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libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm trying to run PGCedit, but i'm getting into problems doing so:

Code:

./pgcedit 

./pgcedit: error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I did a full system search and located the files in
"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu":

Code:

mainstream@dopamine-pc:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu$ ls -la | grep libXft

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      15 Mar 30 12:10 libXft.so.2 -> libXft.so.2.2.0

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    85168 Mar  2 07:06 libXft.so.2.2.0

They do seem to exist. I also tried to place these files in the same directory as PGCedit, but no luck there either. Also tried symlinking...

Code:

$ ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2.2.0 libXft.so.2

$ ./pgcedit 

./pgcedit: error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Still the same error!

What may be causing this?

As far as I can see PGCedit is only available as 32 bit binary but you have a 64 bit OS. You need to install the 32 bit versio of that library.

Thanks that worked. Stupid me :)

Quote:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxft2:i386