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Zikael

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Registered: 2014-02-06

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[SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

Hi,

I have just installed archlinux (a few days ago) and all the softwares I need without any problem. Skype firstly worked fine but after a reboot, I couldn't run it. When I try to run it in terminal, I have the issue

/usr/lib32/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.8: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

I know that Skype for linux is a 32bit app, so I thought I had to install the 32bit libjpeg8, but I can't find it in the AUR packages (here). Anyway, it is kinda strange that it worked the first time, isn't it ?

Last edited by Zikael (2014-02-07 16:00:12)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

Did you read the wiki page?

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Zikael

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Registered: 2014-02-06

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Re: [SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

If it's about enabling the multilib repository, yes I did it.

Zikael

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Re: [SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

I solved my problem, I had an more recent version of libjpeg in my /etc/lib32 folder. I tried a

ln -s libjpeg.so.8.0.2 libjpeg.so.8

and it worked.

Last edited by Zikael (2014-02-07 16:03:02)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

What was it linked to before? I get

$ ls -l /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 11 05:55 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8 -> libjpeg.so.8.0.2

out of the box.

Last edited by karol (2014-02-07 16:09:12)

R00KIE

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Re: [SOLVED]Skype : error while loading libjpeg8

I solved my problem, I had an more recent version of libjpeg in my /etc/lib32 folder. I tried a

ln -s libjpeg.so.8.0.2 libjpeg.so.8

and it worked.

That looks like bad practise and bad idea, pray to $DEITY that whatever you did before doesn't come back to bite you in the future. Don't mess with files tracked by pacman unless you have a very good memory and you really know what you're doing.

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