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Actually this is an answer. Im not asking a question. Last day, I tried to install skype 4.2 on my dell N5110 with nvida Optimus, after the installation when I tried to open skype from dash it didn't open. So then I opened it with Terminal via skype and it gave me an error error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I did the following steps with the help of method mentioned in this link.

Steps:

  1. Open a terminal and type sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/skype.conf
  2. Add the code /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ in the next console window, and press ctrl+x to exit, when prompted enter y to say yes
  3. And finally run sudo ldconfig -v
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Shehan Malaka
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4 Answers4

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Try this:

Install the package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

Launch Skype via:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype &

You can put the last statement into a shell script, e.g. ~/bin/skype , or create a .desktop-File with this content:

Name=Skype
Terminal=false
Exec=LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype
TargetEnvironment=Unity

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Thomas R
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3

Try this (NVIDIA Optimus Ubuntu 13.10):

$sudo update-alternatives --config i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf

  Selection           Path                                      Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/lib/nvidia-331/alt_ld.so.conf         8604      auto mode

  1            /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf    500       manual mode

  2            /usr/lib/nvidia-331-prime/alt_ld.so.conf   8603      manual mode

  3            /usr/lib/nvidia-331/alt_ld.so.conf         8604      manual mode


Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: **1** (Choose native value 1)

$  sudo ldconfig
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viczsaurav
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1

Thomas R's answer is right, but the desktop file did not work for 14.04.1 LTS 64bit.

Here's what works for me:

  1. Edit file /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
  2. Change the line Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 skype %U to Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 skype %U
  3. Save file

Here's my complete skype.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 skype %U
Icon=skype.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/skype;
X-KDE-Protocols=skype
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Steve Zhan
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Have you tried to enter in the terminal:

 sudo apt-get update

and then enter in the terminal:

 sudo apt-get install libgl-mesa-glx:i386

and then enter in the terminal this:

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/Skype.conf

and it might work fine this way.

Michael
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