linuxubuntutmuxlibevent

Error while loading shared libraries: libevent-2.0.so.5


After upgrade ubuntu 16 to 18. I got this error when execute tmux

tmux: error while loading shared libraries: libevent-2.0.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

and here's result when I execute ldd $(which tmux)

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd9878a000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f5588dfc000)
libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f5588bd2000)
libevent-2.0.so.5 => not found
libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f55889b7000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f55885c6000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f5588fff000

Solution

  • libevent-2.0.so.5 => not found

    libevent-2.0-5 (xenial-updates) was repacked to compat-libevent2-5_2.0.21-1ubuntu18_amd64.deb : No conflicts with the Ubuntu 18.04 "libevent-2.1-6".

    compat-libevent2-5 Provides /usrlib/libevent-2.0.so.5 -> libevent-2.0.so.5.1.9

    Download link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xG1a3GMZuLc1HIRYMP2vythuqjODmN8o/view?usp=sharing

    Package install: sudo gdebi Downloads/compat-libevent2-5_2.0.21-1ubuntu18_amd64.deb