On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Chris Brown wrote: > rviz was not loading for me due to missing libraries > It appears they where built but did not install > I merely copied the files to the ogre/lib directory to get it working > cp build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/build/lib/RenderSystem_GL.so ogre/lib/ > cp build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/build/lib/Plugin_* ogre/lib/ On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Chris Brown wrote: > the log file hi Chris, Looking at your build log, the libraries are being installed, e.g.: -- Installing: /home/chris/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/ogre/lib/OGRE/RenderSystem_GL.so -- Removed runtime path from "/home/chris/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/ogre/lib/OGRE/RenderSystem_GL.so" -- Installing: /home/chris/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/ogre/lib/OGRE/Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.so -- Removed runtime path from "/home/chris/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/ogre/lib/OGRE/Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.so" They are put into /ogre/lib/OGRE (where is the location of the ogre ROS package, i.e., `rospack find ogre`). From your earlier mail, you're putting them into /ogre/lib, one level higher. This is first time I've heard of this problem. Lots of people are using rviz without having to manually copy OGRE's libs around. What flavor of Linux are you using? Anything unusual about your system? brian.