Linux: ./electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4

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Linux: ./electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4

max-mapper opened this issue 9 years ago · comments

to reproduce:

$ wget https://github.com/atom/electron/releases/download/v0.25.1/electron-v0.25.1-linux-x64.zip
$ unzip electron-v0.25.1-linux-x64.zip
$ ./electron
./electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

this is on Ubuntu:

$ uname -a
Linux burrito 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Max · Answer 1 · Wed Apr 29 2015 04:30:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

workaround is apt-get install libgconf-2-4 but I figured since this isn't mentioned anywhere in the docs or previous issues it might be a bug

Cheng · Answer 2 · Thu Apr 30 2015 16:39:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

After Chrome 42 libgconf has become a requirement for running on Linux.

moneycoder · Answer 3 · Sun Feb 11 2018 23:57:58 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Try this trick, It worked for me:
after unzipping postman type following command in your terminal
sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4
after running above command your postman will work for definitely. Surving to Ubuntu happily..

Yogesh Yashvant Nikam · Answer 4 · Mon Mar 25 2019 15:31:48 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4

Steven · Answer 5 · Thu May 23 2019 17:31:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It's worked for me. Ubuntu18.
Linux i386 4.18.0-20-generic #21~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 8 08:43:37 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

nitin7068 · Answer 6 · Tue Jul 30 2019 19:22:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

workaround is apt-get install libgconf-2-4 but I figured since this isn't mentioned anywhere in the docs or previous issues it might be a bug

if this is not working then try with " sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4"

PRANAV SURESH · Answer 7 · Thu Oct 24 2019 22:12:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Yeah, this solved my issue with this. sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4
thanks @maxogden

NickkoG · Answer 8 · Tue Jan 07 2020 16:16:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I tried this but on a fresh install of LUbuntu 19.10 it don't work.

Sanket · Answer 9 · Sat Apr 04 2020 03:34:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What about arch linux?

Kevin Welton · Answer 10 · Mon Apr 06 2020 23:07:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What exactly requires libgconf? Electron? We don't want users to have to depend on _any_ external library being installed separately from Unity. CEF used to require this in the editor, but the CEF dependency is finally gone. I don't think _any_ of our supported distros (*only *Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 and CentOS 7) have libgconf installed by default.

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Zishan Ahamed Thandar · Answer 11 · Wed Jul 22 2020 21:52:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Here is the simplest solution

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libre2.so /usr/lib/libre2.so.4

Replace the last digit as in error.

LIKE THIS COMMENT IF IT SOLVES THE ISSUE.

Felix · Answer 12 · Sat Aug 15 2020 22:13:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What about arch linux?

sudo pacman -S gconf

Gabriel Silva · Answer 13 · Sat Feb 13 2021 02:50:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What about arch linux?

Make the AUR package.

immortalt · Answer 14 · Thu Aug 12 2021 20:58:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

apt-get install libgconf-2-4

This works. Thanks!

Kevin Kofler · Answer 15 · Wed Sep 21 2022 21:50:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

According to the comments on the AUR gconf package:

flying-sheep commented on 2020-01-06 19:20
Most of the packages that “require” it are actually Electron apps that copy&pasted their dependency lists from elsewhere or failed to update them: Chromium (and subsequently Electron) haven’t been dependent on this for years.

So if you still get pointed to this bug, it is probably a red herring.