libusb & VueScan

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:53:59 +0200
Gour-Gadadhara Dasa <gour at atmarama.net> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Some weeks ago I switched from Linux to (Free)PC-BSD running 9.0
> snapshot on my x86_64 machine. I'm quite satisfied with migration, but
> there are still some gaps to be filled...
> 
> One of those is that I would like to use VueScan, but there is no
> FreeBSD version.
> 
> I've setup Linux compatibility, but the application is missing libusb:
> 
> ./vuescan: error while loading shared libraries: libusb-0.1.so.4:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> I've seen in the archives, that there was some work (in '08) to
> provide this library, but wonder what is the current status with it
> and/or any hint what to do in order to try to make VueScan running on
> FreeBSD?
> 

Try making a symbolic link to /usr/lib{,32}/libusb.so.x (depending on
which version you have installed) and see if it helps.  Seems to me that
your FreeBSD should be able use the native version in that case.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn