Applications installed with sudo dpkg -i are not launching

Question

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04. I installed pencil and koala using sudo dpkg -i command, and they appear on the launcher but when I click on them nothing happens.

How can I fix this?

$ which pencil
/usr/bin/pencil
$ which koala
/usr/bin/koala
$ sudo ./koala
/usr/share/koala/koala: error while loading shared libraries: 
libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$ sudo ./pencil
/usr/bin/pencil: 4: /usr/bin/pencil: /usr/bin/xulrunner: not found
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ax25-node kde-l10n-engb libax25 linux-headers-3.13.0-32
  linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic openbsd-inetd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.

May be library issues..run those from command line and check for any error messages.. — heemayl, Feb 08 '15 at 09:39
Open a terminal and type which pencil and which koala and add the output to your question. — heemayl, Feb 08 '15 at 10:05
Ok..now run pencil and then koala from the terminal and check what happens then. — heemayl, Feb 08 '15 at 10:14
@heemayl I've added the output from trying to execute pencil and koala, @muru I've added the output for apt-get install -f — Emjiz, Feb 08 '15 at 10:25
I think you installed a package for an older version of Ubuntu, since it is libudev.so.1 now. See http://askubuntu.com/q/125980/158442, http://askubuntu.com/q/330935/158442 — muru, Feb 08 '15 at 10:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 08 '17 at 21:09

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I figured it out; I opened /usr/bin/pencil with nano, and changed /usr/bin/xulrunner --app "/usr/share/pencil/application.ini" to /usr/bin/firefox --app "/usr/share/pencil/application.ini"

Then I installed xulrunner for koala.

edited Apr 08 '17 at 21:09

Zanna

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answered Feb 08 '15 at 11:18

Emjiz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '15 at 09:19

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Go to /usr/share/applications/your-app-that-doesnt-launch and right click on yourAppand go to Properties -> Permissions and check allow executing file as program if it is not checked. Done!!

answered Feb 08 '15 at 09:19

Apurva

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Tried that it did not work – Emjiz Feb 08 '15 at 09:34

Applications installed with sudo dpkg -i are not launching

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