ELF file- it has the wrong magic bytes at the start ***Solved***

I did an apt autoremove which does the removal and at the end I got:

Code:

ldconfig: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblas.so.3-x86_64-linux-gnu is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.

I get the same when installing a package.

I like magic but don't understand what this is telling me.

Reinstalled libblas, no help

w3ie wrote:Reinstalled libblas, no help

Open a root terminal and remove these:

Code:

rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblapack*
rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblas*

Code:



apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall liblapack3 libblas3

Check and see if the error is gone bye bye.

Code:

ldconfig

w3ie wrote:I did an apt autoremove which does the removal and at the end I got:

Code:

ldconfig: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblas.so.3-x86_64-linux-gnu is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.

I get the same when installing a package.

I like magic but don't understand what this is telling me.

Those are hexidecimally coded file type indicators, typically for executable files. There are codes that indicate ELF files, PE files, etc. You mostly don't have to worry about them. I have seen that error message as well. Our distro testers and maintainers will know more.

Upgreyed wrote:

w3ie wrote:Reinstalled libblas, no help

Open a root terminal and remove these:

Code:

rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblapack*
rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblas*

Code:


apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall liblapack3 libblas3

Check and see if the error is gone bye bye.

Code:

ldconfig

Oh, thanks. I'll bookmark this for future reference if I see such an error again.

Upgreyed wrote:

w3ie wrote:Reinstalled libblas, no help

Open a root terminal and remove these:

Code:

rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblapack*
rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblas*

Code:



apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall liblapack3 libblas3

Check and see if the error is gone bye bye.

Code:

ldconfig

Error went bye bye