Linux: ./electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4

[max-mapper]

to reproduce:

$ wget https://github.com/atom/electron/releases/download/v0.25.1/electron-v0.25.1-linux-x64.zip
$ unzip electron-v0.25.1-linux-x64.zip
$ ./electron
./electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

this is on Ubuntu:

$ uname -a
Linux burrito 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[max-mapper]

workaround is apt-get install libgconf-2-4 but I figured since this isn't mentioned anywhere in the docs or previous issues it might be a bug

[zcbenz]

After Chrome 42 libgconf has become a requirement for running on Linux.

[Martialhimanshu]

Try this trick, It worked for me:
after unzipping postman type following command in your terminal
sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4
after running above command your postman will work for definitely. Surving to Ubuntu happily..

[Yogesh9900]

sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4

[Stevengu999]

It's worked for me. Ubuntu18.
Linux i386 4.18.0-20-generic #21~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 8 08:43:37 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[nitin7068]

workaround is apt-get install libgconf-2-4 but I figured since this isn't mentioned anywhere in the docs or previous issues it might be a bug

if this is not working then try with " sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4"

[pranavsuresh7]

Yeah, this solved my issue with this. sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4
thanks @maxogden

[NickkoG]

I tried this but on a fresh install of LUbuntu 19.10 it don't work.

[sanket143]

What about arch linux?

[KevinWelton]

What exactly requires libgconf? Electron? We don't want users to have to depend on _any_ external library being installed separately from Unity. CEF used to require this in the editor, but the CEF dependency is finally gone. I don't think _any_ of our supported distros (*only *Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 and CentOS 7) have libgconf installed by default.

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[ZishanAdThandar]

Here is the simplest solution

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libre2.so /usr/lib/libre2.so.4

Replace the last digit as in error.

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[sep2]

What about arch linux?

sudo pacman -S gconf

[gabrielxfs]

What about arch linux?

Make the AUR package.

[immortalt]

apt-get install libgconf-2-4

This works. Thanks!

[kkofler]

According to the comments on the AUR gconf package:

flying-sheep commented on 2020-01-06 19:20
Most of the packages that “require” it are actually Electron apps that copy&pasted their dependency lists from elsewhere or failed to update them: Chromium (and subsequently Electron) haven’t been dependent on this for years.

So if you still get pointed to this bug, it is probably a red herring.