skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Question

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and have tried the suggestions in the following post: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory and still get the same error

Solution

Locating the file,

$ locate /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1.0.0

Finding the package which provides the above files,

$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1
libxv1:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1.0.0
libxv1:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1.0.0

So, you have to install libxv1:i386 package. Because skype is available only for 32 bit version so it needs only a 32 bit version of library files not 64 bit version.

sudo apt-get install libxv1:i386

And don't forget to add i386 architecture before running the above command on 64 bit systems.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Comments

[John]

ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 21 10:44 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1 -> libXv.so.1.0.0

[John]

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libxv1:amd64 did not help. I get the same error.

[John]

libxv1 is already installed

[Avinash Raj]

post the output of dpkg --get-selections | grep libxv1

[John]

libxv1:amd64 install

[Avinash Raj]

post the output of ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXv.so.1

[Avinash Raj]

if it shows no such file or directory error then reinstall the libxv1 package,sudo apt-get install --reinstall libxv1:amd64

[sandeepkunkunuru]

for me "sudo apt-get install libxv1:i386" worked. Even if you use a dynamic distribution of skype it seems that skype downloaded is still a 32 bit version of i386 arch. Hence this command works instead of the one suggested by Avinash.

[dragonmnl]

to me none of the solutions proposed (on DEBIAN 8) worked. same error