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I just installed Marlin file browser, from the marlin-dev ppa.

Problem is, wehn i try to launch it, i get this error:

stewart@StudioLaptop2:~$ marlin
marlin: error while loading shared libraries: libunity.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What should I do?

P.S. - I've tried it in Gnome-shell and Unity, but get same error :(

Jorge Castro
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Stewart McGown
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Not a very proper solution ...

  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libunity.so.9 /usr/lib/libunity.so.6

... but it works as expected.

user276289
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Solution (at least for ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot):

sudo apt-get install libunity6

To find the package of an installed file:

$ dpkg -S libunity6
libunity6: /usr/lib/libunity.so.6

To find the package of a missing file:

  1. Go to http://packages.ubuntu.com
  2. Scroll down to "Search the contents of packages" and type in the filename, e.g. libunity.so.6

..and voila!

Savvas Radevic
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Install apt-find and search the required packages:

apt-find libunity.so.6

It should give You the name of the package containing the required lib. Then write:

sudo apt-get install package_name

It will help only if the problem occurs because of unresolved dependencies. If it doesn't help, try reinstalling the software.

Misery
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