Problems after installing Skype 4.3

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just installed Skype 4.3 on my laptop (Dell Inspiron N5110) running Ubuntu 14.10 following all the instructions from every possible source but when I try to launch it absolutely nothing happens.

What can I do to get it working? Here's what I get:

andi@Andi:~$ skype
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What output do you get if you open a terminal window and run the command skype? Please answer by editing your question and adding that piece of info. — Gunnar Hjalmarsson, Dec 02 '14 at 19:15
Here's what I get " andi@Andi:~$ skype skype: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory " — Matei Alexandru, Dec 02 '14 at 20:42
I suggest that you check out this solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2233005 — , Jul 04 '16 at 10:31

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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Open a terminal window and try to start Skype with this command (copy and paste):

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

If that's successful, I suggest that you check out this answer to get a persistent solution.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:58

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

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Thank you! I did as you said and it worked! My Skype is running gr8 now! – Matei Alexandru Dec 02 '14 at 21:04
@MateiAlexandru: Great! Then can you please "accept" my answer, so others see that the problem was resolved. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Dec 02 '14 at 21:13
sorry to bother you yet again, but what do you mean by "accepting" your answer? I'm kinda' new around here, I switched to linux a few days ago and I ain't very familiar with the procedures :) – Matei Alexandru Dec 02 '14 at 21:35
I've sorted it out! Thank you once again for your help – Matei Alexandru Dec 02 '14 at 21:41

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 15 '16 at 11:40

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This solution worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04

sudo ln -st /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu mesa/libGL.so.1

Make sure you have libgl1-mesa-glx installed.

edited Sep 15 '16 at 11:40

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answered Sep 15 '16 at 11:19

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+1 for mentioning that libgl1-mesa-glx needs to be installed. After installing it, everything worked for me even without making symlinks or setting LD_PRELOAD (though in my case it was Firefox inside a Docker container that didn't work). – skozin Oct 02 '16 at 15:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '16 at 00:26

For Ubuntu like systems, I confirm that the solution of Gunnar Hjalmarsson works:

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

(tested un xUbuntu 16.04) However, it doesn't work for debian.

The solutions for debian are listed here, and the solution for the libGl error is to run

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/

Then everything works perfectly ! (tested on debian unstable with the debian binary from the official website on november 2016)

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 14 '16 at 19:33

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If others like me ends up here trying to solve this problem, the solution could be to reinstall bumblebee with the following:

sudo apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia --reinstall

edited Feb 14 '16 at 19:33

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answered Feb 14 '16 at 15:46

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