Re: [Gretl-users] libsvm installation issue

On Fri, 25 Aug 2017, Artur T. wrote: > Dear Allin, > > first of all thanks for implementing the libsvm program into gretl! > > I just tried to test it on my xubuntu 17.04 linux machine. I used the > shell script build.sh to install the libsvm libraries. It ran through > without any issues. The following directories and files were set up: > > /usr/local/include/libsvm/svm.h > /usr/local/lib/libsvm.so > /usr/local/lib/libsvm.so.2 > /usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/svm.la > /usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/svm.so > /usr/local/bin/svm-predict > /usr/local/bin/svm-train > /usr/local/bin/svm-scale > > After running the shell script, I recompiled gretl using the > --with-libsvm option. However, I obtain the following error message > when running your first example script "Listing 1" > > <output> > Failed to load plugin: /usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/svm.so > Couldn't load plugin function > Error executing script: halting > > series svmpred = svm(L, parms) > </output> > > even though the smv.so file is in the directory. What does ldd /usr/local/lib/gretl-gtk2/svm.so | grep svm say? And is /usr/local/lib indexed by ldconfig? Allin