use HipChat with any Jabber/XMPP client. Do not know if it is feasible in your case, just thought I would mention it