ctags: error while loading shared libraries: libgpm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Question

I have used ctags command to generate tags to traverse in vi editor. Unfortunately a shared library is not available. how to fix this problem, i don't want to install the library as i'm working on a shared development environment.

Please check the below error.

ctags: error while loading shared libraries: libgpm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

Answer 1

Use export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/where/libgpm.so/is/located And then start it again.