Kicad looking for shared object files in wrong places

[gscofano]

[Edit: including info about Kicad version, my system and install method]

I downloaded Kicad 5.0 rc2-22 and installed it via CMAKE, with NGSpice simulation enabled. My system is Fedora 28 Linux.

When I try some features, Kicad prompts me that it couldn’t find some shared object files.

Example:

I open Eeschema, select “place symbol” and click somewhere to place a component. It loads the component libraries, as can be seen in the first screenshot. And when it finishes loading these libraries, it opens a message box, shown in the second screenshot.

However, this missing file is located inside /usr/local/lib64. I suspect Kicad is looking inside /usr/lib64 and not /usr/local/lib64. What is the best approach to fix this problem?

Thank you in advance for your time

[eelik]

Paste the KiCad and system version information here. How did you install KiCad?

[gscofano]

I’m sorry, that’s important information, and I forgot to mention. Thanks for your support.

[Rene_Poschl]

Also remember this is a support form by users for users. Developers are reached via the bugtracker or mailing list. More details see: I found a bug. What now?

[eelik]

For self-compiled code you can always try running ldconfig as root, it may help for runtime linking problems.

[gscofano]

I don’t think this is a bug. I have very little experience with software development. I’m only building from source because I want to use a Spice simulator with frontend integrated, in Linux. Probably I’m doing something wrong.

Thanks eelik, I’ll try that.