skype: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error thrown while running skype: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory To fix this problem you will need to copy 32 bit libGL shared library to /usr/lib32 and update shared library cache. 1. Find libGLso.1 file for 32 bit architecture: ambi@aspire-r5-572g:~$ locate -r libGL.so.1$ | grep i386 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/primus/libGL.so.1 2. Run next command only if you get any output from previous command if not - install libgl i386(google it). Create symbolic link: ambi@aspire-r5-572g:~$ sudo ln -s `locate -r libGL.so.1$ | grep -m 1 i386` /usr/lib32 3. Recache shared libraries: ambi@aspire-r5-572g:~$ sudo ldconfig 4. Run skype: ambi@aspire-r5-572g:~$ skype