Shared object "libarchive.so.5" not found, required by "pkg"

Question

I just updated my FreeBSD from 9.x to 10.0 (using freebsd-update) and now my pkg isn't working.

# pkg
Shared object "libarchive.so.5" not found, required by "pkg"
#

I know I can use pkg-static meanwhile, but how do I fix my pkg now?

* UPDATE *:

# pkg-static  info pkg
pkg-static: No package(s) matching pkg
# pkg-static install pkg
Updating repository catalogue
pkg-static: http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/latest/repo.txz: Not Found
#

when I try doing that, I get : /usr/local/sbin/portmaster: pkg_version: not found — alexus, Feb 15 '14 at 20:35
Well now I have to wonder if you ever properly converted to pkgng? — Michael Hampton, Feb 15 '14 at 20:36
(upstream portmaster maintainer here) Sounds like a portmaster bug there. It runs 'pkg info pkg' to see if pkg is installed, and since it is erroring due to the shared lib then it thinks pkg is not installed and uses the old pkg_*. I will try to address that. — Bryan Drewery, Feb 15 '14 at 21:07
Rebuild pkg from ports: cd /usr/ports/port-mgmt/pkg && make deinstall reinstall clean — Chris S, Feb 24 '14 at 15:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '14 at 15:52

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Here's what fixed my FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE -> 10.0-RELEASE update which had the identical issue Shared object "libarchive.so.5" not found required by "pkg", though my pkg-static pkg showed 1.2.6 was installed.

# pkg-static bootstrap -f

Which listed instructions for boot strapping pkg

# pkg-static delete -f pkg
# /usr/sbin/pkg -v

Afterwards pkg seems to behave correctly.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 15:52

Rob Paisley

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pkg-static: 'bootstrap' is not a valid command. – alexus Feb 24 '14 at 15:58
I still get: pkg-static boostrap pkg(8) already installed, use -f to force. – Rob Paisley Feb 24 '14 at 17:11

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 15:57

Options:

Rebuild pkg from ports:

cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg && make deinstall reinstall clean

Fix the library link via libmap.conf:
```
echo "libarchive.so.5 `ls /usr/lib/libarchive.so.*`" >> /etc/libmap.conf
```
There might be other apps that this fixes the same issue. pkg also relies on 8 other shared libraries. I'm not sure which changed between 9.x and 10.x, but I'd bet there will be others.

Shared object "libarchive.so.5" not found, required by "pkg"

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