Cannot open executable file (shared library)?

Question

I compiled some software from GitHub and I tried to run it, but I can't.

Any ideas why it is not working?

It would help a lot if you told what and how you did to build your software. Maybe try to run it from terminal to get the full error text. — Soren A, Dec 27 '18 at 11:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '18 at 12:36

Compiling from github source code is more complicated than simple installation. Your package is available for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 according to the vendor. To see if it is available for a different Ubuntu version use this command:

$ apt search aseprite

Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
aseprite/xenial 1.0.9+ds-3.2 amd64
  sprite and pixel art editor

To do a "dry-run" installation (simulated installation) use this command:

$ sudo apt install -s aseprite

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  liballegro4.4 libloadpng4.4 libtinyxml2.6.2v5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  aseprite liballegro4.4 libloadpng4.4 libtinyxml2.6.2v5
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst liballegro4.4 (2:4.4.2-7 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Inst libloadpng4.4 (2:4.4.2-7 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Inst libtinyxml2.6.2v5 (2.6.2-3 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Inst aseprite (1.0.9+ds-3.2 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Conf liballegro4.4 (2:4.4.2-7 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Conf libloadpng4.4 (2:4.4.2-7 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Conf libtinyxml2.6.2v5 (2.6.2-3 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])
Conf aseprite (1.0.9+ds-3.2 Ubuntu:16.04/xenial [amd64])

As you can see the aseprite application is dependent on many other libraries that need to be installed. I suspect when you compile manually some of these libraries are missing.

To do a real installation use:

sudo apt install aseprite

Cannot open executable file (shared library)?

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