dyld: Library not loaded, Reason: image not found

Question

I used gdb normally until this week. Now running gdb I see:

(gdb) r
Starting program: /Volumes/MyProg 
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libCore.so
  Referenced from: /Volumes/MyProg
  Reason: image not found
(gdb)

How to fix it?

I have:

OSX 10.9
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6 installed with MacPorts

P.S.

I have reinstalled gdb and Xcode. This does not help.

I see a lot of questions about dyld issues, but obviously I lack experience with libraries on OSX, and they appears to be useless for me.

For example this topic: dyld issues library not loaded But how to download library again?

Or this topic: Dyld: Library not loaded But how to find out install name? What is @rpath?

score 29 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '14 at 11:22

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I solved this issue with "Embedded Binaries" in the General project settings.

answered Nov 20 '14 at 11:22

Karsten

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yes this worked with Carthage. The Carthage instructions (as of 5/23/2015) state to add to linked libraries - but I deleted that and added it through embedded binaries. It then (on its own) appeared in linked libraries. Now all works. – Jack Amoratis May 23 '15 at 18:21

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 07:39

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i have solved this issue by changing the following settings

Go to Project Setting Your_Target->General->Embedded Binaries-> Click on + button and add your library here

answered Apr 18 '16 at 07:39

try this one but not working how it possible remove not found image error – Ramani Hitesh Dec 03 '18 at 14:17

klm123 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12T13:04:51.097

How I fixed it:

libCore.so is a library from ROOT framework, which MyProg uses.
If I understand correctly, the message Library not loaded: @rpath/libCore.so Referenced from: /Volumes/MyProg Reason: image not found means that linker found the library, but can't use it.
Root, during installation uses clang by default. Meanwhile as I prefer gcc and MyProg uses gcc.
I have reinstalled root with gcc compiler:

./configure --with-cxx=g++ --with-cc=gcc --with-ld=g++
I have recompiled MyProg.

and now I can debug it with gdb.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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You can find more information about rpath here: link

So you need to point the path to your libCore.so, but honestly I have not faced with this library so I don't know where is it located.

You can check also this answer to understand what it is rpath: answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Dec 10 '13 at 13:41

Matrosov Oleksandr

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I saw this link. But it feels like it describe something for XCode developers and I miss very basics. The link does not answer the question how to find the value of @rpath... I see that I can find value in some windows named Target Info, but I have not idea how to find these windows..... – klm123 Dec 10 '13 at 13:55
I have added new link in answer maybe it will be useful for you. Please check answer. – Matrosov Oleksandr Dec 11 '13 at 17:54
is this helpful answer? i think if not you need to wait some programers that already faced with the same problem like in your case. – Matrosov Oleksandr Dec 11 '13 at 20:45
@kim123 or you can dart bounty for this question – Matrosov Oleksandr Dec 11 '13 at 20:46
ok can you answer on your question, because it will be helpful for someone who has the same issue. – Matrosov Oleksandr Dec 12 '13 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 09 '20 at 11:52

For Xcode 11 or above, there is another simpler solution which worked for me if you are using Cocoapods.

In your Podfile, add use_frameworks! after your Target line like this -

target 'YourAppName' do
  use_frameworks!

Basically it adds all your pods as a framework in your framework folder.

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