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ParaView 5.7.0-RC1 linux: GenericIOReader fails to load

  • Start ParaView, builtin server
  • Tools -> Manage Plugins...
  • Load GenericIOReader plugin

Loading fails with the error message:

ERROR: In /home/buildslave/dashboards/buildbot/paraview-pvbinsdash-linux-shared-release_superbuild/build/superbuild/paraview/src/ParaViewCore/ClientServerCore/Core/vtkPVPluginLoader.cxx, line 417
vtkPVPluginLoader (0x98c58e0): libvtkGenericIOReader.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

ldd shows that it is linking against libgfortran, but can't find it.

> ldd `find . -name libvtkGenericIOReader.so`
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc1c1d7000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdcede08000)
	libvtkParallelMPI-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkParallelMPI-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcedbf3000)
	libvtkParallelCore-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkParallelCore-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdced99e000)
	libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdced6c1000)
	libvtkCommonDataModel-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonDataModel-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdced079000)
	libvtkCommonTransforms-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonTransforms-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcece4a000)
	libvtkCommonMath-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonMath-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcecc2a000)
	libvtkCommonCore-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonCore-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcec4c6000)
	libvtksys-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtksys-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcec26a000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fdcec066000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fdcebe47000)
	libtbb.so.2 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libtbb.so.2 (0x00007fdcebbe9000)
	libmpi.so.12 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libmpi.so.12 (0x00007fdceb6ad000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fdceb324000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdceaf86000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fdcead6e000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fdcee429000)
	libvtkIOLegacy-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkIOLegacy-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdceaaca000)
	libvtkIOCore-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkIOCore-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcea864000)
	libvtkCommonSystem-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonSystem-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcea650000)
	libvtkCommonMisc-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkCommonMisc-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcea435000)
	libvtkloguru-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkloguru-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdcea1ef000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fdce9fe7000)
	libgfortran.so.3 => not found
	libvtkdoubleconversion-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtkdoubleconversion-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdce9dd8000)
	libvtklz4-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtklz4-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdce9bb2000)
	libvtklzma-pv5.7.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libvtklzma-pv5.7.so.1 (0x00007fdce9982000)
	libz.so.1 => /home/coryquammen/Downloads/ParaView-5.7.0-RC1-MPI-Linux-64bit/lib/./libz.so.1 (0x00007fdce9768000)

Of note: libgfortran.so.3 => not found. However, libgfortran.so.3 is in the lib directory in the binary directory. Indeed, adding <full/path/to>/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH resolves the issue.