mate-cpu indicator failes to load on archlinux mate-cpufreq-selector failes to run

[mhussaincov94]

I am unable to add the cpu applet to the top panel at all. running archlinux with all updates installed. using orca screen reader. when I run mate-cpufreq-selector in a terminal I get the folowing error message. mate-cpufreq-selector: error while loading shared libraries: libcpupower.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory could this be a packageing issue oor am i missing an app? I have cpupower installed, and enabled and running if this helps. would be greatful for help. when i try to add the cpu applet from the list of applets it is not added to the panel at all. Majid Hussain

[lukefromdc]

This is a distro/packaging issue. The applet was built to use libcpupower in this case, so mate-applets needs to depend on a package providing it.

[mhussaincov94]

say ok, which packages use libcpupower in arch? cheers!

[zhuyaliang]

Check if ls -l /lib/libcpupower.so exists

[mhussaincov94]

hi I believe yes? lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 8 01:23 /lib/libcpupower.so -> libcpupower.so.0.0.1

[zhuyaliang]

Sorry, it should be ls -l /lib/libcpupower.so* I suspect that the library name in your system is libcpupower.so.1. If that's the case, you need to create a new soft link

sudo ln -s /lib/ibcpupower.so.0.0.1 /lib/ibcpupower.so.0

[mhussaincov94]

thank you, before i run this command. will it meddle with upgrades of packages? will I require to revirt this in future?

[mhussaincov94]

hi again, an update. i downloaded the pkg build from archlinux and built the package localy. everything is working now. thank you for your help! Majid