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"synaptic: error while loading shared libraries: libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12"

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When I start synaptic, it throws the following:

$ sudo synaptic

[sudo] password for xxxxx: 

synaptic: error while loading shared libraries: libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What is the reason and what is its solution?

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answered 1 Year ago fieldcheon · Accepted Answer

You should reinstall libept1.4.2 since for some reason or other is not present in the /usr/lib directory. For doing so:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install libept1.4.12

You may check if it exist or not doing:

$ ls -l /usr/lib/libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 596740 jun 21  2012 /usr/lib/libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12