clang: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Question

I'm building a substratum theme from https://github.com/substratum/template

I'm getting the following errors on run:

Build command failed.
Error while executing process /home/anubhav/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle/ndk-build with arguments {NDK_PROJECT_PATH=null APP_BUILD_SCRIPT=/home/anubhav/AndroidStudioProjects/template/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk APP_ABI=armeabi-v7a NDK_ALL_ABIS=armeabi-v7a NDK_DEBUG=1 APP_PLATFORM=android-24 NDK_OUT=/home/anubhav/AndroidStudioProjects/template/app/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj NDK_LIBS_OUT=/home/anubhav/AndroidStudioProjects/template/app/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/lib /home/anubhav/AndroidStudioProjects/template/app/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/libLoadingProcess.so}
[armeabi-v7a] Compile thumb  : LoadingProcess <= LoadingProcess.c
/home/anubhav/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open       shared object file: No such file or directory
make: *** [/home/anubhav/AndroidStudioProjects/template/app/build/intermediates/ndkBuild/debug/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/objs-debug/LoadingProcess/LoadingProcess.o] Error 127 

I'm running Android Studio 3.0.1 on Manjaro. I really don’t know what else info to provide, so please mention if anything is required.

Selfinterest

Answer 1

I had the same problem on Debian Buster. Installing the Debian package libncurses5 solved it for me:

$ sudo apt install libncurses5

Cluny

I got a similar problem for my Debian buster docker image. I solved it by installing libncurses5-dev and libncursesw5-dev – Hawkins

non -dev for me, The following NEW packages will be installed: libncurses5 libtinfo5{a} -4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux – Swede

Same problem on Ubuntu 19.10, solved by installing libncurses5 – Orvah

For Fedora you need to install ncurses-compat-libs see github.com/spacchetti/spago/issues/104#issuecomment-563100691 – Hawkins

I got similar problem when using kotlinc-native. Installing libncurses5 fixed it! Thanks! – Snuff

Works for me on Ubuntu Linux. Had the same error when tried to run Tensilica C compiler xt-clang. – Broadminded

in debian bullseye the same error may appear because libffi6 is not in the distribution (but libffi7 is) and thus the installation of the additioanl packages fails. – Jonijonie

This fixed the error, while making a WebGL project on Ubuntu 21.04. installing ncurses5 installed libtinfo5, which Unity 2020.3.7f1 (lts) needed to compile and build. – Susie

worked on ubuntu 20-04. Setting a 'so.5' symbolic link to the existing libcurses did not work e.g sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5. That library is not compatible with ndk r16b. Had to install the version-5 as per this answer. – Wilt

The correct address to download the library libncurses5 is https://packages.debian.org/libncurses5 – Haematogenesis

Answer 2

ln -s /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

Ballinger

Can you explain that a bit? Are these two versions binary compatible? Do they even do the same thing? Why not rather install the required dependencies instead? See also How to Answer. – Misconstrue

Honestly, laziness to search for the required library. Since both have the required internal procedures, it won't matter for the calling library. – Ballinger

ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5 in my case, but yeah this worked and fixed pytorch for me. Normally I don't like this type of answer, but what can I say.... have an upvote. – Bharal

Brilliant idea, this worked for me on Fedora! In my case it was ln -s /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.6 /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5 and it was for an old precompiled version of include-what-you-use. – Sorrows

Answer 3

libtinfo is not an Android API. You need to build that library for Android and include it in your APK.

Latimer

Answer 4

TLDR:

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources

Add these lines to the bottom (Don't know if this is 100% correct)

Types: deb
URIs: HTTP://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: lunar
Components: universe

sudo apt update

sudo apt-get install libtinfo5

My process

I got this same issue when trying to run clang++ on a new install of ubuntu24.04

But this package would not install

sudo apt install libncurses5

And neither would linking work because a specific function within libtinfo.so.5

ln -s /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

I found this article for a completely different problem https://askubuntu.com/questions/1491254/installing-cuda-on-ubuntu-23-10-libt5info-not-installable

Which suggested this process

Open a terminal window and run:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this line (adds the Ubuntu 23.04 aka "Lunar Lobster" universe repository to apt):

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar universe

Save and exit, then run:

sudo apt update

But, /etc/apt/sources.list is outdated

Go to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources instead

I then added this to the file

Types: deb
URIs: HTTP://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: lunar
Components: universe

Then I apt update try to install libtinfo5 directly and it worked

sudo apt-get install libtinfo5

Amador