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Title, when I try to run it from terminal it says this after asking for permission.

$ gparted
Unit -.mount does not exist, proceeding anyway. /usr/sbin/gpartedbin:
error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-2.4.so.1: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory

First day using linux, what does this mean? I thought it meant I was missing something so I tried to download it, it put out:

$ sudo apt install gparted
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gparted is already the newest version (0.30.0-3ubuntu2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo apt install --reinstall gparted
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done 
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/505 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 192326 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gparted_0.30.0-3ubuntu2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking gparted (0.30.0-3ubuntu2) over (0.30.0-3ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up gparted (0.30.0-3ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...

Any ideas? I can't seem to find anything on the internet that fixes this problem. Running Xubuntu 18.04.3, so I don't have other ways to format my usb.

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  • You can always try to reinstall gparted by running sudo apt install --reinstall gparted from a terminal window. – Terrance Aug 10 '19 at 23:14
  • It means that this library is not installed, or has been corrupted. Do you have the package libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 installed? – ajgringo619 Aug 10 '19 at 23:14
  • @Terrance I just did that and I get the same error when I try to run it. – Path Aug 10 '19 at 23:20
  • Update: I think I do have it installed. I tried to install it and this is what it said. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 is already the newest version (1:2.24.5-2). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.     – Path Aug 10 '19 at 23:56
  • Please have a look at this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1726545 and this https://askubuntu.com/questions/961304/how-do-you-switch-from-wayland-back-to-xorg-in-ubuntu-17-10 and this https://askubuntu.com/questions/939938/gparted-cannot-open-display – Raffa Aug 11 '19 at 00:29
  • How would I know if I'm using wayland? The only option I have is 'Xubuntu session' and 'Xfce' Is Xubuntu Wayland? Gpart doesn't work regardless of which one I choose. @Raffa

    'xhost si:localuser:root' doesn't help either, gpart still refuses to open.

     – Path Aug 11 '19 at 00:39
  • Xubuntu does not use Wayland for its default DE it uses X, so no worries there since Xfce4 is written for X.org. You can also try reinstalling libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 with the same command as above. Maybe also try sudo ldconfig so it might try to fix lib files. I am not experiencing the same errors as you so I can only guess here. – Terrance Aug 11 '19 at 00:53
  • Edited! Thanks for the tip. – Path Aug 11 '19 at 05:03
  • Please run sudo apt install --reinstall libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 and check if the problem is solved then. – mook765 Aug 11 '19 at 14:26
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    Possible duplicate of GParted not working error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 – Kristopher Ives Aug 12 '19 at 02:56
  • @KristopherIves the solution in the linked Possible duplicate https://askubuntu.com/a/691681/968501 suggests installing ubuntu-desktop which will change the login manager and the desktop environment completely. OP is using xubuntu with xfce desktop. – Raffa Aug 12 '19 at 03:59
  • I ended up reinstall xubuntu and now it works. – Path Aug 12 '19 at 16:57

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identify missing libaries with ldd /usr/sbin/gpartedbin | grep not

You can find the packages with apt-file search string of missing libary. You have to install it first 

sudo apt install apt-file && sudo apt update

Example 

apt-file search libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
libgtkmm-2.4-1v5: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
libgtkmm-2.4-1v5: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
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