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i'm using ubuntu 17.10 and in it i'm trying to launch a software called paintstorm. but I'm getting this error:

error while loading shared libraries: libGLEW.so.1.13: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I found out that I had to use ln -s command to link the already installed 2.0.5 version with the one that the program requires. But I think I failed to do so. And now every time I try the command in a different way, I get a message telling me that the 1.13 file already exists.

Can anyone tell me how to do this correctly?

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  • Delete the file : cd [directory-with-libGLEW.so.1.13]/ && sudo rm libGLEW.so.1.13 – Knud Larsen Apr 3 '18 at 14:48
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    The ln command has a -f or --force option to "remove existing destination files" – steeldriver Apr 3 '18 at 14:52
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You use the force option --force or -f to overwrite any existing Symbolic Link.

For PaintStorm specifically, check what version of libGLEW you have:

ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ | grep libGLEW

Use that version to create a symlink. In my case, I had libGLEW.so.2.1.

sudo ln -f -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLEW.so.2.1 /usr/lib/libGLEW.so.1.13

I also had this specific issue with PaintStorm, and this worked for me.

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