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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

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